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Liverpool 1-1 Manchester City - February 22, 2009 / Premier League 2008/2009

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Premier League 2008/2009 - Journée 26

Anfield - Liverpool - England

February 22, 2009

1 - 1

Manchester City

(right foot) Dirk Kuyt

78'

49'

Craig Bellamy (right foot)

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49' - Goal Craig Bellamy

63' - Substitution Albert Rierais substituted by Nabil El Zhar63

76' - Substitution Andrea Dossenais substituted by Fábio Aurelio76

78' - Goal Dirk Kuyt78

83' - Substitution Javier Mascheranois substituted by Ryan Babel83

88' - Substitution Robinhois substituted by Felipe Caicedo

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Liverpool

1 - 1

Manchester City

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Team line-ups

Liverpool

Reina

Pepe Reina

Spain

B.date31/08/1982

Age26 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Carragher

Jamie Carragher

England

B.date28/01/1978

Age31 years

H1m82

positionRight central defender

Skrtel

Martin Skrtel

Slovakia

B.date15/12/1984

Age24 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

Dossena76

Andrea Dossena

Italy

B.date11/09/1981

Age27 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

Arbeloa

Álvaro Arbeloa

Spain

B.date17/01/1983

Age26 years

H1m83

positionRight full-back

Mascherano83

Javier Mascherano

Argentina

B.date08/06/1984

Age24 years

H1m74

positionDefensive Midfielder

Leiva

Lucas Leiva

Brazil

B.date09/01/1987

Age22 years

H1m79

positionDefensive Midfielder

Riera63

Albert Riera

Spain

B.date15/04/1982

Age26 years

H1m88

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Benayoun

Yossi Benayoun

Israel

B.date05/05/1980

Age28 years

H1m78

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Kuyt78

Dirk Kuyt

Netherlands

B.date22/07/1980

Age28 years

H1m84

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Torres

Fernando Torres

Spain

B.date20/03/1984

Age24 years

H1m86

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Pepe Reina		26	191	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jamie Carragher		31	561	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Martin Skrtel		24	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Andrea Dossena	76	27	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Álvaro Arbeloa		26	86	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Javier Mascherano	83	24	76	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Lucas Leiva		22	56	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Albert Riera	63	26	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Yossi Benayoun		28	76	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Dirk Kuyt	78	28	131	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Fernando Torres		24	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26 years

Average number of matches played for the team

121

Manchester City

Given

Shay Given

Republic of Ireland

B.date20/04/1976

Age32 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

Kompany

Vincent Kompany

Belgium

B.date10/04/1986

Age22 years

H1m91

positionRight central defender

Onuoha

Nedum Onuoha

England

B.date12/11/1986

Age22 years

H1m88

positionRight central defender

Dunne

Richard Dunne

Republic of Ireland

B.date21/09/1979

Age29 years

H1m88

positionRight central defender

Zabaleta

Pablo Zabaleta

Argentina

B.date16/01/1985

Age24 years

H1m74

positionRight full-back

Richards

Micah Richards

England

B.date24/06/1988

Age20 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

Bridge

Wayne Bridge

England

B.date05/08/1980

Age28 years

H1m79

positionLeft full-back

de Jong

Nigel de Jong

Netherlands

B.date30/11/1984

Age24 years

H1m74

positionDefensive Midfielder

Ireland

Stephen Ireland

Republic of Ireland

B.date22/08/1986

Age22 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

Robinho88

Robinho

Brazil

B.date25/01/1984

Age25 years

H1m72

positionLeft Winger

Bellamy49

Craig Bellamy

Wales

B.date13/07/1979

Age29 years

H1m75

positionVersatile Forward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Shay Given		32	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Vincent Kompany		22	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nedum Onuoha		22	83	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Richard Dunne		29	333	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Pablo Zabaleta		24	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Micah Richards		20	114	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Wayne Bridge		28	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Nigel de Jong		24	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Stephen Ireland		22	131	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Robinho	88	25	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Craig Bellamy	49	29	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Fábio Aurelio	76	29	76	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Nabil El Zhar	63	22	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ryan Babel	83	22	79	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Felipe Caicedo	88	20	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Fernando Torres

