Liverpool 2-2 Manchester City: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 3 October 2021

Result

Liverpool 2-2 Manchester City

Premier League · Sunday 3 October 2021, 15:30 UTC · half-time 0-0

Liverpool · Manchester City · Premier League predictions

Liverpool 2-2 Manchester City: match report

Liverpool drew with Manchester City 2-2 in the Premier League on Sunday 3 October 2021. The half-time score was 0-0.

Sadio Mané opened the scoring in the 59th minute. Liverpool's goals came from Sadio Mané (59') and Mohamed Salah (76'). Manchester City scored through Phil Foden (69') and Kevin De Bruyne (81').

Discipline: Liverpool received 3 yellow cards; Manchester City received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Liverpool were 2nd on 14 points from 6 and Manchester City 6th on 13 points from 6. Liverpool went on to finish that season 2nd with 92 points, and Manchester City 1st with 93.

Liverpool lined up in a 4-3-3 and Manchester City in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Mohamed Salah of Liverpool (8.9), ahead of Joël Matip (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Liverpool wins, 2 draws and 4 for Manchester City.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 26'Yellow card · Rúben DiasManchester City
  • 42'Yellow card · James MilnerLiverpool
  • 56'Yellow card · João CanceloManchester City
  • 59'Goal · Sadio ManéLiverpool · 1-0
  • 65'Yellow card · Diogo JotaLiverpool
  • 69'Goal · Phil FodenManchester City · 1-1
  • 76'Goal · Mohamed SalahLiverpool · 2-1
  • 77'Yellow card · Bernardo SilvaManchester City
  • 81'Goal · Kevin De BruyneManchester City · 2-2
  • 83'Yellow card · FabinhoLiverpool

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Liverpool 4, draws 2, Manchester City 4.

Team news

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Liverpool line-up (4-3-3)

Alisson, James Milner, Joël Matip, Virgil van Dijk, Andrew Robertson, Jordan Henderson, Fabinho, Curtis Jones, Mohamed Salah, Diogo Jota, Sadio Mané

Manchester City line-up (4-3-3)

Ederson, Kyle Walker, Rúben Dias, Aymeric Laporte, João Cancelo, Kevin De Bruyne, Rodri, Bernardo Silva, Gabriel Jesus, Jack Grealish, Phil Foden