Manchester City 2-1 Liverpool: result and report

Premier League · Thursday 26 December 2013

Result

Manchester City 2-1 Liverpool

Premier League · Thursday 26 December 2013, 17:30 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Manchester City 2-1 Liverpool: match report

Manchester City beat Liverpool 2-1 in the Premier League on Thursday 26 December 2013. It was 2-1 at half-time.

Philippe Coutinho opened the scoring in the 24th minute. Manchester City's goals came from Vincent Kompany (31') and Álvaro Negredo (45+1'). Liverpool scored through Philippe Coutinho (24').

Discipline: Manchester City received 1 yellow card; Liverpool received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Manchester City were 3rd on 34 points from 17 and Liverpool 2nd on 36 points from 17. Manchester City went on to finish that season 1st with 84 points, and Liverpool 3rd with 81.

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

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Manchester City wins, 6 draws and 2 for Liverpool.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 24'Goal · Philippe CoutinhoLiverpool · 0-1
  • 31'Goal · Vincent KompanyManchester City · 1-1
  • 45+1'Goal · Álvaro NegredoManchester City · 2-1
  • 68'Yellow card · Glen JohnsonLiverpool
  • 81'Yellow card · Pablo ZabaletaManchester City
  • 86'Yellow card · Victor MosesLiverpool
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Luis SuárezLiverpool

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Manchester City 2, draws 6, Liverpool 2.

Team news

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

Joe Hart, Martín Demichelis, Aleksandar Kolarov, Gaël Clichy, Joleon Lescott, Fernandinho, Samir Nasri, Yaya Touré, David Silva, Álvaro Negredo, Edin Džeko

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

Simon Mignolet, Martin Škrtel, Mamadou Sakho, Glen Johnson, Jon Flanagan, Jordan Henderson, Lucas Leiva, Luis Suárez, Raheem Sterling, Steven Gerrard