Chris Kavanagh will referee Manchester City’s trip to Liverpool on Sunday, the Premier League has confirmed—City’s first match since being found guilty of breaching financial rules over a nine-season period.
Dan Cook and Nick Greenhalgh will assist Kavanagh, with Andy Madley as fourth official. Paul Howard and Nick Hopton are assigned as VAR and assistant VAR.
City have appealed the independent panel’s findings that they hid over £900million. The timing of the fixture—their first outing since the bombshell announcement—comes against a rival they edged in recent seasons, having won the double over Liverpool in 2025/26 and dumping them out of the FA Cup quarter-finals.
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