It was a scintillating performance by Jurgen Klopp’s men as Liverpool surprisingly demolished Manchester City in front of their own home fans. It ended Manchester City 1 – 4 Liverpool.
Read our live coverage of the game below.
Jurgen Klopp’s first true Liverpool test comes against an in-form Manchester City at the Etihad stadium.
Man City will be missing Bony, David Silva, Samir Nasri and Vincent Kompany while Liverpool will not be able to field Joe Gomez, Danny Ings and Jordan Henderson.
The Reds head to the Etihad Stadium this evening where they have not won in the league in seven years.
Raheem Sterling will come up against the club he left somewhat acrimoniously in the summer after rejecting a new and lucrative contract at Anfield.
Liverpool XI vs. Man City: Mignolet; Clyne, Skrtel, Lovren, Moreno; Lucas, Can; Milner, Lallana, Coutinho; Firmino.
Man City XI vs. Liverpool: Hart; Sagna, Demichelis, Mangala, Kolarov; Toure, Fernando; Navas, Sterling, De Bruyne, Aguero.
FT: Man City 1 – 4 Liverpool…Mangala scored an own goal before Coutinho and then Firmino scored to increase Liverpool’s tally to three. Aguero pulled one back before Skrtel’s volley late in the game added the cherry on the icing.
90+ Toure does well to clear a ball for a corner…the Etihad stadium now looking empty as the home fans go home
90+ Four minutes of added time given
88′ SUB: Kolo Toures on, Adam Lallana off
86′ Corner is cleared…Man City looking for a goal to bring back some pride
85′ SAVE!!! Mignolet saves a shot from Sterling, De Bruyne puts the ball back into the box but nobody can connect…corner
84′ Clyne is booked for lashing out at Sterling…wouldn’t matter much…Liverpool fans are singing out loud in the Etihad stadium
81′ GGGGOOOOOOOAAAAAALLLLLL!!!!! Skrtel makes it four…After Benteke mises and Joe Hart puts out for a corner, Liverpool cross in but the ball cannot be cleared and it falls to Skrtel who volley in powerfully
80′ WHAT A MISS!!! Benteke is one one one after receiving a pass just after the half way line but he cannot beat Joe Hart….corner
78′ Mignolet impressively comes off the line to clear a Fernando pass that almost finds Sterling
77′ IHEANACHO CURLER!!! City’s teenage striker curls a ball from the right following a good cross by De Bruyne but he does not wrap his foot around the ball as expected
75′ SUB: Firmino off, Benteke on
75′ Lovren does well to divert De Bruyne’s cross from the right for a corner
71′ SAVE!!!Joe Hart saves impressively from Ibe
69’Ihenacho is robbed off the ball close to the box…could have done better
67′ SUB: Philipe Coutinho off, Jordan Ibe…Coutinho goes off with a pulled hamstring
66′ IHEANACHO CALLS FOR HANDBALL!!! Lovren clears a stray ball that hits his hand but the referee does not deem it intentional
64′ SUB: Sergio Aguero off, Kelechi Iheanacho on
64′ SAVE!!! Mignolet does well to recover and save a Kun Aguero shot
63′ OFFSIDE GOAL!!! Firmino finds Coutinho who dribbles Joe Hart and slides the ball into the net but he is correctly ruled offside
61′ SAVE BY HART!!! Hart does well to save a volley from a corner…City survive again
60′ WHAT A SAVE BY HART!!! Hart saves from Firmino who receives a sweet ball from Emre Can…corner
58′ Aguero’s pressure forces Lovren to ball a ball out for a corner
56′ CLEARED!!! Moreno’s cross from the right is cleared by Delph who gets a lucky touch on the ball…City survive
55′ De Bruyne’s cross to the back post has the crowd up but Milner is there to clear the danger with his head
52′ Just like the first half, Liverpool are happy to concede possession and patiently wait for a counter
50′ Aguero escapesa booking after barging into Milner
48′ YELLOW CARD: Emre Can goes in the book for a challenge on Fernandinho
47’SAVE!!! De Bruyne’s cross is caught by Mignolet before Fernandinho can get to it
47′ Mignolet does well do deny Sterling the chance to choose
46′ Man City start the second half….SUB: Fernandinho and Delph in, Yaya Toure and Jesus Navas out
HT: Manchester City 1 – 3 Liverpool…Liverpool provide counter-attacking masterclass to score three goals before Aguero’s super strike reduces the deficit
45′ Skrtel does well to clear Kolarov’s cross for a corner..corner is cleared as ref gives two minutes of added time
43′ GOOOOOOOAAAAAALLLLL!!!! Aguero pulls one back for City, he dribbles Lucas and tries a good shot from 20 yards out that beats Mignolet in goal
35′ MISS!!! Firmino’s volley from the left is just wide off the mark…City are being apart here
34′ SAVE!!! Joe Hart makes himself big to deny Firmino
31′ GOOOOOOOAAAAALLLLLL!!!!! Firmino scores another. Lallana brilliantly back heel finds Coutinho who squares for Firmino to tap in
30’IS THAT A PENALTY??? City players say Aguero’s cross hit Skretel, Ref says no
26′ Liverpool looking more comfortable in this match as they concede possession
23′ GOOOOOOOOAAAAAALLLLLLL!!!!! Coutinho scores….Firmino’s cross from the right is side footed home by Coutinho…Made in Brazil
22′ City with all the possession and Liverpool doing all the counter attacking
21′ CROSS!! De Bruyne cross is cleared by Clyne, Sterling was lurking behind
17′ OFFSIDE!!! Lallana is found just offside after Liverpool’s crisp passing disables the Man City backline. Man City survive
14′ Liverpool happy to concede possession and counter which is really working for them…..Lallana is just offside…City survive an attacking move
11′ IS THAT A PENALTY??? Man City play a corner and the ball falls to Sterling in the box who tries to dribble and is felled, ref says play on
8′ BLOCK!!! James Milner shows incredicble defensive awareness to put De Bruyne’s cross for a corner
7′ GOOOOOOAAAAALLLLLL!!!! Mangala put the ball into his own net…Coutinho robs Sagna of the ball and feeds Lallana whose cut back cross is converted into the net by Mangala
6′ Nice football from Liverpool almost sees Can through on goal but Coutinho is flagged offside
5′ CHANCE!!! Joe Hart comes a long way to cleear a long ball for a throw in, Liverpool quickly throw but Mangala does well to clear the danger
3′ Skrtel does well to clear a ball for a corner…Liverpool clear the corner
2′ Man City dominating the possession early in the match
1’Liverpool gets us kicked off
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