Manchester City 2-3 Liverpool: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 5 October 2008
Result
Manchester City 2-3 Liverpool
Premier League · Sunday 5 October 2008, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Manchester City 2-3 Liverpool: match report
Manchester City were beaten by Liverpool 2-3 in the Premier League on Sunday 5 October 2008. It was 2-0 at half-time.
Stephen Ireland opened the scoring in the 19th minute. Manchester City's goals came from Stephen Ireland (19') and Javier Garrido (41'). Liverpool scored through Fernando Torres (55'), Fernando Torres (73') and Dirk Kuyt (90').
Discipline: Manchester City received 1 yellow card and 1 red card; Liverpool received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Manchester City were 10th on 9 points from 6 and Liverpool 2nd on 14 points from 6. Manchester City went on to finish that season 10th with 50 points, and Liverpool 2nd with 86.
Manchester City lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Liverpool in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Manchester City win, 3 draws and 6 for Liverpool.
Going into the match Manchester City's last five read L-W-L-W-W and Liverpool's W-D-W-D-W.
Key events
- 19'Goal · Stephen Ireland
- 41'Goal · Javier Garrido
- 55'Goal · Fernando Torres
- 67'Red card · Pablo Zabaleta
- 73'Goal · Fernando Torres
- 86'Yellow card · Richard Dunne
- 90'Yellow card · Álvaro Arbeloa
- 90'Goal · Dirk Kuyt
Head-to-head
Team news
Manchester City expected line-up (4-4-1-1)
Joe Hart, Vedran Ćorluka, Martin Petrov, Michael Johnson, Gelson Fernandes, Benjamin Mwaruwari, Elano, Richard Dunne, Sun Jihai
Liverpool line-up (4-2-3-1)
Pepe Reina, Fábio Aurélio, Álvaro Arbeloa, Javier Mascherano, Jamie Carragher, Albert Riera, Fernando Torres, Dirk Kuyt, Steven Gerrard, Xabi Alonso, Martin Škrtel