Maresca's City just hammered Liverpool 3-0 and honestly, nobody's talking about the controversy

Manchester City walked into Anfield and absolutely dismantled Liverpool 3-0 on Saturday, proving that a guilty verdict on 114 financial charges won't slow them down one bit. Enzo Maresca's side looked genuinely unstoppable, with Erling Haaland, Jérémy Doku, and Rayan Cherki all finding the net in what was City's first match since the club was found guilty of breaching Premier League financial rules.

For Maresca, this was massive. He's now matched the best start to any managerial career in Premier League history—six straight wins without dropping a point. The guy showed up to the post-match presser practically beaming. "You cannot imagine how happy I am," he said. "I'm here to win." And yeah, they're winning.

What made Saturday especially wild was the timing. City had just been hit with those massive guilty findings, the kind of verdict that could've rattled most teams. Instead, they went to one of their fiercest rivals' ground and just... dominated. No drama, no excuses, just football. Maresca spoke about how his squad "makes their own noise," which is basically code for: we're not getting distracted by off-pitch stuff.

Doku was particularly brilliant in that match, running at Liverpool's defense like he'd got something to prove. Haaland did what Haaland does. And Cherki chipped in to round out a performance that left Liverpool looking ordinary by comparison. City's now sitting pretty at the top of the table with zero losses, and they've got momentum heading into their next stretch.

The whole thing's a bit surreal, right? A club gets found guilty of 114 charges and responds by going to Anfield and winning 3-0. That's not how these stories usually go. But Maresca seems genuinely unbothered, and his players are following suit. Whether that attitude holds up through the season—and through whatever comes next with the guilty verdict—remains to be seen.