English Premier League

FT Thursday, December 26, 2013
Liverpool LWWWW 1
–
Manchester City DWWWW 2
1st2ndT
LIV101
MNC202
Etihad Stadium · 47,351 att.

Team Stats

9
Fouls
10
3
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
1
6
Corner Kicks
7
4
Saves
4
48.1
Possession
51.9
12
SHOTS
20
5
ON GOAL
6
0.4
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
413
Accurate Passes
444
467
Passes
505
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
3
Accurate Crosses
9
19
Crosses
25
0.2
Cross %
0.4
31
Long Balls
32
26
Accurate Long Balls
15
0.8
Long Balls %
0.5
1
Blocked Shots
7
12
Effective Tackles
17
13
Tackles
22
0.9
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
40
Effective Clearances
27
40
Clearances
27

Head to Head

Series tied 1-1-3

Lineups

MNC · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Joe HartG
  2. 6Joleon LescottCD-L
  3. 4Vincent KompanyCD-R
  4. 13Aleksandar KolarovLB
  5. 5Pablo ZabaletaRB
  6. 21David SilvaAM
  7. 25FernandinhoLM
  8. 42Yaya TouréRM
  9. 9Álvaro NegredoF
  10. 8Samir NasriAM-L
  11. 15Jesús NavasAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 14Javi GarcíaSUB
  2. 7James MilnerSUB
  3. 22Gaël ClichySUB
  4. 30Costel PantilimonSUB
  5. 10Edin DzekoSUB
  6. 33Matija NastasicSUB
  7. 38Dedryck BoyataSUB

LIV · 4-3-3

  1. 22Simon MignoletG
  2. 17Mamadou SakhoCD-L
  3. 37Martin SkrtelCD-R
  4. 20Aly CissokhoLB
  5. 2Glen JohnsonRB
  6. 21Lucas LeivaCM
  7. 14Jordan HendersonLM
  8. 24Joe AllenRM
  9. 7Luis SuárezF
  10. 10Philippe CoutinhoLF
  11. 31Raheem SterlingRF

Substitutes

  1. 5Daniel AggerSUB
  2. 6Luis AlbertoSUB
  3. 12Victor MosesSUB
  4. 44Brad SmithSUB
  5. 9Iago AspasSUB
  6. 4Kolo TouréSUB
  7. 1Brad JonesSUB

Timeline

  1. 24' Goal! Manchester City 0, Liverpool 1. Philippe Coutinho (Liverpool) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Raheem Sterling.
  2. 31' Vincent Kompany (Manchester City) Goal - Header at 31'
  3. 45'+1' Goal! Manchester City 2, Liverpool 1. Álvaro Negredo (Manchester City) left footed shot from outside the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jesús Navas with a through ball following a fast break.
  4. 68' Glen Johnson (Liverpool) Yellow Card at 68'
  5. 68' Glen Johnson (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 72' Attempt saved. Jordan Henderson (Liverpool) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Martin Skrtel with a cross.
  7. 77' Attempt missed. Raheem Sterling (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Luis Suárez.
  8. 81' Pablo Zabaleta (Manchester City) Yellow Card at 81'
  9. 82' Pablo Zabaleta (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 86' Pablo Zabaleta (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  11. 87' Victor Moses (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 90'+1' Joe Hart (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

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