Manchester City v Liverpool, 09 September 2017

Score5-0 to Manchester City
RefereeJonathan Moss
CompetitionPremier League
VenueEtihad Stadium
Attendance54,172

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Kick-off: 12.30pm This was Manchester City's biggest league win against Liverpool since a 5-0 win at Anfield on 26 March 1937. City then beat the Reds 5-1 three days later at Maine Road which was the last time that they had scored five or more goals in a league game against Liverpool.

5 Manchester City

0 Liverpool

Goals:

Sergio Agüero 24 G
Gabriel Jesus 45 G
Gabriel Jesus 54 G
Leroy Sané 77 G
Leroy Sané 90 G

Goals:

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Ederson
Defender Danilo
Defender Benjamin Mendy
Defender Nicolás Otamendi
Defender Kyle Walker
Defender/Midfielder Fernandinho
Defender/Midfielder John Stones
Midfielder David Silva
Midfielder/Forward Kevin De Bruyne
Forward Sergio Agüero
Forward Gabriel Jesus

Starting lineup:

Simon Mignolet Goalkeeper
Ragnar Klavan Defender
Alberto Moreno Defender
Trent Alexander-Arnold Defender/Midfielder
Emre Can Defender/Midfielder
Jordan Henderson Defender/Midfielder
Joël Matip Defender/Midfielder
Georginio Wijnaldum Midfielder
Roberto Firmino Midfielder/Forward
Sadio Mané Midfielder/Forward
Mohamed Salah Midfielder/Forward

Substitutions:

Claudio Bravo for Ederson 45
Leroy Sané for Gabriel Jesus 57
Eliaquim Mangala for Nicolás Otamendi 71

Substitutions:

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain for Mohamed Salah 46
James Milner for Georginio Wijnaldum 58
Dominic Solanke for Roberto Firmino 67

Cards:

Nicolás Otamendi 6 Y
Fernandinho 28 Y

Cards:

Trent Alexander-Arnold 19 Y
Sadio Mané 37 R
Emre Can 80 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Claudio Bravo
Defender/Midfielder Eliaquim Mangala
Midfielder Fabian Delph
Midfielder Ilkay Gündogan
Midfielder/Forward Bernardo Silva
Midfielder/Forward Phil Foden
Midfielder/Forward Leroy Sané

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Loris Karius
Defender Joe Gomez
Defender Dejan Lovren
Defender/Midfielder James Milner
Midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain
Forward Dominic Solanke
Forward Daniel Sturridge

Comments:

League position: 2nd Manchester City had now lost one of their last 24 home games in the Premier League (won 14). Sergio Agüero now became the highest non-European goalscorer in the history of the Premier League as he surpassed Dwight Yorke's record toal of 123 goals. He had now scored in all six of his Premier League appearances against Liverpool at the Etihad Stadium so becoming the fourth player in Premier League history to score in six consecutive home appearances against the same team (also Alan Shearer against Everton, Thierry Henry against Aston Villa and Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink against West Ham United). Gabriel Jesus had now scored ten goals in his 14 appearances in the Premier League. Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola said: “Two teams in that level when you play ten against 11 for 50 minutes is a good advantage. But we played ten against 11 against Everton and we were better and deserved to win. It was not possible. Today sometimes it is not easy to play against ten, but we did it well. The second goal helped us a lot. We had to find the right moment with Sergio, Kevin de Bruyne and David Silva. We had patience to do that."

Comments:

League position: 7th This result was Jürgen Klopp's heaviest defeat in all competitions as Liverpool manager and his joint-heaviest in his managerial career (a 6-1 defeat when with Mainz against Werder Bremen in October 2006). This was now also Jürgen Klopp's first Premier League defeat away from home to one of last season's top seven teams; played ten, won five, drawn four. Since being promoted back to the top division in 1962, this was only the third time that Liverpool had lost a league game by a five-goal margin (also 7-2 at Tottenham Hotspur on 15 April 1963 and 6-1 at Stoke City on 24 May 2015). Sadio Mané became the second player to be sent-off when playing for and against the Reds in the Premier League after Dietmar Hamann. Liverpool had kept a clean sheet in six of their preceding seven games in the Premier League. Liverpool manager Jürgen Klopp said: “It [the sending-off] was an accident. A very unlucky situation. I think everyone knows he didn’t see the goalie. There was not one second he looks at the goalie. He just wanted to get the ball as soon as possible. Hopefully the goalie is not seriously injured.”

5 Manchester City

Goals:

Sergio Agüero 24 G
Gabriel Jesus 45 G
Gabriel Jesus 54 G
Leroy Sané 77 G
Leroy Sané 90 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Ederson
Defender Danilo
Defender Benjamin Mendy
Defender Nicolás Otamendi
Defender Kyle Walker
Defender/Midfielder Fernandinho
Defender/Midfielder John Stones
Midfielder David Silva
Midfielder/Forward Kevin De Bruyne
Forward Sergio Agüero
Forward Gabriel Jesus

Substitutions:

Claudio Bravo for Ederson 45
Leroy Sané for Gabriel Jesus 57
Eliaquim Mangala for Nicolás Otamendi 71

Cards:

Nicolás Otamendi 6 Y
Fernandinho 28 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Claudio Bravo
Defender/Midfielder Eliaquim Mangala
Midfielder Fabian Delph
Midfielder Ilkay Gündogan
Midfielder/Forward Bernardo Silva
Midfielder/Forward Phil Foden
Midfielder/Forward Leroy Sané

Comments:

League position: 2nd Manchester City had now lost one of their last 24 home games in the Premier League (won 14). Sergio Agüero now became the highest non-European goalscorer in the history of the Premier League as he surpassed Dwight Yorke's record toal of 123 goals. He had now scored in all six of his Premier League appearances against Liverpool at the Etihad Stadium so becoming the fourth player in Premier League history to score in six consecutive home appearances against the same team (also Alan Shearer against Everton, Thierry Henry against Aston Villa and Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink against West Ham United). Gabriel Jesus had now scored ten goals in his 14 appearances in the Premier League. Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola said: “Two teams in that level when you play ten against 11 for 50 minutes is a good advantage. But we played ten against 11 against Everton and we were better and deserved to win. It was not possible. Today sometimes it is not easy to play against ten, but we did it well. The second goal helped us a lot. We had to find the right moment with Sergio, Kevin de Bruyne and David Silva. We had patience to do that."

0 Liverpool

Goals:

Starting lineup:

Simon Mignolet Goalkeeper
Ragnar Klavan Defender
Alberto Moreno Defender
Trent Alexander-Arnold Defender/Midfielder
Emre Can Defender/Midfielder
Jordan Henderson Defender/Midfielder
Joël Matip Defender/Midfielder
Georginio Wijnaldum Midfielder
Roberto Firmino Midfielder/Forward
Sadio Mané Midfielder/Forward
Mohamed Salah Midfielder/Forward

Substitutions:

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain for Mohamed Salah 46
James Milner for Georginio Wijnaldum 58
Dominic Solanke for Roberto Firmino 67

Cards:

Trent Alexander-Arnold 19 Y
Sadio Mané 37 R
Emre Can 80 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Loris Karius
Defender Joe Gomez
Defender Dejan Lovren
Defender/Midfielder James Milner
Midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain
Forward Dominic Solanke
Forward Daniel Sturridge

Comments:

League position: 7th This result was Jürgen Klopp's heaviest defeat in all competitions as Liverpool manager and his joint-heaviest in his managerial career (a 6-1 defeat when with Mainz against Werder Bremen in October 2006). This was now also Jürgen Klopp's first Premier League defeat away from home to one of last season's top seven teams; played ten, won five, drawn four. Since being promoted back to the top division in 1962, this was only the third time that Liverpool had lost a league game by a five-goal margin (also 7-2 at Tottenham Hotspur on 15 April 1963 and 6-1 at Stoke City on 24 May 2015). Sadio Mané became the second player to be sent-off when playing for and against the Reds in the Premier League after Dietmar Hamann. Liverpool had kept a clean sheet in six of their preceding seven games in the Premier League. Liverpool manager Jürgen Klopp said: “It [the sending-off] was an accident. A very unlucky situation. I think everyone knows he didn’t see the goalie. There was not one second he looks at the goalie. He just wanted to get the ball as soon as possible. Hopefully the goalie is not seriously injured.”