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Will Paris Saint-Germain Break Manchester City’s Rhythm? Guilty Verdict Has Only Made the Club Stronger

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Can Paris Saint-Germain end Manchester City's perfect start to the 2026/27 season? Anfield’s afternoon of sour recrimination, where a 3-0 blitz from Erling Haaland, Jeremy Doku, and Rayan Cherki was met with desperate cries of 'cheats', ordered a completely different reality.

Far from cracking under the weight of their now-famous guilty verdict, Manchester City have simply turned the anger of their rivals into fuel, converting the public backlash from the football world into complete control.

For an hour, Anfield had dreamt the old dream; one that encased a noisy, febrile atmosphere so raucous that it had threatened to swallow City whole during a cagey and scoreless opening period.

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Manchester City, Paris Saint-Germain

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For years, the Premier League's most breathtaking theatre comforted itself with a collective delusion: that Manchester City were a house built on sand, a juggernaut whose inevitable legal reckoning would finally halt their relentless march.

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