Match Thread: Manchester City vs Liverpool | English Premier League
#FT: Manchester City 1-1 Liverpool
Venue: Etihad Stadium
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Manchester City
Ederson, Rúben Dias, Nathan Aké, Kyle Walker, Manuel Akanji, Rodri, Jérémy Doku, Phil Foden, Erling Haaland, Bernardo Silva, Julián Álvarez.
Subs: Scott Carson, John Stones, Josko Gvardiol, Kalvin Phillips, Rico Lewis, Stefan Ortega, Oscar Bobb, Sergio Gómez.
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Liverpool
Alisson Becker, Virgil van Dijk, Joël Matip, Kostas Tsimikas, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Alexis Mac Allister (Wataru Endo), Curtis Jones (Ryan Gravenberch), Dominik Szoboszlai (Cody Gakpo), Darwin Núñez (Harvey Elliott), Diogo Jota (Luis Díaz), Mohamed Salah.
Subs: Caoimhin Kelleher, Joe Gomez, Ibrahima Konaté, Jarell Quansah.
MATCH EVENTS | via ESPN
27’ Goal! Manchester City 1, Liverpool 0. Erling Haaland (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Nathan Aké.
54’ Substitution, Liverpool. Luis Díaz replaces Diogo Jota because of an injury.
54’ Substitution, Liverpool. Ryan Gravenberch replaces Curtis Jones.
73’ Substitution, Liverpool. Cody Gakpo replaces Dominik Szoboszlai.
75’ Darwin Núñez (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
80’ Goal! Manchester City 1, Liverpool 1. Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Mohamed Salah.
85’ Substitution, Liverpool. Harvey Elliott replaces Darwin Núñez.
85’ Substitution, Liverpool. Wataru Endo replaces Alexis Mac Allister.
86’ Joël Matip (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
89’ Bernardo Silva (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card.
90’+3’ Wataru Endo (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Not sure what game some people watched but Doku did fuck all. If sprinting into space and dribbling the ball out for a goal kick or smashing it into the first defender is a world class performance then wilfred zaha is the best winger in the world
He’s going to be a better player but the praise for this performance reminds me a lot of Adama Traore’s early Wolves days. He was absolutely unplayable and a menace every time he stepped on the pitch, and finished the season with 1 goal and 3 assists.
Doku finished the Bournemouth game with 1 goal and 4 assists.
All the flair with none of the end product.
Yeah, get the highest match rating of any player from Opta by doing “fuck all”.
Who gives a shit anout some made ip rating that over values dribbles. 70% of the time he got the ball he blasted it to the first defender or dribbled out the goal line for a goal kick lmao
Still made me worry every time he got the ball. People are saying no end product but all it takes is one well delivered ball to the box and they’ve got enough people who can finish. Luckily he couldn’t manage that today
He did manage it a few times, City’s players just couldn’t put it in the back of the net (partly do to bad finishing and partly due to Liverpool players blocking shots).
There is a reason he got MOTM from Opta without having scored or assisted.
The absolute disrespect on the Wilf
Hard to see Grealish playing ahead of Doku now, he’s improving with every game imo
Doku is a monster 1v1, so how come there were so many instances (especially at the end) where Liverpool allowed City players time to ping him diagonally? That didn’t make sense to me
Gave him the corner and he took it, but they took away his outlet (Silva). Typical too many touches player. He’ll learn though.
Can’t double up on everyone as the other attackers are also immense.
Trent and Matip handled him well though tbf.
A draw at the Etihad is always a good result
Unless you’re Man City
A good result considering the early kick off post an international break.
Loved the fight from us… Some silly moments and few poor passes in final 3rd but this team is cooking…!!!
This game told me one thing -
The title was there for the taking for Spurs but alas injuries happened. Nobody comes close to pre-injury Spurs with the style and effectiveness that Spurs played with.
Such a shame really.
We’ll be telling our grandkids about those eight games.
I am sure you could have found another way to “spurs” it up.
Title there for the taking? Will be lucky to finish in the top 4
Spurs were never going to win the title. Anybody who thought they would was just lying to themselves.
👋
It’s because you have bad squad depth. Which is your own fault.
Lol the belief in your squad went quick
The title was there for the taking for Spurs but alas injuries happened
lol
Or, you just shouldn’t based your opinion on one game, especially a 12:30 kick. A 9 men looked superior to Spurs not so long ago.
Pep made no subs. Why not give someone like Kalvin Philips a chance?
because we weren’t up 4 nil, he may have gotten a cameo if that was the case lol
He’s not good enough.
Doku is insanely good
Still very raw though. There were a couple occasions where he should’ve been at the end of the cross from the other flank and when he should’ve probably Released the pass earlier but all in all he’s indeed very good.
Yeah, his control and dribbling is so good, once he gets the end pass/shooting in, what a dangerous player
He wasn’t great today. Had that good run to the byline and drew that foul but other then was pretty silent all match. The best thing he did was offer enough of a threat to pin TAA back
Dribbled past 7 times and MotM is insane
How many of those were showing Doku out wide tho
How many goals does that count for?
It was the early start time, or it would have been only 6 times, lol.
Do you think Klopp asked Trent to try and stop Doku from dribbling past him? Or do you think they realised that wouldn’t be a great strategy, so accept you can’t stop him and let him dribble and force him into positions where he can’t produce a top scoring opportunity?
Just wondering what the top managerial minds of Reddit think about defensive tactics. Might be able to teach Klopp a thing or two.
I walk into that lpool side and win the quadruple every season pal
Goals make difference not dribbles
Liverpool got fucking lucky. Loved how Liverpool fans were hyping their players scoring against trash teams during the break, lol.
You ok hun? Xx
Cope
Loved how taa just shushed ye
liverpool lucky? lol
I guess you too got fucking lucky too, with the 115 charges sticking up your ass. I’m surprised you guys can play well.
Oh yay International break is finally over!
Oh right Premier League refs are back…
Matip has to be one of the most underrated PL defenders in the last 10 years
Yeah, I’m a big fan. A great defender and also I love the way he takes the game on with his runs down the middle.
Matip is the closest I see to What Stones does for us. If he played for us he would’ve been insane next to Rodri in my eyes.
Saw the fracas between Nunez and Pep. Was quite serious. What exactly sparked that? Did Pep say something derogatory to Darwin?
Why would you assume that? Just because?
“your wife’s in me dm’s”
Chanting feed the scouser all match and then get shushed by the scouser equalizing. You fucking love to see it.
I’ve always wondered…
We’re socioeconomic conditions at all different between cities 20 miles apart? Seems so strange to me.
Football fans of both clubs have far more in common than many realise.
At various times both cities have thrived though Liverpool’s decline from one of the world’s foremost ports and probably England’s second most important City was directly linked to Manchester’s development. There was a historic rivalry in regards to employment and industry between the cities as well as your typical neighbours rivalry. In more recent years it’s a popular trope (perpetuated by the media both news and pop culture) that scousers are unemployed (linked to the heavy unemployment numbers in the 80s, which ironically Manchester also dealt with), thieves and overly reliant on benefits. Scousers are very proud people and moreso than most cities feel independent from England (in part due to the treatment of the city under Thatchers government, which actively avoided supporting the city) so its an easy sticking point to make light of those struggles.
All in all though Manchester has a higher child poverty rate and a slightly lower (though still top 10 in the UK) unemployment rate than Liverpool but they aren’t typically known for being poor thus don’t get abuse for it. And despite the fact that we should be showing solidarity in our struggles it’s more important in football to windup your rivals regardless of subject matter.
12/15 successful dribbles by doku against liverpool 😯
Against TAA actually
0/12 times he did something successful with the ball afterwards though.
He’s absolutely terrifying 1:1 but his final ball leaves a lot to be desired
his crosses and cutbacks into the box were very dangerous, is teammates just couldnt capitalize.
“Dangerous” is subjective, firing a ball into an already crowded box rarely results in a goal, even if it seems excitinf
City won on successful dribbles