English Premier League

FT Monday, August 25, 2014
Liverpool WDWLW 1
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Manchester City WDDLW 3
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LIV011
MNC123
Etihad Stadium · 45,471 att.

Match Report

Jovetic at the double for City

Manchester City striker Stevan Jovetic ensured former club favourite Mario Balotelli's return to England was relegated to a sideshow as the Premier League champions ruthlessly brushed aside the team who ran them so close last season.

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Team Stats

7
Fouls
13
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
7
Corner Kicks
6
1
Saves
3
47.1
Possession
52.9
11
SHOTS
9
3
ON GOAL
4
0.3
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
441
Accurate Passes
506
508
Passes
586
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
5
Accurate Crosses
2
25
Crosses
12
0.2
Cross %
0.2
34
Long Balls
47
20
Accurate Long Balls
23
0.6
Long Balls %
0.5
4
Blocked Shots
1
14
Effective Tackles
12
17
Tackles
16
0.8
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
20
Effective Clearances
25
20
Clearances
25

Head to Head

Series tied 1-1-3

Lineups

MNC · 4-4-1-1

  1. 1Joe HartG
  2. 26Martín DemichelisCD-L
  3. 4Vincent KompanyCD-R
  4. 22Gaël ClichyLB
  5. 5Pablo ZabaletaRB
  6. 6FernandoCM-L
  7. 42Yaya TouréCM-R
  8. 21David SilvaLM
  9. 8Samir NasriRM
  10. 10Edin DzekoF
  11. 35Stevan JoveticRCF

LIV · 4-3-3

  1. 22Simon MignoletG
  2. 6Dejan LovrenCD-L
  3. 37Martin SkrtelCD-R
  4. 18Alberto MorenoLB
  5. 2Glen JohnsonRB
  6. 8Steven GerrardCM
  7. 24Joe AllenLM
  8. 14Jordan HendersonRM
  9. 15Daniel SturridgeF
  10. 10Philippe CoutinhoLF
  11. 31Raheem SterlingRF

Timeline

  1. 29' Yaya Touré (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 41' Goal! Manchester City 1, Liverpool 0. Stevan Jovetic (Manchester City) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the top right corner.
  3. 55' Goal! Manchester City 2, Liverpool 0. Stevan Jovetic (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Samir Nasri.
  4. 60' Substitution, Liverpool. Lazar Markovic replaces Philippe Coutinho.
  5. 65' Substitution, Manchester City. Jesús Navas replaces David Silva.
  6. 68' Substitution, Manchester City. Sergio Agüero replaces Edin Dzeko because of an injury.
  7. 69' Goal! Manchester City 3, Liverpool 0. Sergio Agüero (Manchester City) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jesús Navas with a through ball.
  8. 75' Substitution, Liverpool. Emre Can replaces Joe Allen.
  9. 76' Emre Can (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 79' Substitution, Liverpool. Rickie Lambert replaces Raheem Sterling.
  11. 80' Substitution, Manchester City. Fernandinho replaces Stevan Jovetic.
  12. 83' Own Goal by Pablo Zabaleta, Manchester City. Manchester City 3, Liverpool 1.

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