English Premier League

FT Sunday, August 26, 2012
Manchester City WWWWW 2
–
Liverpool DWWLW 2
1st2ndT
MNC022
LIV112
Anfield · 44,942 att.

Team Stats

8
Fouls
10
0
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
0
4
Corner Kicks
4
1
Saves
1
51.3
Possession
48.7
11
SHOTS
17
3
ON GOAL
3
0.3
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
407
Accurate Passes
372
484
Passes
462
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
6
22
Crosses
18
0.1
Cross %
0.3
42
Long Balls
69
21
Accurate Long Balls
45
0.5
Long Balls %
0.7
3
Blocked Shots
5
20
Effective Tackles
14
26
Tackles
18
0.8
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
22
Effective Clearances
15
41
Clearances
20

Head to Head

LIV leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

LIV · 4-3-3

  1. 25Pepe ReinaG
  2. 37Martin SkrtelCD-L
  3. 16Sebastián CoatesCD-R
  4. 2Glen JohnsonLB
  5. 34Martin KellyRB
  6. 21Lucas LeivaCM
  7. 24Joe AllenLM
  8. 8Steven GerrardRM
  9. 31Raheem SterlingF
  10. 7Luis SuárezLF
  11. 29Fabio BoriniRF

MNC · 3-5-2

  1. 1Joe HartG
  2. 4Vincent KompanyCD
  3. 5Pablo ZabaletaCD-L
  4. 28Kolo TouréCD-R
  5. 42Yaya TouréCM-L
  6. 34Nigel de JongCM-R
  7. 8Samir NasriAM
  8. 13Aleksandar KolarovLM
  9. 7James MilnerRM
  10. 45Mario BalotelliCF-L
  11. 32Carlos TevezCF-R

Timeline

  1. 5' Substitution, Liverpool. Jonjo Shelvey replaces Lucas Leiva because of an injury.
  2. 34' Goal! Liverpool 1, Manchester City 0. Martin Skrtel (Liverpool) header from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Steven Gerrard with a cross following a corner.
  3. 60' Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Martin Kelly.
  4. 62' Offside, Manchester City. Carlos Tévez tries a through ball, but James Milner is caught offside.
  5. 63' Substitution, Manchester City. Edin Dzeko replaces Mario Balotelli.
  6. 66' Attempt blocked. Steven Gerrard (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jonjo Shelvey.
  7. 66' Substitution, Liverpool. José Enrique replaces Martin Kelly.
  8. 76' José Enrique (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  9. 80' Attempt missed. Edin Dzeko (Manchester City) left footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Yaya Touré.
  10. 84' Attempt missed. Edin Dzeko (Manchester City) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by David Silva.
  11. 90'+4' Attempt missed. Carlos Tévez (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left following a corner.

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