"We're sat here not knowing what it means," former Manchester United captain turned pundit Gary Neville told Sky Sports on Sunday. Manchester City's Norwegian striker Erling Haaland celebrates with teammates after scoring the opening goal during the English Premier League football match between Liverpool and Manchester City at Anfield in Liverpool, north west England on October 11, 2026. (Photo by Paul ELLIS / AFP)Manchester City silenced a hostile Liverpool crowd in their first match since being found guilty of breaching Premier League financial regulations but there is a deep sense of uncertainty over what it actually means.Enzo Maresca's men are top of the table with six wins out of six after their impressive 3-0 win at Anfield on Sunday.Yet those points could count for nothing unless City are successful in their appeal against the findings of an independent commission that found them guilty of more than 100 breaches of Premier League rules.No sanction has yet been decided, but the club could face a severe points deduction leading to relegation, or even expulsion from the English top flight.There is even speculation that City could be stripped of the three Premier League titles they won between 2009 and 2018, the period to which the charges relate.The Premier League, which has a huge global reach, faces an appeal process likely to drag on for months, putting a question mark...
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