LIVERPOOL. Manchester City and Liverpool draw 1-1. J. Stones scored the first goal (23′) for Manchester City. A. Mac settled the score (50′) with a penalty.
The match was played at the Anfield stadium in Liverpool on Sunday and it started at 3:45 pm local time. The referee was Michael Oliver with the collaboration of Stuart Burt and Daniel Cook. The 4th official was David Coote. The weather was light rain. The temperature was cold at 7.91 degrees Celsius or 46.24 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 89%.
Match Statistics
- 53 Ball Possession 47
Shots
- 19 Total 10
- 6 On Target 6
- 9 Off Target 2
- 5 Shots blocked 2
- 124 Attack 106
- 55 Dangerous attack 49
- 98 Ball safe 87
- 9 Free Kicks 12
- 1 Penalties 0
- 7 Corners 4
- 6 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 6 Total 9
- 0 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 3 Substitutions 3
Ball possession
No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Liverpool was in possession of the ball for 53% of the time vs. Manchester City that controlled the ball for 47% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Liverpool was more pushing with 55 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 6 were on target. Nonetheless, that was not enough Liverpool to win the match.
Liverpool shot 19 times, 6 on target, 9 off target. Regarding the opposition, Manchester City shot 10 times, 6 on target, 2 off target.
Cards
Liverpool didn’t receive any yellow card. On the opposite side, Manchester City received 3 yellow cards (Rodri, Ederson and Bernardo Silva).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Liverpool has 64 points like Arsenal to sit in the 2nd place. Regarding the opposition, Manchester City will has 63 points to remain in the 3rd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Premier League, Liverpool will play away against Everton on the 16th of March with a 22-3 head to head record in favor of Liverpool (17 draws).
Manchester City will play away against Brighton & Hove Albion on the 16th of March with a 12-1 head to head stats in favor of Manchester City (2 draws).
Liverpool – Formation
Liverpool
61'
50'
Liverpool started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Jürgen Klopp decided to play with the following team: Caoimhín Kelleher , Conor Bradley , Jarell Quansah , Virgil van Dijk , Joe Gomez , Alexis Mac Allister , Wataru Endo , Dominik Szoboszlai , Harvey Elliott , Darwin Núñez and Luis Díaz .
The home team had on the bench: Adrián, Cody Gakpo , Konstantinos Tsimikas, Bobby Clark, James McConnell, Amara Nallo, Louie Koumas, Andrew Robertson and Mohamed Salah .
Substitutions
Liverpool made 3 changes: Darwin Núñez for Cody Gakpo (76′), Conor Bradley for Andrew Robertson (61′) and Dominik Szoboszlai for Mohamed Salah (61′).
Player of the match: Alexis Mac Allister
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Liverpool was Alexis Mac Allister.
His rating is with 1 goal, 60 passes (80% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 8 duels out of 14.
Manchester City – Formation
Manchester City
47'
Manchester City started with a 3-2-4-1 line-up (3-2-4-1).
Josep Guardiola i Sala played with: Ederson , Kyle Walker , Manuel Akanji , Nathan Aké , Rodri , John Stones , Phil Foden , Bernardo Silva , Kevin De Bruyne , Julián Álvarez and Erling Haaland .
They had on the bench: Jérémy Doku , Stefan Ortega , Sergio Gómez, Josko Gvardiol, Matheus Nunes, Oscar Bobb, Rico Lewis, Rúben Dias and Mateo Kovacic .
Manchester City could not rely on the presence of Stefan Ortega (injured).
Substitutions
Manchester City made 3 changes: Ederson for Stefan Ortega (56′), Julián Álvarez for Jérémy Doku (69′) and Kevin De Bruyne for Mateo Kovacic (69′).
Player of the match: Stefan Ortega
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Manchester City was the goalkeeper: Stefan Ortega. His rating is 8.06. He performed 4 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Premier League.
- West Ham United – Burnley – 2-2
- Liverpool – Manchester City – 1-1
- Brighton & Hove Albion – Nottingham Forest – 1-0
- Aston Villa – Tottenham Hotspur – 0-4
