Liverpool player ratings, winners and losers vs LASK as Bradley Barcola scored twice, Florian Wirtz impressed, and others including Ronald Araujo and Trey Nyoni did well

Liverpool hammered six past Austrian side LASK in a nine-goal Champions League thriller.

Liverpool failed to back up a frenzied Anfield atmosphere as they fell to a 3-0 defeat to Manchester City at Anfield on Sunday. Here's how ESPN rated every player on the pitch.

This was not the day many expected, as Manchester City found its footing to clobber Liverpool 3-0 at Anfield behind a fantastic second-half performance.

The extent of City’s financial doping has brought the sport, particularly the Premier League, into disrepute, with its consequences catastrophically far-reaching. Liverpool have every right to feel most aggrieved, given that the number of duels lost to Pep Guardiola’s Cityzens during Jürgen Klopp’s reign.

Liverpool suffered a heavy 3-0 home defeat to Manchester City in a match that shifted dramatically due to a single moment of recklessness. After a tactically disciplined first half where Andoni Iraola's side successfully neutralized the league champions,

Man-oriented pressing has its virtues, but also its limitations — as Jeremy Doku demonstrated in the second half at Anfield