Man City vs Liverpool

3 January 2019 · Premier League · 2018/19 · Referee Anthony Taylor

Full time 2 – 1

Half-time: 1–0

  • Sergio Agüero 40’
  • Leroy Sané 72’
  • Roberto Firmino 64’

Match summary

Man City beat Liverpool 2-1. Man City led 1-0 at half-time.

Sergio Agüero put Man City ahead in the 40th minute, set up by Bernardo Silva, Roberto Firmino equalised with a header in the 64th minute, set up by Andrew Robertson, and Leroy Sané won it in the 72nd minute, set up by Raheem Sterling.

Liverpool can feel hard done by, creating 1.38 expected goals (xG) from 7 shots to Man City's 1.00 from 9.

Match stats

Man City Liverpool
9 Shots 7
4 Shots on Target 5
2 Corners 1
4 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
1.00 xG 1.38
1.00 Non-penalty xG 1.38
9 Deep Completions 8

Key events

Man City Liverpool
Kick-off
Sergio Agüero
Assist: Bernardo Silva
1-0 (Man City)
40’
Half-time1-0
64’
Roberto Firmino
Assist: Andrew Robertson
1-1 (Liverpool)
Leroy Sané
Assist: Raheem Sterling
2-1 (Man City)
72’
Full-time2-1

Bookings

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

Man City
  • Ederson
  • Vincent Kompany
  • Aymeric Laporte
  • Bernardo Silva
Liverpool
  • Dejan Lovren
  • Georginio Wijnaldum

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.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.00 1.38 40’ Sergio Agüero (Man City), 1-0 40’ 64’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), 1-1 64’ 72’ Leroy Sané (Man City), 2-1 72’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.00 1.38 40’ Sergio Agüero (Man City), 1-0 Agüero 40’ 64’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), 1-1 Firmino 64’ 72’ Leroy Sané (Man City), 2-1 Sané 72’
Man City 1.00 xGLiverpool 1.38 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Liverpool attacking Man City attacking 
64’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.62 xG, goal 18’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.37 xG, hit the woodwork 90’ Bernardo Silva (Man City), open play, 0.32 xG, saved 82’ Sergio Agüero (Man City), open play, 0.30 xG, saved 28’ David Silva (Man City), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 20’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 84’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 90’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 85’ Georginio Wijnaldum (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.08 xG, blocked 63’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), set piece, 0.07 xG, saved 72’ Leroy Sané (Man City), open play, 0.06 xG, goal 40’ Sergio Agüero (Man City), open play, 0.05 xG, goal 56’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 53’ Fernandinho (Man City), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 59’ Danilo (Man City), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 90+4’ Sergio Agüero (Man City), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 64’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.62 xG, goal 18’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.37 xG, hit the woodwork 90’ Bernardo Silva (Man City), open play, 0.32 xG, saved 82’ Sergio Agüero (Man City), open play, 0.30 xG, saved 28’ David Silva (Man City), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 20’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 84’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 90’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 85’ Georginio Wijnaldum (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.08 xG, blocked 63’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), set piece, 0.07 xG, saved 72’ Leroy Sané (Man City), open play, 0.06 xG, goal 40’ Sergio Agüero (Man City), open play, 0.05 xG, goal 56’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 53’ Fernandinho (Man City), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 59’ Danilo (Man City), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 90+4’ Sergio Agüero (Man City), open play, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Ederson GK900 0.000.000
Danilo DEF901 0.020.000
Vincent Kompany DEF900 0.000.000
John Stones DEF900 0.000.000
Aymeric Laporte DEF880 0.000.000
Fernandinho MID901 0.030.000
Bernardo Silva MID9011 0.320.051
David Silva MID671 0.110.000
Raheem Sterling FWD9011 0.100.504
Sergio Agüero FWD9013 0.360.000
Leroy Sané FWD9011 0.060.031
Ilkay Gündogan Sub230 0.000.000
Kyle Walker Sub20 0.000.000
Nicolás Otamendi Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Man City win 48% Bet365 odds 2.04
Draw 25% Bet365 odds 3.80
Liverpool win 27% Bet365 odds 3.60

Chances implied by the Bet365 odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

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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.