Manchester City 4-0 Liverpool: result and report

Premier League · Thursday 2 July 2020

Result

Manchester City 4-0 Liverpool

Premier League · Thursday 2 July 2020, 19:15 UTC · half-time 3-0

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Manchester City 4-0 Liverpool: match report

Manchester City beat Liverpool 4-0 in the Premier League on Thursday 2 July 2020. It was 3-0 at half-time.

Kevin De Bruyne opened the scoring in the 25th minute. Manchester City's goals came from Kevin De Bruyne (25', penalty), Raheem Sterling (35'), Phil Foden (45') and an own goal by Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (66'). Liverpool did not score.

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

Going into the game Manchester City were 2nd on 63 points from 31 and Liverpool 1st on 86 points from 31. Manchester City went on to finish that season 2nd with 81 points, and Liverpool 1st with 99.

Manchester City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Liverpool in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Kevin De Bruyne of Manchester City (8.7), ahead of Phil Foden (8.4).

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 24'Yellow card · Joe GomezLiverpool
  • 25'Penalty goal · Kevin De BruyneManchester City · 1-0
  • 35'Goal · Raheem SterlingManchester City · 2-0
  • 41'Yellow card · Benjamin MendyManchester City
  • 45'Goal · Phil FodenManchester City · 3-0
  • 56'Yellow card · Kyle WalkerManchester City
  • 66'Own goal · Alex Oxlade-ChamberlainManchester City · 4-0
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Jordan HendersonLiverpool

Head-to-head

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

Team news

Manchester City line-up (4-2-3-1)

Ederson, Kyle Walker, Eric García, Aymeric Laporte, Benjamin Mendy, İlkay Gündoğan, Rodri, Phil Foden, Kevin De Bruyne, Raheem Sterling, Gabriel Jesus

Liverpool line-up (4-3-3)

Alisson, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Joe Gomez, Virgil van Dijk, Andrew Robertson, Jordan Henderson, Fabinho, Georginio Wijnaldum, Mohamed Salah, Roberto Firmino, Sadio Mané