Manchester City 2-1 Liverpool: result and report
Premier League · Monday 25 August 2014
Result
Manchester City 2-1 Liverpool
Premier League · Monday 25 August 2014, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Manchester City 2-1 Liverpool: match report
Manchester City defeated Liverpool 2-1 in the Premier League on Monday 25 August 2014. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Stevan Jovetic opened the scoring in the 41st minute. Manchester City's goals came from Stevan Jovetic (41'), Stevan Jovetic (55') and Sergio Agüero (69'). Liverpool scored through an own goal by Pablo Zabaleta (83').
Discipline: Manchester City received 1 yellow card; Liverpool received 1 yellow card.
Manchester City went on to finish that season 2nd with 78 points, and Liverpool 7th with 57.
Manchester City lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Liverpool in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Stevan Jovetić of Manchester City (8.6), ahead of Daniel Sturridge (8.1).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Manchester City wins, 5 draws and 2 for Liverpool.
Key events
- 29'Yellow card · Yaya Touré
- 41'Goal · Stevan Jovetic
- 55'Goal · Stevan Jovetic
- 69'Goal · Sergio Agüero
- 76'Yellow card · Emre Can
- 83'Own goal · Pablo Zabaleta
Head-to-head
Team news
Manchester City line-up (4-4-1-1)
Joe Hart, Pablo Zabaleta, Vincent Kompany, Martín Demichelis, Gaël Clichy, Samir Nasri, Yaya Touré, Fernando, David Silva, Stevan Jovetić, Edin Džeko
Liverpool line-up (4-3-3)
Simon Mignolet, Glen Johnson, Martin Škrtel, Dejan Lovren, Alberto Moreno, Jordan Henderson, Steven Gerrard, Joe Allen, Raheem Sterling, Daniel Sturridge, Philippe Coutinho