Liverpool 2-2 Manchester City: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 26 August 2012

Result

Liverpool 2-2 Manchester City

Premier League · Sunday 26 August 2012, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Liverpool 2-2 Manchester City: match report

Liverpool drew with Manchester City 2-2 in the Premier League on Sunday 26 August 2012. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Martin Škrtel opened the scoring in the 34th minute. Liverpool's goals came from Martin Škrtel (34') and Luis Suárez (66'). Manchester City scored through Yaya Touré (63') and C. Tevez (80').

Discipline: Liverpool received 1 yellow card; Manchester City received no yellow cards.

Liverpool went on to finish that season 6th with 63 points, and Manchester City 3rd with 74.

Liverpool lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Manchester City in a 4-2-3-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Liverpool wins, 5 draws and 2 for Manchester City.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 34'Goal · Martin ŠkrtelLiverpool · 1-0
  • 63'Goal · Yaya TouréManchester City · 1-1
  • 66'Goal · Luis SuárezLiverpool · 2-1
  • 80'Goal · C. TevezManchester City · 2-2
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Luis SuárezLiverpool

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Liverpool 3, draws 5, Manchester City 2.

Team news

Liverpool line-up (4-2-3-1)

Pepe Reina, Glen Johnson, Sebastián Coates, Martin Kelly, Lucas Leiva, Joe Allen, Luis Suárez, Fabio Borini, Raheem Sterling, Steven Gerrard, Martin Škrtel

Manchester City expected line-up (4-2-3-1)

Joe Hart, Stefan Savić, Micah Richards, Joleon Lescott, David Silva, Gareth Barry, Sergio Agüero