Manchester City won at Anfield in their first match since being found guilty of 115 charges of serious breaches of Premier League financial rules. The result leaves them alone at the top of the English league. Liverpool's home crowd did everything to rattle the visitors, with the atmosphere amounting to a revolt against the club from Manchester. City rode out the hostility and took the three points off their rivals. The verdict on the financial case had been hanging over the club, and the players answered it in about the sharpest setting possible. The way they handled Anfield suggested the dressing room has not been shaken by the ruling. The league table now shows the rest of the field chasing a side that refuses to blink.