English Premier League

FT Thursday, January 3, 2019
Liverpool WWWWW 1
–
Manchester City WWLLW 2
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LIV011
MNC112
Etihad Stadium · 54,511 att.

Match Report

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Sergio Aguero, Leroy Sane help Manchester City close gap on Liverpool

Sergio Aguero and Leroy Sane scored on either side of half-time to give Manchester City a 2-1 win over Liverpool in Premier League action.

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Team Stats

7
Fouls
12
2
Yellow Cards
4
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
2
1
Corner Kicks
2
2
Saves
3
50.4
Possession
49.6
7
SHOTS
9
5
ON GOAL
4
0.7
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
461
Accurate Passes
468
583
Passes
578
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
4
Accurate Crosses
1
13
Crosses
11
0.3
Cross %
0.1
70
Long Balls
65
33
Accurate Long Balls
32
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
0
Blocked Shots
1
9
Effective Tackles
11
18
Tackles
14
0.5
Tackle %
0.8
10
Interceptions
14
21
Effective Clearances
31
21
Clearances
31

Head to Head

LIV leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

MNC · 4-3-3

  1. 31EdersonG
  2. 4Vincent KompanyCD-L
  3. 5John StonesCD-R
  4. 14Aymeric LaporteLB
  5. 3DaniloRB
  6. 25FernandinhoCM
  7. 21David SilvaLM
  8. 20Bernardo SilvaRM
  9. 10Sergio AgüeroF
  10. 19Leroy SanéLF
  11. 7Raheem SterlingRF

LIV · 4-3-3

  1. 13Alisson BeckerG
  2. 4Virgil van DijkCD-L
  3. 6Dejan LovrenCD-R
  4. 26Andy RobertsonLB
  5. 66Trent Alexander-ArnoldRB
  6. 14Jordan HendersonCM
  7. 7James MilnerLM
  8. 5Georginio WijnaldumRM
  9. 9Roberto FirminoF
  10. 10Sadio ManéLF
  11. 11Mohamed SalahRF

Timeline

  1. 20' Dejan Lovren (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 31' Vincent Kompany (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 38' Georginio Wijnaldum (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 40' Goal! Manchester City 1, Liverpool 0. Sergio Agüero (Manchester City) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left to the top left corner. Assisted by Bernardo Silva with a cross.
  5. 45'+2' Aymeric Laporte (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 57' Substitution, Liverpool. Fabinho replaces James Milner.
  7. 64' Goal! Manchester City 1, Liverpool 1. Roberto Firmino (Liverpool) header from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Andrew Robertson.
  8. 65' Substitution, Manchester City. Ilkay Gündogan replaces David Silva.
  9. 72' Goal! Manchester City 2, Liverpool 1. Leroy Sané (Manchester City) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Raheem Sterling.
  10. 77' Substitution, Liverpool. Xherdan Shaqiri replaces Sadio Mané.
  11. 86' Substitution, Liverpool. Daniel Sturridge replaces Georginio Wijnaldum.
  12. 86' Substitution, Manchester City. Kyle Walker replaces Aymeric Laporte because of an injury.
  13. 88' Substitution, Manchester City. Nicolás Otamendi replaces Vincent Kompany because of an injury.
  14. 89' Bernardo Silva (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 90'+5' Ederson (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card.

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