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Liverpool 1-0 Manchester City - May 04, 2008 / Premier League 2007/2008

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Premier League 2007/2008 - Round 37

Anfield - Liverpool - England

May 04, 2008

43 074

Liverpool

1 - 0

Manchester City

(right foot) Fernando Torres

58'

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58' - Goal Fernando Torres58

67' - Substitution Martin Petrovis substituted by Nery Castillo photo Dietmar Hamann

67' - Substitution Elanois substituted by Dietmar Hamann

68' - Substitution Ryan Babelis substituted by Yossi Benayoun68

74' - Substitution Lucas Leivais substituted by Xabi Alonso74

78' - Substitution Steven Gerrardis substituted by Andriy Voronin78

81' - Substitution Darius Vassellis substituted by Javier Garrido

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Liverpool

1 - 0

Manchester City

Liverpool Manchester City

Team line-ups

Liverpool

Reina

Pepe Reina

Spain

B.date31/08/1982

Age25 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Hyypiä

Sami Hyypiä

Finland

B.date07/10/1973

Age34 years

H1m96

positionLeft central defender

Carragher

Jamie Carragher

England

B.date28/01/1978

Age30 years

H1m82

positionRight central defender

Finnan

Steve Finnan

Republic of Ireland

B.date24/04/1976

Age32 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

Insúa

Emiliano Insúa

Argentina

B.date07/01/1989

Age19 years

H1m79

positionLeft full-back

Leiva74

Lucas Leiva

Brazil

B.date09/01/1987

Age21 years

H1m79

positionDefensive Midfielder

Mascherano

Javier Mascherano

Argentina

B.date08/06/1984

Age23 years

H1m74

positionDefensive Midfielder

Gerrard78

Steven Gerrard

England

B.date30/05/1980

Age27 years

H1m83

positionRight central midfielder

Kuyt

Dirk Kuyt

Netherlands

B.date22/07/1980

Age27 years

H1m84

positionOffensive Midfielder

Babel68

Ryan Babel

Netherlands

B.date19/12/1986

Age21 years

H1m85

positionLeft Winger

Torres58

Fernando Torres

Spain

B.date20/03/1984

Age24 years

H1m86

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Pepe Reina		25	155	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Sami Hyypiä		34	445	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jamie Carragher		30	522	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Finnan		32	216	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Emiliano Insúa		19	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Lucas Leiva	74	21	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Javier Mascherano		23	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steven Gerrard	78	27	438	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Dirk Kuyt		27	95	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ryan Babel	68	21	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Fernando Torres	58	24	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

186

Manchester City

Hart

Joe Hart

England

B.date19/04/1987

Age21 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

Dunne

Richard Dunne

Republic of Ireland

B.date21/09/1979

Age28 years

H1m88

positionRight central defender

Sun

Jihai Sun

China

B.date30/09/1977

Age30 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Ball

Michael Ball

England

B.date02/10/1979

Age28 years

H1m85

positionLeft full-back

Corluka

Vedran Corluka

Croatia

B.date05/02/1986

Age22 years

H1m92

positionRight full-back

Ireland

Stephen Ireland

Republic of Ireland

B.date22/08/1986

Age21 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

Johnson

Michael Johnson

England

B.date24/02/1988

Age20 years

H1m83

positionCentre Midfield

Petrov67

Martin Petrov

Bulgaria

B.date15/01/1979

Age29 years

H1m80

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Elano67

Elano

Brazil

B.date14/06/1981

Age26 years

H1m74

positionOffensive Midfielder

Vassell81

Darius Vassell

England

B.date13/06/1980

Age27 years

H1m75

positionStriker

Benjani

Zimbabwe

B.date13/08/1978

Age29 years

H1m82

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Joe Hart		21	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Richard Dunne		28	302	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jihai Sun		30	149	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Michael Ball		28	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Vedran Corluka		22	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Stephen Ireland		21	95	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Michael Johnson		20	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Martin Petrov	67	29	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Elano	67	26	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Darius Vassell	81	27	108	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Benjani		29	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Xabi Alonso	74	26	163	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Yossi Benayoun	68	27	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Andriy Voronin	78	28	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Javier Garrido	81	23	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Dietmar Hamann	67	34	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Nery Castillo	67	23	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Steve Finnan

John Arne Riise

OUT

Lucas Leiva

Xabi Alonso

OUT

Sami Hyypiä

Martin Skrtel

OUT

Emiliano Insúa

Álvaro Arbeloa

OUT

Ryan Babel

Yossi Benayoun

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Richard Dunne

Gelson Fernandes

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Rafa Benítez

238

Success rate in this team:

56 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

49 %

Benítez vs Manchester City

5 victories

2 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on May 04, 2008

Benítez vs Eriksson

1 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on May 04, 2008

Manager

Age

Match num

Sven-Göran Eriksson

Hans Backe

Success rate in this team:

43 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

59 %

Eriksson vs Liverpool

0 victory

1 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on May 04, 2008

Eriksson vs Benítez

0 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on May 04, 2008

Referee

Mark Halsey

20 victories	8 draws	10 losses	Liverpool38 matches	General total	Manchester City26 matches	8 victories	4 draws	14 losses
2 victories	1 draw	1 loss	Liverpool4 matches	Season total	Manchester City5 matches	0 victory	2 draws	3 losses
Latest figure on May 12, 2013					Latest figure on May 19, 2013

Videos

Comments

Key figures

End of streak for Manchester City after 3 matches with at least one goal scored (since 12/04/2008).

