Home fans at Anfield will get to celebrate Premier League match
time when Manchester City visit Liverpool in match week 32 on Monday,
April 11.
The game is the second of a two-legged contest; the first, hosted by Manchester City on August 23, 2010, was won 3-0 by City, who were boosted by a brace of goals by their talismanic striker, Carlos Tevez. Manchester City's Arab owners had invested over a million pounds on summer signings and the result was seen by some as justification. Liverpool's poor showing could be attributed to the board room wrangles the club was going through at the time, and which were eventually put to rest by the transfer of ownership to NESV. Nevertheless, City would feel that their title credentials had been underlined by the result, against a big team.
City went into the lead on 13 minutes when Gareth Barry latched on to a cross from Milner who in turn had been fed a pass by Adam Johnson. Liverpool had their own scoring chances and it was Joe Hart's brilliance between their posts that kept shots from Ngog and Torres out of the net. Another scoring attempt, by Gerrard, went in vain after it struck the post and rebounded into play.
Head to head, Liverpool have established a 3-1 advantage in the last 10 league games played between the sides, with the remaining 6 matches drawn.
In their last 6 league games, Liverpool have registered 2 wins, 3 losses and a draw; Manchester City have won 2 of their last 4, while drawing the remaining one. Of their 15 home games this season, Liverpool have won 9, drawn 2 and lost 4, while Manchester City have won 6 of their 15 games on the road, while losing 5 and drawing the remaining 4.
In match week 31, Liverpool lost 2-1 away at West Brom; Manchester City beat Sunderland 5-0 at home.
Liverpool's fortunes have fluctuated since the arrival of Kenny Dalglish, and the Anfield squad will want to play to potential in a game that could boost them immensely at the fag end of their Premiership campaign. Currently in sixth place, a win against City could propel the Reds to a European qualification. That said, Man City who are 10 points adrift of leaders Man United will want to win most of their remaining seven games to keep their fading title hopes alive. Liverpool will not have it easy, despite home advantage.
Liverpool's starting eleven against West Brom had the following players: Reina, Carragher, Skrtel, Agger, Johnson, Kuyt, Spearing, Lucas, Meireles, Carroll and Suarez. Kyrgiakos, Wilson and Cole were used as substitutes.
Manchester City had the following men in their starting eleven against Sunderland: Hart, Boyata, Kompany, Lescott, Kolarov, Y Toure, De Jong, Silva, Johnson, Tevez and Balotelli. Wright-Phillips, McGivern and Vieira featured as substitutes.
The game is the second of a two-legged contest; the first, hosted by Manchester City on August 23, 2010, was won 3-0 by City, who were boosted by a brace of goals by their talismanic striker, Carlos Tevez. Manchester City's Arab owners had invested over a million pounds on summer signings and the result was seen by some as justification. Liverpool's poor showing could be attributed to the board room wrangles the club was going through at the time, and which were eventually put to rest by the transfer of ownership to NESV. Nevertheless, City would feel that their title credentials had been underlined by the result, against a big team.
City went into the lead on 13 minutes when Gareth Barry latched on to a cross from Milner who in turn had been fed a pass by Adam Johnson. Liverpool had their own scoring chances and it was Joe Hart's brilliance between their posts that kept shots from Ngog and Torres out of the net. Another scoring attempt, by Gerrard, went in vain after it struck the post and rebounded into play.
Head to head, Liverpool have established a 3-1 advantage in the last 10 league games played between the sides, with the remaining 6 matches drawn.
In their last 6 league games, Liverpool have registered 2 wins, 3 losses and a draw; Manchester City have won 2 of their last 4, while drawing the remaining one. Of their 15 home games this season, Liverpool have won 9, drawn 2 and lost 4, while Manchester City have won 6 of their 15 games on the road, while losing 5 and drawing the remaining 4.
In match week 31, Liverpool lost 2-1 away at West Brom; Manchester City beat Sunderland 5-0 at home.
Liverpool's fortunes have fluctuated since the arrival of Kenny Dalglish, and the Anfield squad will want to play to potential in a game that could boost them immensely at the fag end of their Premiership campaign. Currently in sixth place, a win against City could propel the Reds to a European qualification. That said, Man City who are 10 points adrift of leaders Man United will want to win most of their remaining seven games to keep their fading title hopes alive. Liverpool will not have it easy, despite home advantage.
Liverpool's starting eleven against West Brom had the following players: Reina, Carragher, Skrtel, Agger, Johnson, Kuyt, Spearing, Lucas, Meireles, Carroll and Suarez. Kyrgiakos, Wilson and Cole were used as substitutes.
Manchester City had the following men in their starting eleven against Sunderland: Hart, Boyata, Kompany, Lescott, Kolarov, Y Toure, De Jong, Silva, Johnson, Tevez and Balotelli. Wright-Phillips, McGivern and Vieira featured as substitutes.
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