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Manchester City 1-4 Liverpool - December 02, 1989 / Division 1 1989/1990

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Division 1 1989/1990 - Round 16

Maine Road - Manchester - England

December 02, 1989

31 641

Manchester City

1 - 4

Liverpool

(penalty) Clive Allen

Ian Rush

48'

Peter Beardsley

58'

Steve McMahon

88'

Ian Rush

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0' - Goal Clive Allen0

9' - Goal Ian Rush

16' - Substitution Gary Gillespieis substituted by Nick Tanner

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46' - Substitution Gerry Taggartis substituted by David Oldfield46

48' - Goal Peter Beardsley

58' - Goal Steve McMahon

67' - Substitution Steve Stauntonis substituted by Mike Marsh

88' - Goal Ian Rush

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Manchester City

1 - 4

Liverpool

Manchester City Liverpool

Team line-ups

Manchester City

Dibble

Andy Dibble

Wales

B.date08/05/1965

Age24 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Taggart46

Gerry Taggart

Northern Ireland

B.date18/10/1970

Age19 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Redmond

Steve Redmond

England

B.date02/11/1967

Age22 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Seagraves

Mark Seagraves

England

B.date22/10/1966

Age23 years

positionDefender

Hendry

Colin Hendry

Scotland

B.date07/12/1965

Age23 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Brightwell

Ian Brightwell

England

B.date09/04/1968

Age21 years

H1m78

positionRight Midfielder

Bishop

Ian Bishop

England

B.date29/05/1965

Age24 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

Lake

Paul Lake

England

B.date28/10/1968

Age21 years

H1m83

positionRight Midfielder

White

David White

England

B.date30/10/1967

Age22 years

H1m91

positionRight Winger

Allen0

Clive Allen

England

B.date20/05/1961

Age28 years

H1m78

positionStriker

Morley

Trevor Morley

England

B.date20/03/1961

Age28 years

H1m80

positionCentre forward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Andy Dibble		24	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gerry Taggart	46	19	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Redmond		22	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mark Seagraves		23	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Colin Hendry		23	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ian Brightwell		21	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ian Bishop		24	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Lake		21	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David White		22	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Clive Allen		28	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Trevor Morley		28	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Liverpool

Grobbelaar

Bruce Grobbelaar

Zimbabwe

B.date06/10/1957

Age32 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

Staunton67

Steve Staunton

Republic of Ireland

B.date19/01/1969

Age20 years

H1m83

positionLeft central defender

Gillespie16

Gary Gillespie

Scotland

B.date05/07/1960

Age29 years

H1m88

positionDefender

Ablett

Gary Ablett

England

B.date19/11/1965

Age24 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Hysen

Glenn Hysen

Sweden

B.date30/10/1959

Age30 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Mölby

Jan Mölby

Denmark

B.date04/07/1963

Age26 years

H1m86

positionDefensive Midfielder

McMahon58

Steve McMahon

England

B.date20/08/1961

Age28 years

H1m75

positionDefensive Midfielder

Whelan

Ronnie Whelan

Republic of Ireland

B.date25/09/1961

Age28 years

H1m75

positionLeft Midfielder

Houghton

Ray Houghton

Republic of Ireland

B.date09/01/1962

Age27 years

H1m70

positionCentre Midfield

Rush988

Ian Rush

Wales

B.date20/10/1961

Age28 years

H1m83

positionStriker

Beardsley48

Peter Beardsley

England

B.date18/01/1961

Age28 years

H1m73

positionSecond striker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Bruce Grobbelaar		32	455	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Staunton	67	20	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Gillespie	16	29	170	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Ablett		24	82	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Glenn Hysen		30	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jan Mölby		26	166	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve McMahon	58	28	193	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ronnie Whelan		28	392	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ray Houghton		27	97	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ian Rush	988	28	382	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Peter Beardsley	48	28	118	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

192

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		David Oldfield	46	21	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Nick Tanner	16	24	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M		Mike Marsh	67	20	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Glenn Hysen

John Barnes

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Tony Book

244

Success rate in this team:

43 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

43 %

Book vs Liverpool

2 victories

2 draws

9 losses

Latest figure on December 02, 1989

Book vs Dalglish

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 02, 1989

Manager

Age

Match num

Kenny Dalglish

243

Success rate in this team:

61 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

61 %

Dalglish vs Manchester City

5 victories

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 02, 1989

Dalglish vs Book

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 02, 1989

Referee

Tony Ward

0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Manchester City1 match	General total	Liverpool2 matches	2 victories	0 draw	0 loss
0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Manchester City1 match	Season total	Liverpool1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on December 02, 1989					Latest figure on April 17, 1993

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Key figures

No manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Kenny Dalglish has reached 1.98 goals scored per game .

Ian Rush scored 5 goals vs in Premier League with Liverpool

Manchester City keeps its 5 consecutive matches without a win running (since 11/11/1989).

