Liverpool 2-1 Manchester City: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 21 August 2004

Result

Liverpool 2-1 Manchester City

Premier League · Saturday 21 August 2004, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Liverpool 2-1 Manchester City: match report

Liverpool defeated Manchester City 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 21 August 2004. The half-time score was 0-1.

Nicolas Anelka opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Liverpool's goals came from Milan Baros (48') and Steven Gerrard (75'). Manchester City scored through Nicolas Anelka (45').

Discipline: Liverpool received 1 yellow card; Manchester City received 1 yellow card.

Liverpool went on to finish that season 5th with 58 points, and Manchester City 8th with 52.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Liverpool wins, 2 draws and 1 for Manchester City.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 45'Goal · Nicolas AnelkaManchester City · 0-1
  • 48'Goal · Milan BarosLiverpool · 1-1
  • 74'Yellow card · Paul BosveltManchester City
  • 75'Goal · Steven GerrardLiverpool · 2-1
  • 87'Yellow card · Dietmar HamannLiverpool

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Liverpool 3, draws 2, Manchester City 1.

Team news

Manchester City line-up

Ben Thatcher, Sylvain Distin, Danny Mills, Richard Dunne, Claudio Reyna, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Nicolas Anelka, David James, Robbie Fowler, Antoine Sibierski, Paul Bosvelt