Liverpool 3-0 Manchester City: result and report
Premier League · Wednesday 2 March 2016
Result
Liverpool 3-0 Manchester City
Premier League · Wednesday 2 March 2016, 20:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Liverpool 3-0 Manchester City: match report
Liverpool beat Manchester City 3-0 in the Premier League on Wednesday 2 March 2016. It was 2-0 at half-time.
Adam Lallana opened the scoring in the 34th minute. Liverpool's goals came from Adam Lallana (34'), James Milner (41') and Roberto Firmino (57'). Manchester City did not score.
Discipline: Liverpool received no yellow cards; Manchester City received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Liverpool were 12th on 36 points from 26 and Manchester City 5th on 45 points from 26. Liverpool went on to finish that season 8th with 58 points, and Manchester City 5th with 64.
Liverpool lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Manchester City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Adam Lallana of Liverpool (9.1), ahead of James Milner (8.4).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Liverpool wins, 3 draws and 3 for Manchester City.
Going into the match Liverpool's last five read W-D-L-W-L and Manchester City's L-L-W-D-W.
Key events
- 34'Goal · Adam Lallana
- 41'Goal · James Milner
- 57'Goal · Roberto Firmino
- 68'Yellow card · Jesús Navas
Head-to-head
Team news
Liverpool line-up (4-4-1-1)
Simon Mignolet, Jon Flanagan, Kolo Touré, Dejan Lovren, Nathaniel Clyne, James Milner, Jordan Henderson, Emre Can, Adam Lallana, Roberto Firmino, Divock Origi
Manchester City expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Joe Hart, Nicolás Otamendi, Gaël Clichy, David Silva, Yaya Touré, Raheem Sterling, Fernando, Fernandinho, Sergio Agüero