Only back at the time of Kenny Dalglish head of Liverpool (01/06/1985-22/02/1991), you can see a manager go over Rafa Benítez with 54% of wins in Premier League (61%).

Stephen Ireland played his game number 100 in his professional career

Read the next 13 key stats

General ranking

2	Chelsea	81 pts	36 rd
3	Arsenal	80 pts	37 rd
4	Liverpool	73 pts	37 rd
5	Everton	62 pts	37 rd
6	Blackburn	60 pts	37 rd

General ranking

7	Aston Villa	59 pts	37 rd
8	Portsmouth	57 pts	37 rd
9	Manchester City	55 pts	37 rd
10	West Ham	48 pts	37 rd
11	Tottenham	45 pts	37 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VLiverpool 3-0 Newcastle United08/03/2008

VLiverpool 2-1 Reading15/03/2008

VLiverpool 1-0 Everton30/03/2008

VLiverpool 4-2 Arsenal08/04/2008

VLiverpool 3-1 Blackburn13/04/2008

DLiverpool 1-1 Chelsea22/04/2008

Overall

VLiverpool 4-2 Arsenal08/04/2008

VLiverpool 3-1 Blackburn13/04/2008

VFulham 0-2 Liverpool19/04/2008

DLiverpool 1-1 Chelsea22/04/2008

DBirmingham City 2-2 Liverpool26/04/2008

LChelsea 3-2 Liverpool30/04/2008

Current form

Away

DDerby County 1-1 Manchester City30/01/2008

VManchester United 1-2 Manchester City10/02/2008

LReading 2-0 Manchester City08/03/2008

DBolton Wanderers 0-0 Manchester City22/03/2008

LBirmingham City 3-1 Manchester City29/03/2008

VSunderland 1-2 Manchester City12/04/2008

Overall

DBolton Wanderers 0-0 Manchester City22/03/2008

LBirmingham City 3-1 Manchester City29/03/2008

LManchester City 0-2 Chelsea05/04/2008

VSunderland 1-2 Manchester City12/04/2008

VManchester City 3-1 Portsmouth20/04/2008

LManchester City 2-3 Fulham26/04/2008

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	9	0
Winless streak	1	3
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	16	9
Conceding streak	3	3

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	1	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	2	5
Scoring streak	2	3
Conceding streak	2	5

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

4	General ranking (Competition total)	9
4	General ranking (Home / Away)	10
5	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	83
3	FBDB index ranking (National)	10

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

36	Number of games (Competition total)	36
18	Number of games (Home / Away)	17
19	Victories (Competition total)	15
11	Victories (Home / Away)	4
13	Draws (Competition total)	10
6	Draws (Home / Away)	6
4	Losses (Competition total)	11
1	Losses (Home / Away)	7

Goals

64	Goals scored (Competition total)	44
42	Goals scored (Home / Away)	16
28	Goals conceded (Competition total)	44
13	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	24
1.78	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.22
2.33	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.94
0.78	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.22
0.72	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.41

Betting aid

19	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	15
11	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	6
16	Clean sheets (Competition total)	11
8	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	4
8	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	11
2	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	7
17	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	18
9	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	8
1-1 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-1 (3 times)

Bookings

44	Yellow cards (Competition total)	47
20	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	30
1	Red cards (Competition total)	3
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	2

Key players

Fernando Torres	22 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	7 goals	Elano
Fernando Torres	20 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Rolando Bianchi
Steven Gerrard	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Elano
Steven Gerrard	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Elano
Fernando Torres	18 goals during the last 25 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 2 matches	Benjani

Historical head to head

Home

76 matches

46 v

16 d

14 l

159 gf

94 ga

Away

78 matches

31 v

21 d

26 l

117 gf

104 ga

Total

154 matches

77 v

37 d

40 l

276 gf

198 ga

Historical head to head

Home

78 matches

26 v

21 d

31 l

104 gf

117 ga

Away

76 matches

14 v

16 d

46 l

94 gf

159 ga

Total

154 matches

40 v

37 d

77 l

198 gf

276 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	October 28, 1995
Home	6 - 0	October 28, 1995

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	September 11, 1935
Away	5 - 0	March 26, 1937

