Liverpool vs Man City

3 October 2021 · Premier League · 2021/22 · Referee Paul Tierney

Full time 2 – 2

Half-time: 0–0

Sadio Mané 59’
Mohamed Salah 76’

Phil Foden 69’
Kevin De Bruyne 81’

Match summary

Liverpool and Man City shared the points in a 2-2 draw. It was goalless at half-time.

Sadio Mané put Liverpool ahead in the 59th minute, set up by Mohamed Salah, Phil Foden equalised in the 69th minute, set up by Gabriel Jesus, Mohamed Salah put Liverpool back in front in the 76th minute, set up by Curtis Jones, and Kevin De Bruyne equalised in the 81st minute.

There was little between the sides on chances: Liverpool created 0.95 expected goals (xG) from 6 shots, Man City 1.04 from 12.

Match stats

6 Shots 12

4 Shots on Target 3

3 Corners 4

3 Yellow Cards 3

0 Red Cards 0

0.95 xG 1.04

0.95 Non-penalty xG 1.04

7 Deep Completions 11

Key events

Liverpool Man City

Kick-off

Half-time0-0

Sadio Mané
Assist: Mohamed Salah

1-0

59’

69’

Phil Foden
Assist: Gabriel Jesus

1-1

Mohamed Salah
Assist: Curtis Jones

2-1

76’

81’

Kevin De Bruyne

2-2

Full-time2-2

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Liverpool

James Milner
Fabinho
Diogo Jota

Man City

Rúben Dias
João Cancelo
Bernardo Silva

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

Liverpool 0.95 xGMan City 1.04 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Man City attacking Liverpool attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Alisson	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
James Milner	DEF	79			0	0.00	0.03	1
Joel Matip	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.07	1
Virgil van Dijk	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Andrew Robertson	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Fabinho	MID	90			1	0.30	0.00	0
Curtis Jones	MID	90		1	0	0.00	0.16	1
Jordan Henderson	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Mohamed Salah	FWD	90	1	1	3	0.24	0.63	2
Diogo Jota	FWD	69			1	0.07	0.00	0
Sadio Mané	FWD	90	1		1	0.33	0.00	0
Roberto Firmino	Sub	21			0	0.00	0.00	0
Joseph Gomez	Sub	11			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Ederson	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Kyle Walker	DEF	90			1	0.04	0.00	0
Rúben Dias	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Aymeric Laporte	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
João Cancelo	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.15	2
Kevin De Bruyne	MID	90	1		5	0.37	0.04	1
Bernardo Silva	MID	90			0	0.00	0.36	1
Rodri	MID	90			1	0.02	0.00	0
Gabriel Jesus	FWD	90		1	2	0.15	0.19	3
Jack Grealish	FWD	67			1	0.03	0.00	0
Phil Foden	FWD	90	1		2	0.43	0.08	1
Raheem Sterling	Sub	23			0	0.00	0.11	1

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Liverpool win 32% Avg odds 3.02

Draw 27% Avg odds 3.56

Man City win 41% Avg odds 2.35

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Liverpool W D W W D

Man City W W W D W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Liverpool 1-4 Man City, 07 Feb 21 Next meeting: Man City 2-2 Liverpool, 10 Apr 22 All Liverpool vs Man City meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.