Liverpool 3-0 Manchester City: result and report

Champions League · Wednesday 4 April 2018

Result

Liverpool 3-0 Manchester City

Champions League · Wednesday 4 April 2018, 18:45 UTC · half-time 3-0

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Liverpool 3-0 Manchester City: match report

Liverpool won against Manchester City 3-0 in the Champions League on Wednesday 4 April 2018. The half-time score was 3-0.

Mohamed Salah opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Liverpool's goals came from Mohamed Salah (12'), Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (20') and Sadio Mané (31'). Manchester City did not score.

Discipline: Liverpool received 1 yellow card; Manchester City received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Liverpool were 2nd on 22 points from 10 and Manchester City 5th on 18 points from 8. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

Liverpool lined up in a 4-3-3 and Manchester City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Mohamed Salah of Liverpool (8.3), ahead of Sadio Mané (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Liverpool wins, 1 draw and 3 for Manchester City.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Goal · Mohamed SalahLiverpool · 1-0
  • 20'Goal · Alex Oxlade-ChamberlainLiverpool · 2-0
  • 31'Goal · Sadio ManéLiverpool · 3-0
  • 45+3'Yellow card · Nicolás OtamendiManchester City
  • 76'Yellow card · Gabriel JesusManchester City
  • 80'Yellow card · Kevin De BruyneManchester City
  • 86'Yellow card · Jordan HendersonLiverpool
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Raheem SterlingManchester City

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Liverpool 6, draws 1, Manchester City 3.

Team news

Liverpool line-up (4-3-3)

Loris Karius, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Dejan Lovren, Virgil van Dijk, Andrew Robertson, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Jordan Henderson, James Milner, Mohamed Salah, Roberto Firmino, Sadio Mané

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

Ederson, Kyle Walker, Nicolás Otamendi, Vincent Kompany, Aymeric Laporte, Kevin De Bruyne, Fernandinho, İlkay Gündoğan, David Silva, Leroy Sané, Gabriel Jesus