Manchester City has had an incredible form this season, with back-to-back wins, recording their very recent win in their clash with Liverpool on Sunday, November 9, yesterday at the Etihad Stadium.

They thrashed the title holders in a 3-0 clash, focused on themselves, not on what other teams like Arsenal are doing.

Jeremy Doku, who was awarded man of the match after being awarded a penalty and sealing City’s win, has noted that, until other clubs match their energy this season, he is certain his side cannot be beaten.

They believe they’re improving step by step, and even though they were happy with their performance against Liverpool, they know they still need to keep getting better every game.

"We're just looking at ourselves. We have been building, and we know that we can still improve. The performance that we delivered [against Liverpool], we're very happy, but we still have to improve every game. And we know that if we are playing well, it's difficult to stand next to us", Doku said.

Man City’s coach Pep Guardiola, during a post-match conference, announced his side’s readiness to contend with Arsenal for the title this season as Arsenal currently sits about three (3) points clear of City on the Premier League table.

Asked whether City were focused on Arsenal’s form and their position at the top, he responded, “We're not really looking at Arsenal, though. What the other teams are doing, because at the end of the day, we know that it depends only on us. "

Doku is enjoying his best season at City since arriving from Rennes in 2023.

The 23-year-old has three goals already, including his stunner against Liverpool, which is only five behind his season-best tally of eight. While he is on course to break that record, the Belgium international insists that he's not focused impressed by statistics. On his part, his definition of a bad game is not in numbers but when he feels he was ineffective in a game.

"I don't do that, because I think those come from themselves. I just work to have more of that, but I'm not a player that's going to look after a game and say, 'you didn't score, you didn't assist, you had a bad game. I'm not that type of player. A bad game is for me if I don't touch the ball, if I'm not effective or if I lose a lot of balls; that's a bad game. If I didn't score today, would I have said this is a bad game? No, I would have said this is a good game. That's how I am and how I'm going to be," he continued.

Meanwhile, City moved to within four points of leaders Arsenal at the top of the table thanks to goals from Erling Haaland, Nico González and Jérémy Doku.

The result against Liverpool came 24 hours after Mikel Arteta's side drew 2-2 with Sunderland, and Guardiola said afterwards it felt like a significant performance against the current champions.

"I think Liverpool and us said 'oh wow, Arsenal dropped points finally and conceded two goals. But in the end, we have to do it, and I said to the players. Don't do it because yesterday Arsenal didn't win. Do it because we believe in ourselves that we can play against the champions of England and show them we are ready to be there with them this season,” said Guardiola.

He added, "Today, we proved it. We did it."

Guardiola went on to praise Jeremy Doku for his stunning display during the match. He won a penalty earlier in the 13th minute of the match when Doku made a trademark dribbling run into the Liverpool penalty area.

"He [Doku] is demanding himself to be better, he listens, and he has special attributes with dribbling," said Guardiola.

Guardiola was impressed with the Belgian, particularly after Liverpool right-back Conor Bradley had such a good game against Real Madrid winger Vinícius Júnior on Tuesday.

"Today, Conor [Bradley], the right-back of Liverpool, I'm really, really impressed

"Pep Lijnders told me a thousand incredibly good things about that guy. He can do everything. I know the game against [Real] Madrid, how good [he was] against Vinícius.

"And he [Doku] handled it. He was aggressive, quick without the ball, and we tried to help him. He played an outstanding game."

Victory over Liverpool was the perfect way for Guardiola to celebrate his 1,000th game as a manager.

"Thank you to the players and staff for giving me an incredible present against the most important opponent we faced in my time here," said Guardiola.

"It has been nice playing against them and seeing Virgil [van Dijk], [Andy] Robertson, and Mohammed Salah after all the battles we have had.

"It has been a special night with my kids here."

Meanwhile, Liverpool’s 0–3 defeat to Manchester City on 9 November was their 5th loss in 11 Premier League matches since the start of the 2025/26 season.

Their coach, Arne Slot, jokingly made remarks that his squad have been very consistent this season in terms of losing games.

They played Brentford some days before their City clash on Sunday at the Etihad Stadium. They suffered a 2–3 defeat at the Gtech Community Stadium, prompting a reaction from former Man Utd forward and the club’s all-time leading goal scorer, Rooney.