Liverpool 1-1 Manchester City: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 22 February 2009
Result
Liverpool 1-1 Manchester City
Premier League · Sunday 22 February 2009, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Liverpool 1-1 Manchester City: match report
Liverpool drew with Manchester City 1-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 22 February 2009. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Liverpool's goal came from Dirk Kuyt (78'). Manchester City scored through an own goal by Álvaro Arbeloa (51').
Discipline: Liverpool received 1 yellow card; Manchester City received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Liverpool were 2nd on 54 points from 25 and Manchester City 10th on 31 points from 25. Liverpool went on to finish that season 2nd with 86 points, and Manchester City 10th with 50.
Liverpool lined up in a 4-4-2 and Manchester City in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Liverpool wins, 2 draws and 1 for Manchester City.
Going into the match Liverpool's last five read W-W-D-D-D and Manchester City's L-W-L-W-W.
Key events
- 32'Yellow card · Richard Dunne
- 51'Own goal · Álvaro Arbeloa
- 74'Yellow card · Vincent Kompany
- 76'Yellow card · Nabil El Zhar
- 78'Goal · Dirk Kuyt
Head-to-head
Team news
Liverpool line-up (4-4-2)
Pepe Reina, Andrea Dossena, Álvaro Arbeloa, Javier Mascherano, Jamie Carragher, Albert Riera, Yossi Benayoun, Lucas Leiva, Fernando Torres, Dirk Kuyt, Martin Škrtel
Manchester City expected line-up (4-4-2)
Joe Hart, Richard Dunne, Javier Garrido, Michael Ball, Stephen Ireland, Martin Petrov, Gelson Fernandes, Michael Johnson, Benjamin Mwaruwari, Darius Vassell, Vedran Ćorluka