Manchester City 4-1 Liverpool: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 1 April 2023

Result

Manchester City 4-1 Liverpool

Premier League · Saturday 1 April 2023, 11:30 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Manchester City 4-1 Liverpool: match report

Manchester City beat Liverpool 4-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 1 April 2023. The half-time score was 1-1.

Mohamed Salah opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Manchester City's goals came from Julián Alvarez (27'), Kevin De Bruyne (46'), İlkay Gündoğan (53') and Jack Grealish (74'). Liverpool scored through Mohamed Salah (17').

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

Going into the game Manchester City were 2nd on 61 points from 27 and Liverpool 6th on 42 points from 26. Manchester City went on to finish that season 1st with 89 points, and Liverpool 5th with 67.

Manchester City lined up in a 3-2-4-1 and Liverpool in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Kevin De Bruyne of Manchester City (9.1), ahead of Jack Grealish (9.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Manchester City wins, 4 draws and 3 for Liverpool.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 17'Goal · Mohamed SalahLiverpool · 0-1
  • 19'Yellow card · Mohamed SalahLiverpool
  • 27'Goal · Julián AlvarezManchester City · 1-1
  • 33'Yellow card · RodriManchester City
  • 46'Goal · Kevin De BruyneManchester City · 2-1
  • 53'Goal · İlkay GündoğanManchester City · 3-1
  • 74'Goal · Jack GrealishManchester City · 4-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Manchester City 3, draws 4, Liverpool 3.

Team news

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

Ederson, Manuel Akanji, Rúben Dias, Nathan Aké, John Stones, Rodri, Riyad Mahrez, Kevin De Bruyne, İlkay Gündoğan, Jack Grealish, Julián Alvarez

Liverpool line-up (4-3-3)

Alisson, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Ibrahima Konaté, Virgil van Dijk, Andrew Robertson, Harvey Elliott, Fabinho, Jordan Henderson, Mohamed Salah, Cody Gakpo, Diogo Jota