Liverpool 4-3 Manchester City: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 14 January 2018

Result

Liverpool 4-3 Manchester City

Premier League · Sunday 14 January 2018, 16:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

Liverpool · Manchester City · Premier League predictions

Liverpool 4-3 Manchester City: match report

Liverpool won against Manchester City 4-3 in the Premier League on Sunday 14 January 2018. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Liverpool's goals came from Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (9'), Roberto Firmino (59'), Sadio Mané (61') and Mohamed Salah (68'). Manchester City scored through Leroy Sané (40'), Bernardo Silva (84') and Ilkay Gündogan (90+1').

Discipline: Liverpool received 2 yellow cards; Manchester City received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Liverpool were 4th on 44 points from 22 and Manchester City 1st on 62 points from 22. Liverpool went on to finish that season 4th with 75 points, and Manchester City 1st with 100.

Liverpool lined up in a 4-3-3 and Manchester City in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Mohamed Salah of Liverpool (8.8), ahead of Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (8.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Liverpool wins, 2 draws and 3 for Manchester City.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Goal · Alex Oxlade-ChamberlainLiverpool · 1-0
  • 40'Goal · Leroy SanéManchester City · 1-1
  • 59'Goal · Roberto FirminoLiverpool · 2-1
  • 60'Yellow card · Roberto FirminoLiverpool
  • 61'Goal · Sadio ManéLiverpool · 3-1
  • 65'Yellow card · Nicolás OtamendiManchester City
  • 68'Goal · Mohamed SalahLiverpool · 4-1
  • 69'Yellow card · Raheem SterlingManchester City
  • 72'Yellow card · FernandinhoManchester City
  • 84'Goal · Bernardo SilvaManchester City · 4-2
  • 90+1'Goal · Ilkay GündoganManchester City · 4-3
  • 90+3'Yellow card · James MilnerLiverpool

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Liverpool 5, draws 2, Manchester City 3.

Team news

Liverpool line-up (4-3-3)

Loris Karius, Joe Gomez, Joël Matip, Dejan Lovren, Andrew Robertson, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Emre Can, Georginio Wijnaldum, Mohamed Salah, Roberto Firmino, Sadio Mané

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

Ederson, Kyle Walker, John Stones, Nicolás Otamendi, Fabian Delph, Kevin De Bruyne, Fernandinho, İlkay Gündoğan, Raheem Sterling, Sergio Agüero, Leroy Sané