Manchester City 2-1 Liverpool: result and report

Premier League · Thursday 3 January 2019

Result

Manchester City 2-1 Liverpool

Premier League · Thursday 3 January 2019, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Manchester City 2-1 Liverpool: match report

Manchester City defeated Liverpool 2-1 in the Premier League on Thursday 3 January 2019. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Sergio Agüero opened the scoring in the 40th minute. Manchester City's goals came from Sergio Agüero (40') and Leroy Sané (72'). Liverpool scored through Roberto Firmino (64').

Discipline: Manchester City received 4 yellow cards; Liverpool received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Manchester City were 3rd on 47 points from 20 and Liverpool 1st on 54 points from 20. Manchester City went on to finish that season 1st with 98 points, and Liverpool 2nd with 97.

Manchester City lined up in a 4-3-3 and Liverpool in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to John Stones of Manchester City (7.8), ahead of Roberto Firmino (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Manchester City win, 2 draws and 7 for Liverpool.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 20'Yellow card · Dejan LovrenLiverpool
  • 31'Yellow card · Vincent KompanyManchester City
  • 38'Yellow card · Georginio WijnaldumLiverpool
  • 40'Goal · Sergio AgüeroManchester City · 1-0
  • 45+2'Yellow card · Aymeric LaporteManchester City
  • 64'Goal · Roberto FirminoLiverpool · 1-1
  • 72'Goal · Leroy SanéManchester City · 2-1
  • 89'Yellow card · Bernardo SilvaManchester City
  • 90+5'Yellow card · EdersonManchester City

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Manchester City 1, draws 2, Liverpool 7.

Team news

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

Ederson, Danilo, John Stones, Vincent Kompany, Aymeric Laporte, Bernardo Silva, Fernandinho, David Silva, Raheem Sterling, Sergio Agüero, Leroy Sané

Liverpool line-up (4-3-3)

Alisson, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Dejan Lovren, Virgil van Dijk, Andrew Robertson, Georginio Wijnaldum, Jordan Henderson, James Milner, Mohamed Salah, Roberto Firmino, Sadio Mané