Liverpool vs Man City

7 February 2021 · Premier League · 2020/21 · Referee Michael Oliver

Full time 1 – 4

Half-time: 0–0

  • Mohamed Salah 63’ (pen)
  • Ilkay Gündogan 49’, 73’
  • Raheem Sterling 76’
  • Phil Foden 83’

Match summary

Man City won comfortably, 4-1 away at Liverpool. It was goalless at half-time.

Ilkay Gündogan put Man City ahead in the 49th minute, Mohamed Salah equalised from the penalty spot in the 63rd minute, Gündogan put Man City back in front in the 73rd minute, set up by Phil Foden, Raheem Sterling made it 1-3 with a header in the 76th minute, set up by Bernardo Silva, and Phil Foden made it 1-4 in the 83rd minute, set up by Gabriel Jesus.

The chances backed that up: Man City created 3.89 expected goals (xG) from 8 shots to Liverpool's 1.18 from 8. Ilkay Gündogan missed a penalty for Man City.

Match stats

Liverpool Man City
8 Shots 8
3 Shots on Target 5
6 Corners 1
2 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
1.18 xG 3.55
0.42 Non-penalty xG 2.79
6 Deep Completions 4

Key events

Liverpool Man City
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
49’
Ilkay Gündogan0-1 (Man City)
Mohamed Salah
Penalty1-1 (Liverpool)
63’
73’
Ilkay Gündogan
Assist: Phil Foden1-2 (Man City)
76’
Raheem Sterling
Assist: Bernardo Silva1-3 (Man City)
83’
Phil Foden
Assist: Gabriel Jesus1-4 (Man City)
Full-time1-4

Bookings

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

Liverpool
  • Fabinho
  • Thiago Alcántara
Man City
  • Rúben Dias

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.

0 1 2 3 4 5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.18 3.89 49’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), 0-1 49’ 63’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), 1-1 63’ 73’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), 1-2 73’ 76’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), 1-3 76’ 83’ Phil Foden (Man City), 1-4 83’ 0 1 2 3 4 5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.18 3.89 49’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), 0-1 Gündogan 49’ 63’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), 1-1 Salah 63’ 73’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), 1-2 Gündogan 73’ 76’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), 1-3 Sterling 76’ 83’ Phil Foden (Man City), 1-4 Foden 83’
Liverpool 1.18 xGMan City 3.89 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Man City attacking Liverpool attacking 
73’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), open play, 0.96 xG, goal 76’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), open play, 0.83 xG, goal 37’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), penalty, 0.76 xG, off target 63’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 49’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), open play, 0.70 xG, goal 49’ Phil Foden (Man City), open play, 0.48 xG, saved 24’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 45’ Thiago Alcántara (Liverpool), direct free kick, 0.09 xG, blocked 83’ Phil Foden (Man City), open play, 0.10 xG, goal 58’ Curtis Jones (Liverpool), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 29’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 45’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.04 xG, saved 41’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 69’ Bernardo Silva (Man City), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 55’ Curtis Jones (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 8’ Oleksandr Zinchenko (Man City), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 73’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), open play, 0.96 xG, goal 76’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), open play, 0.83 xG, goal 37’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), penalty, 0.76 xG, off target 63’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 49’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), open play, 0.70 xG, goal 49’ Phil Foden (Man City), open play, 0.48 xG, saved 24’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 45’ Thiago Alcántara (Liverpool), direct free kick, 0.09 xG, blocked 83’ Phil Foden (Man City), open play, 0.10 xG, goal 58’ Curtis Jones (Liverpool), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 29’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 45’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.04 xG, saved 41’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 69’ Bernardo Silva (Man City), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 55’ Curtis Jones (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 8’ Oleksandr Zinchenko (Man City), open play, 0.02 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Alisson GK900 0.000.000
Trent Alexander-Arnold DEF900 0.000.162
Fabinho DEF900 0.000.000
Jordan Henderson DEF900 0.000.000
Andrew Robertson DEF870 0.000.000
Georginio Wijnaldum MID900 0.000.000
Thiago Alcántara MID701 0.090.000
Curtis Jones MID702 0.070.000
Mohamed Salah FWD9012 0.800.000
Roberto Firmino FWD901 0.050.021
Sadio Mané FWD902 0.160.041
Xherdan Shaqiri Sub200 0.000.000
James Milner Sub200 0.000.000
Konstantinos Tsimikas Sub30 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Liverpool win 31% Avg odds 3.13
Draw 27% Avg odds 3.60
Man City win 42% Avg odds 2.25

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

Form going into the game

Liverpool DLWWL
Man City WWWWW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Man City 1-1 Liverpool, 08 Nov 20 Next meeting: Liverpool 2-2 Man City, 03 Oct 21  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.