Latest head to head

December 30, 2007 - Premier League 2007/2008

Manchester City

0 - 0

Liverpool

April 14, 2007 - Premier League 2006/2007

Manchester City

0 - 0

Liverpool

November 25, 2006 - Premier League 2006/2007

Liverpool

1 - 0

Manchester City logo Manchester City

February 26, 2006 - Premier League 2005/2006

Liverpool

1 - 0

Manchester City logo Manchester City

November 26, 2005 - Premier League 2005/2006

Manchester City

0 - 1

Liverpool

Best historical scorers against Manchester City

Ian Rush	15 goals	1982 - 1996
Kenny Dalglish	11 goals	1978 - 1982
Roger Hunt	7 goals	1962 - 1969
Bobby Graham	7 goals	1968 - 1972
Graeme Souness	5 goals	1978 - 1983
Brian Hall	5 goals	1972 - 1974

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 Liverpool

David White	5 goals	1991 - 1993
Neil Young	4 goals	1962 - 1969
Nicolas Anelka	4 goals	2003 - 2004
Colin Bell	3 goals	1966 - 1974
Francis Lee	3 goals	1967 - 1974
Brian Kidd	3 goals	1977 - 1978

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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
Ian Rush	20 matches	1981 - 1996

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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

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They played in both sides

Robbie Fowler

369 matches

92 matches

1993 - 2007

Steve McManaman

364 matches

44 matches

1990 - 2005

Dietmar Hamann

283 matches

51 matches

1999 - 2008

David James

277 matches

100 matches

1992 - 2006

Steve McMahon

276 matches

91 matches

1985 - 1994

Paul Walsh

112 matches

63 matches

1984 - 1995

Total : 13 players

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They played in both sides

Nicolas Anelka

22 matches

103 matches

2001 - 2005

David James

277 matches

100 matches

1992 - 2006

Robbie Fowler

369 matches

92 matches

1993 - 2007

Steve McMahon

276 matches

91 matches

1985 - 1994

Paul Walsh

112 matches

63 matches

1984 - 1995

Dietmar Hamann

283 matches

51 matches

1999 - 2008

Total : 13 players

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Competition info

The other matches

May 03, 2008

Aston Villa

0 2

Wigan

Video availableLine-ups available

Blackburn

3 1

Derby County

Video availableLine-ups available

Bolton Wanderers

2 0

Sunderland

Video availableLine-ups available

Fulham

2 0

Birmingham City

Video availableLine-ups available

Man United

4 1

West Ham

Video availableLine-ups available

Middlesbrough

2 0

Portsmouth

Video availableLine-ups available

Reading

0 1

Tottenham

Video availableLine-ups available

May 04, 2008

Arsenal

1 0

Everton

Video availableLine-ups available

May 05, 2008

Newcastle United

0 2

Chelsea

Line-ups available

Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Manchester United	84	37	26	6	5	78	22	+56
2	Chelsea	81	36	24	9	3	62	25	+37
3	Arsenal	80	37	23	11	3	73	31	+42
4	Liverpool	73	37	20	13	4	65	28	+37
5	Everton	62	37	18	8	11	52	32	+20
6	Blackburn	60	37	16	12	9	50	44	+6
7	Aston Villa	59	37	16	11	10	69	49	+20
8	Portsmouth	57	37	16	9	12	48	39	+9
9	Manchester City	55	37	15	10	12	44	45	-1
10	West Ham	48	37	13	9	15	40	48	-8
11	Tottenham	45	37	11	12	14	66	60	+6
12	Newcastle United	43	36	11	10	15	44	60	-16
13	Wigan	40	37	10	10	17	34	49	-15
14	Middlesbrough	39	37	9	12	16	35	52	-17
15	Sunderland	39	37	11	6	20	36	58	-22
16	Bolton Wanderers	36	37	9	9	19	35	53	-18
17	Fulham	33	37	7	12	18	37	60	-23
18	Reading	33	37	9	6	22	37	66	-29
19	Birmingham City	32	37	7	11	19	42	61	-19
20	Derby County	11	37	1	8	28	20	85	-65

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Liverpool 1-0 Manchester City - May 04, 2008 / Premier League 2007/2008

Liverpool

1 - 0

Manchester City

Team line-ups

First 11

First 11

Substitutes

Substitutes

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Manager

Benítez vs Manchester City

Benítez vs Eriksson

Manager

Eriksson vs Liverpool

Eriksson vs Benítez

Referee

Videos

Comments

Key figures

General ranking

General ranking

Pre-match

Current form

Current form

Running streaks

Running streaks

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

Goals

Betting aid

Bookings

Key players

Historical head to head

Historical head to head

Largest victory

Largest victory

Latest head to head

Best historical scorers against Manchester City

Best historical scorers against Liverpool

Players with most games played vs Manchester City

Players with most games played vs Liverpool

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking