Liverpool vs Manchester City, 2024-25 English Premier League
· English Premier LeagueMan City stunned by Liverpool to in fourth consecutive PL loss
Liverpool overawed arch-rivals Manchester City in a 2-0 win with goals from Cody Gakpo and Mohamed Salah to take a nine-point lead at the top of the Premier League
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 4': Foul by Nathan Aké (Manchester City).
- 4': Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 4': Offside, Liverpool. Luis Díaz is caught offside.
- 5': Foul by Luis Díaz (Liverpool).
- 5': Manuel Akanji (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 7': Attempt saved. Dominik Szoboszlai (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ryan Gravenberch.
- 8': Attempt blocked. Dominik Szoboszlai (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Cody Gakpo.
- 11': Attempt saved. Dominik Szoboszlai (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Alexis Mac Allister.
- 11': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Matheus Nunes.
- 11': Attempt saved. Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool) header from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Dominik Szoboszlai with a cross.
- 12': Goal! Liverpool 1, Manchester City 0. Cody Gakpo (Liverpool) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Mohamed Salah.
- 14': Delay in match because of an injury Phil Foden (Manchester City).
- 16': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 17': Offside, Liverpool. Mohamed Salah is caught offside.
- 18': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Nathan Aké.
- 19': Attempt missed. Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Alexis Mac Allister with a cross following a corner.
- 19': Attempt missed. Cody Gakpo (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Trent Alexander-Arnold.
- 21': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Rico Lewis.
- 24': Foul by Matheus Nunes (Manchester City).
- 24': Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 24': Matheus Nunes (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 26': Foul by Ryan Gravenberch (Liverpool).
- 26': Phil Foden (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 31': Attempt blocked. Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Dominik Szoboszlai.
- 32': Foul by Phil Foden (Manchester City).
- 32': Ryan Gravenberch (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 32': Phil Foden (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 33': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Nathan Aké.
- 34': Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool) hits the left post with a right footed shot from outside the box following a corner.
- 34': Foul by Matheus Nunes (Manchester City).
- 34': Joe Gomez (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 35': Foul by Ryan Gravenberch (Liverpool).
- 35': Ilkay Gündogan (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 36': Ryan Gravenberch (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 39': Attempt missed. Rico Lewis (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Erling Haaland.
- 42': Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 42': Foul by Ilkay Gündogan (Manchester City).
- 45': Fourth official has announced 3 minutes of added time.
- 45'+1': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Nathan Aké.
- 45'+1': Manuel Akanji (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 45'+2': Attempt missed. Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Dominik Szoboszlai following a corner.
- 45'+4': First Half ends, Liverpool 1, Manchester City 0.
- 45': Second Half begins Liverpool 1, Manchester City 0.
- 48': Offside, Manchester City. Kyle Walker is caught offside.
- 49': Foul by Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool).
- 49': Rico Lewis (Manchester City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 50': Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Alexis Mac Allister.
- 51': Attempt blocked. Cody Gakpo (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Andy Robertson with a through ball.
- 51': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Matheus Nunes.
- 51': Attempt missed. Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool) header from the left side of the six yard box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Trent Alexander-Arnold with a cross following a corner.
- 53': Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Ryan Gravenberch.
- 55': Attempt missed. Bernardo Silva (Manchester City) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Kyle Walker.
- 56': Attempt missed. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) left footed shot from the centre of the box is just a bit too high.
- 57': Offside, Manchester City. Matheus Nunes is caught offside.
- 57': Substitution, Manchester City. Jérémy Doku replaces Matheus Nunes.
- 58': Substitution, Manchester City. Savinho replaces Ilkay Gündogan.
- 59': Foul by Dominik Szoboszlai (Liverpool).
- 59': Jérémy Doku (Manchester City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 60': Attempt blocked. Erling Haaland (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 60': Attempt blocked. Jérémy Doku (Manchester City) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Phil Foden.
- 63': Attempt missed. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses the top left corner. Assisted by Luis Díaz.
- 66': Offside, Liverpool. Mohamed Salah is caught offside.
- 69': Attempt saved. Cody Gakpo (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Dominik Szoboszlai.
- 72': Dominik Szoboszlai (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 72': Foul by Bernardo Silva (Manchester City).
- 73': Substitution, Liverpool. Darwin Núñez replaces Cody Gakpo.
- 73': Substitution, Liverpool. Jarell Quansah replaces Trent Alexander-Arnold.
- 76': Penalty Liverpool. Luis Díaz draws a foul in the penalty area.
- 76': Penalty conceded by Stefan Ortega (Manchester City) after a foul in the penalty area.
- 78': Goal! Liverpool 2, Manchester City 0. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.
- 78': Substitution, Manchester City. Jack Grealish replaces Rico Lewis.
- 78': Substitution, Manchester City. Kevin De Bruyne replaces Phil Foden.
- 79': Foul by Jarell Quansah (Liverpool).
- 79': Jérémy Doku (Manchester City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 81': Foul by Darwin Núñez (Liverpool).
- 81': Manuel Akanji (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 82': Attempt missed. Rúben Dias (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Bernardo Silva.
- 82': Attempt saved. Erling Haaland (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Rúben Dias.
- 83': Attempt saved. Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
- 84': Substitution, Liverpool. Curtis Jones replaces Mohamed Salah.
- 85': Foul by Luis Díaz (Liverpool).
- 85': Kyle Walker (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 86': Offside, Manchester City. Jérémy Doku is caught offside.
- 89': Foul by Curtis Jones (Liverpool).
- 89': Jack Grealish (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 90': Attempt saved. Curtis Jones (Liverpool) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Darwin Núñez.
- 90': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Stefan Ortega.
- 90': Fourth official has announced 4 minutes of added time.
- 90'+1': Substitution, Liverpool. Harvey Elliott replaces Luis Díaz.
- 90'+1': Curtis Jones (Liverpool) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 90'+1': Foul by Bernardo Silva (Manchester City).
- 90'+2': Attempt blocked. Andy Robertson (Liverpool) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 90'+2': Offside, Liverpool. Darwin Núñez is caught offside.
- 90'+3': Attempt blocked. Bernardo Silva (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jérémy Doku.
- 90'+3': Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Virgil van Dijk.
- 90'+3': Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Darwin Núñez.
- 90'+4': Second Half ends, Liverpool 2, Manchester City 0.
- 0': Match ends, Liverpool 2, Manchester City 0.
Statistics
 MNC |
LIV |
|
|---|---|---|
| 8 | Fouls | 9 |
| 3 | Yellow Cards | 1 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 3 | Offsides | 4 |
| 4 | Corner Kicks | 7 |
| 5 | Saves | 3 |
| 56.2 | Possession | 43.8 |
| 8 | SHOTS | 18 |
| 2 | ON GOAL | 7 |
| 0.3 | On Target % | 0.4 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 1 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 1 |
| 481 | Accurate Passes | 347 |
| 544 | Passes | 415 |
| 0.9 | Pass Completion % | 0.8 |
| 0 | Accurate Crosses | 4 |
| 9 | Crosses | 14 |
| 0.0 | Cross % | 0.3 |
| 32 | Long Balls | 61 |
| 10 | Accurate Long Balls | 25 |
| 0.3 | Long Balls % | 0.4 |
| 3 | Blocked Shots | 4 |
| 14 | Effective Tackles | 13 |
| 17 | Tackles | 22 |
| 0.8 | Tackle % | 0.6 |
| 5 | Interceptions | 6 |
| 21 | Effective Clearances | 13 |
| 21 | Clearances | 13 |
Game Information
Competition: English Premier League
Venue: Anfield
Location: Liverpool, England
Attendance: 60,248
Venue: Anfield
Location: Liverpool, England
Attendance: 60,248
Premier League Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liverpool | 16 | +21 | 39 |
| 2 | Chelsea | 17 | +18 | 35 |
| 3 | Arsenal | 17 | +18 | 33 |
| 4 | Nottingham Forest | 17 | +4 | 31 |
Line-Ups
Liverpool (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 62 | Caoimhín Kelleher (GK) |
| 4 | Virgil van Dijk |
| 2 | Joe Gomez |
| 26 | Andrew Robertson |
| 66 | Trent Alexander-Arnold |
| 8 | Dominik Szoboszlai |
| 10 | Alexis Mac Allister |
| 38 | Ryan Gravenberch  |
| 7 | Luis Díaz |
| 18 | Cody Gakpo |
| 11 | Mohamed Salah |
Manchester City (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 18 | Stefan Ortega (GK) |
| 25 | Manuel Akanji |
| 3 | Rúben Dias |
| 6 | Nathan Aké |
| 2 | Kyle Walker |
| 47 | Phil Foden |
| 19 | Ilkay Gündogan |
| 20 | Bernardo Silva |
| 9 | Erling Haaland |
| 27 | Matheus Nunes |
| 82 | Rico Lewis |
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