Manchester City 2-2 Liverpool: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 28 December 2003

Result

Manchester City 2-2 Liverpool

Premier League · Sunday 28 December 2003, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Manchester City 2-2 Liverpool: match report

Manchester City drew with Liverpool 2-2 in the Premier League on Sunday 28 December 2003. The half-time score was 1-0.

Nicolas Anelka opened the scoring in the 30th minute. Manchester City's goals came from Nicolas Anelka (30', penalty) and Robbie Fowler (90'). Liverpool scored through Vladimir Smicer (66') and Dietmar Hamann (80').

Discipline: Manchester City received 1 yellow card; Liverpool received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Manchester City were 14th on 20 points from 18 and Liverpool 9th on 25 points from 17. Manchester City went on to finish that season 16th with 41 points, and Liverpool 4th with 60.

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

Going into the match Manchester City's last five read L-D-L-D-L and Liverpool's W-L-D-W-D.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 30'Penalty goal · Nicolas AnelkaManchester City · 1-0
  • 42'Yellow card · Harry KewellLiverpool
  • 42'Yellow card · David SommeilManchester City
  • 66'Goal · Vladimir SmicerLiverpool · 1-1
  • 80'Goal · Dietmar HamannLiverpool · 1-2
  • 83'Yellow card · Igor BišćanLiverpool
  • 90'Goal · Robbie FowlerManchester City · 2-2

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Manchester City 1, draws 1, Liverpool 2.

Team news

Manchester City line-up

David Seaman, David Sommeil, Sylvain Distin, Michael Tarnat, Richard Dunne, Claudio Reyna, Steve McManaman, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Nicolas Anelka, Robbie Fowler, Paul Bosvelt