Manchester City 3-0 Liverpool: result and report

Premier League · Tuesday 3 January 2012

Result

Manchester City 3-0 Liverpool

Premier League · Tuesday 3 January 2012, 20:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Manchester City 3-0 Liverpool: match report

Manchester City defeated Liverpool 3-0 in the Premier League on Tuesday 3 January 2012. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Sergio Agüero opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Manchester City's goals came from Sergio Agüero (10'), Yaya Touré (33') and James Milner (75', penalty). Liverpool did not score.

Discipline: Manchester City received 1 yellow card and 1 red card; Liverpool received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Manchester City were 1st on 45 points from 19 and Liverpool 6th on 34 points from 19. Manchester City went on to finish that season 1st with 89 points, and Liverpool 8th with 52.

Manchester City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Liverpool in a 4-3-2-1.

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

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 10'Goal · Sergio AgüeroManchester City · 1-0
  • 33'Goal · Yaya TouréManchester City · 2-0
  • 45'Yellow card · Gareth BarryManchester City
  • 56'Yellow card · Glen JohnsonLiverpool
  • 73'Second yellow · Gareth BarryManchester City
  • 75'Penalty goal · James MilnerManchester City · 3-0

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Shay Given, Micah Richards, Joleon Lescott, Wayne Bridge, Nigel de Jong, Gareth Barry, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Stephen Ireland, Emmanuel Adebayor, Carlos Alberto Tevez

Liverpool line-up (4-3-2-1)

Pepe Reina, Glen Johnson, José Enrique, Daniel Agger, Jordan Henderson, Stewart Downing, Jay Spearing, Andy Carroll, Dirk Kuyt, Charlie Adam, Martin Škrtel