Read the next 20 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VManchester City 4-1 Brentford04/10/1989

LManchester City 0-2 Aston Villa22/10/1989

VManchester City 3-1 Norwich City25/10/1989

VManchester City 3-0 Crystal Palace04/11/1989

LManchester City 0-3 Nottingham Forest18/11/1989

LManchester City 0-1 Coventry22/11/1989

Overall

VManchester City 3-0 Crystal Palace04/11/1989

LDerby County 6-0 Manchester City11/11/1989

LManchester City 0-3 Nottingham Forest18/11/1989

LManchester City 0-1 Coventry22/11/1989

DCharlton 1-1 Manchester City25/11/1989

LNottingham Forest 3-2 Manchester City29/11/1989

Current form

Away

VWimbledon FC 1-2 Liverpool14/10/1989

LSouthampton 4-1 Liverpool21/10/1989

LArsenal 1-0 Liverpool25/10/1989

LQueens Park Rangers 3-2 Liverpool11/11/1989

VMillwall 1-2 Liverpool19/11/1989

LSheffield Wednesday 2-0 Liverpool29/11/1989

Overall

VLiverpool 1-0 Tottenham29/10/1989

LLiverpool 0-1 Coventry04/11/1989

LQueens Park Rangers 3-2 Liverpool11/11/1989

VMillwall 1-2 Liverpool19/11/1989

VLiverpool 2-1 Arsenal26/11/1989

LSheffield Wednesday 2-0 Liverpool29/11/1989

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	2	1
Winless streak	2	5
Drawless streak	9	1
Scoring streak	0	2
Goalless streak	2	0
Conceding streak	2	5

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	1	1
Winless streak	1	1
Drawless streak	9	12
Goalless streak	1	1
Conceding streak	6	5

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

15	Number of games (Competition total)	15
8	Number of games (Home / Away)	9
4	Victories (Competition total)	8
4	Victories (Home / Away)	4
3	Draws (Competition total)	3
1	Draws (Home / Away)	2
8	Losses (Competition total)	4
3	Losses (Home / Away)	3

Goals

18	Goals scored (Competition total)	29
14	Goals scored (Home / Away)	14
28	Goals conceded (Competition total)	16
10	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	13
1.2	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.93
1.75	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.56
1.87	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.07
1.25	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.44

Betting aid

9	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	9
5	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	6
2	Clean sheets (Competition total)	5
2	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
5	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	4
2	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	2
8	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	8
4	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	6
1-2 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-1 (2 times)

Bookings

0	Yellow cards (Competition total)	0
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	0
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Clive Allen	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	10 goals	John Barnes
David Oldfield	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	6 goals	John Barnes
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	3 penalties	John Barnes
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	2 penalties	John Barnes
Clive Allen	3 goals during the last 5 matches	The fittest player	10 goals during the last 15 matches	John Barnes

Historical head to head

Home

63 matches

23 v

14 d

26 l

91 gf

96 ga

Away

62 matches

13 v

13 d

36 l

80 gf

126 ga

Total

125 matches

36 v

27 d

62 l

171 gf

222 ga

Historical head to head

Home

62 matches

36 v

13 d

13 l

126 gf

80 ga

Away

63 matches

26 v

14 d

23 l

96 gf

91 ga

Total

125 matches

62 v

27 d

36 l

222 gf

171 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	September 11, 1935
Home	6 - 0	September 11, 1935

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	April 10, 1982
Away	5 - 0	April 10, 1982

Latest head to head

August 19, 1989 - Division 1 1989/1990

Liverpool

3 - 1

Manchester City logo Manchester City

March 13, 1988 - FA Cup 1987/1988

Manchester City

0 - 4

Liverpool

January 17, 1987 - Division 1 1986/1987

Manchester City

0 - 1

Liverpool

August 25, 1986 - Division 1 1986/1987

Liverpool

0 - 0

Manchester City logo Manchester City

March 31, 1986 - Division 1 1985/1986

Liverpool

2 - 0

Manchester City logo Manchester City

Best historical scorers against Liverpool

Neil Young	4 goals	1962 - 1969
Colin Bell	3 goals	1966 - 1974
Francis Lee	3 goals	1967 - 1974
Brian Kidd	3 goals	1977 - 1978
Joe Royle	2 goals	1976 - 1977
Ian Bowyer	2 goals	1969 - 1969

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 16/12/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Manchester City

Kenny Dalglish	11 goals	1978 - 1982
Bobby Graham	7 goals	1968 - 1972
Roger Hunt	7 goals	1962 - 1969
Graeme Souness	5 goals	1978 - 1983
Brian Hall	5 goals	1972 - 1974
David Fairclough	5 goals	1976 - 1983

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 16/12/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Liverpool

Joe Corrigan	28 matches	1969 - 1982
Tommy Booth	22 matches	1969 - 1981
Michael Doyle	21 matches	1967 - 1977
Colin Bell	21 matches	1966 - 1978
Mike Summerbee	19 matches	1966 - 1974
Willie Donachie	18 matches	1971 - 1978

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 16/12/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Manchester City

Ray Clemence	25 matches	1971 - 1981
Emelyn Hughes	25 matches	1967 - 1978
Ian Callaghan	25 matches	1962 - 1977
Phil Thompson	21 matches	1973 - 1982
Tommy Smith	20 matches	1966 - 1977
Steve Heighway	19 matches	1971 - 1979