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'Stupid and naive': Wayne Rooney blasts Liverpool star over crucial mistake in Man City rout

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Flood, G. (2026, October 12). 'Stupid and naive': Wayne Rooney blasts Liverpool star over crucial mistake in Man City rout. Evening Standard. https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/liverpool-fc-gravenberch-rooney-stupid-naive-b1300424.html

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Evening Standard · collected 2026-10-12 · by George Flood

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Man City faced intense criticism and jeers from Liverpool fans during their 3-0 win at Anfield. The game saw ten arrests, including five for tragedy chanting. A police officer sustained a serious facial injury while making an arrest. Captain Ruben Dias defended the team's celebrations despite being found guilty of over 100 charges related to financial fair play breaches. City remains top of the Premier League with six wins from six matches. The club has appealed the verdict and continues to face scrutiny in every match.

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City ORG · 5× Gravenberch PERSON · 4× Rooney PERSON · 3× Elliot Anderson PERSON · 2× Premier League ORG · 2× Andoni Iraola’s PERSON · 1× Dominik Szoboszlai PERSON · 1× Dutch NORP · 1× Erling Haaland PERSON · 1× Liverpool ORG · 1×

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Rayan Cherki finished an exquisite team goal 12 minutes from time, with City running out emphatic winners at a hostile Anfield in what was their first match since an independent commission found them guilty of all charges relating to serious breaches of the Premier League’s financial rules over a nine-season period between 2009/10 and 2017/18.
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🔮 Gravenberch - though available for Wednesday’s trip to LASK Linz of Austria in the Champions League - will now serve a one-match suspension during Saturday’s clash with Brentford in the Premier League, leaving Iraola with a potential shortage of midfield options if Szoboszlai is still sidelined.

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Gravenberch was one of Liverpool’s best players for an hour of Sunday’s feisty Premier League showdown at Anfield, returning to Andoni Iraola’s starting XI following a hamstring injury sustained by Dominik Szoboszlai on international duty. asserted
Gravenberch → return → duty
However, all that hard work was undone when the Dutch midfielder - with the deadlock yet to be broken - was sent off for a second bookable offence after 62 minutes, after which the hosts simply unravelled with 10 men against the unbeaten league leaders. asserted
hosts → undo → leaders
Within six minutes of the dismissal City were 2-0 up, with Erling Haaland striking first before a wonderful curling effort from substitute Jeremy Doku. asserted
Haaland → strike → Doku
Rayan Cherki finished an exquisite team goal 12 minutes from time, with City running out emphatic winners at a hostile Anfield in what was their first match since an independent commission found them guilty of all charges relating to serious breaches of the Premier League’s financial rules over a nine-season period between 2009/10 and 2017/18. asserted
them → finish → 2017/18
Gravenberch - though available for Wednesday’s trip to LASK Linz of Austria in the Champions League - will now serve a one-match suspension during Saturday’s clash with Brentford in the Premier League, leaving Iraola with a potential shortage of midfield options if Szoboszlai is still sidelined. asserted
Szoboszlai → serve → options
However, there has been much debate regarding his sending off, with Gravenberch first booked for a foul on Elliot Anderson before receiving his second yellow for bringing down Doku on the counter-attack. And while Rooney agrees that the initial caution was unfair, he blamed Gravenberch for not being more careful when already on a booking. asserted
he → regard → booking
“I think the first yellow card is harsh,” the Manchester United and England legend said in his role as a pundit for BBC’s Match of the Day. asserted
legend → think → Day
“He’s obviously gone for the ball, it’s a poor touch by Elliot Anderson and he just nicks him and catches him on the top of his foot and he goes down. asserted
he → go → foot
So it’s probably not a yellow card. asserted
it → ’ → ?
Read More “But for me, the second one is. asserted
one → read → me
When you’ve been booked and you’re on a yellow card, then you leave yourself in a position where you can get a second yellow card and sent off. asserted
you → book → card
“So it’s a bit naive and stupid for that second yellow card.” asserted
it → ’ → card
On his analysis of City’s first game since their guilty verdict, Rooney also doubled down on previous claims that he would not want to be retrospectively awarded another Premier League title in the event that City were stripped of the trophies won during the period in question. uncertain
City → double → question
United finished as runners-up to rivals City both in 2011/12 - when Rooney and Sir Alex Ferguson were still at the club - and again in 2017/18 under Jose Mourinho. asserted
Rooney → finish → Mourinho
“It’s difficult,” he said. asserted
he → ’ → ?
“I look at it from a player’s point of view. asserted
I → look → view
For those players, they went onto the football pitch and they won the league. asserted
they → go → league
We finished second, we didn’t finish first. asserted
we → finish → ?
I wouldn’t want a medal for finishing second.” asserted
I → want → medal
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