Ryan Babel

OUT

Lucas Leiva

Fábio Aurelio

OUT

Albert Riera

Daniel Agger

OUT

Dirk Kuyt

David N'Gog

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Nigel de Jong

Shaun Wright-Phillips

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Rafa Benítez

278

Success rate in this team:

56 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

49 %

Benítez vs Manchester City

6 victories

3 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on February 22, 2009

Benítez vs Hughes

4 victories

5 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on February 22, 2009

Manager

Age

Match num

Mark Hughes

Success rate in this team:

41 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

41 %

Hughes vs Liverpool

1 victory

5 draws

4 losses

Latest figure on February 22, 2009

Hughes vs Benítez

1 victory

5 draws

4 losses

Latest figure on February 22, 2009

Referee

Philip Dowd

23 victories	12 draws	14 losses	Liverpool49 matches	General total	Manchester City39 matches	18 victories	7 draws	14 losses
1 victory	2 draws	1 loss	Liverpool4 matches	Season total	Manchester City2 matches	0 victory	1 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on February 10, 2015					Latest figure on January 24, 2015

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Key figures

Manchester City keeps its 11 matches with at least one goal conceded away from home in Premier League running (since 28/09/2008). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 13/12/2003-18/09/2004 time period (14 matches).

End of streak for Liverpool after 3 consecutive matches without a draw (since 01/02/2009).

It's the first time Craig Bellamy scores 1 goal vs Liverpool in his professional career

Read the next 6 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DLiverpool 0-0 West Ham01/12/2008

DLiverpool 2-2 Hull City13/12/2008

VLiverpool 3-0 Bolton Wanderers26/12/2008

DLiverpool 1-1 Everton19/01/2009

DLiverpool 1-1 Everton25/01/2009

VLiverpool 2-0 Chelsea01/02/2009

Overall

DLiverpool 1-1 Everton19/01/2009

DLiverpool 1-1 Everton25/01/2009

DWigan 1-1 Liverpool28/01/2009

VLiverpool 2-0 Chelsea01/02/2009

LEverton 1-0 Liverpool04/02/2009

VPortsmouth 2-3 Liverpool07/02/2009

Current form

Away

LRacing Santander 3-1 Manchester City18/12/2008

LWest Bromwich Albion 2-1 Manchester City21/12/2008

DBlackburn 2-2 Manchester City28/12/2008

LStoke City 1-0 Manchester City31/01/2009

LPortsmouth 2-0 Manchester City14/02/2009

DFC Copenhagen 2-2 Manchester City19/02/2009

Overall

VManchester City 1-0 Wigan17/01/2009

VManchester City 2-1 Newcastle United28/01/2009

LStoke City 1-0 Manchester City31/01/2009

VManchester City 1-0 Middlesbrough07/02/2009

LPortsmouth 2-0 Manchester City14/02/2009

DFC Copenhagen 2-2 Manchester City19/02/2009

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	28	1
Drawless streak	1	3
Scoring streak	5	1
Conceding streak	0	2
Invincibility streak	1	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	1	1
Winless streak	7	2
Scoring streak	1	1
Conceding streak	7	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

3	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	79
2	FBDB index ranking (National)	10

Results

25	Number of games (Competition total)	25
12	Number of games (Home / Away)	12
15	Victories (Competition total)	9
7	Victories (Home / Away)	1
9	Draws (Competition total)	4
5	Draws (Home / Away)	4
1	Losses (Competition total)	12
0	Losses (Home / Away)	7

Goals

42	Goals scored (Competition total)	42
19	Goals scored (Home / Away)	14
17	Goals conceded (Competition total)	34
7	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	22
1.68	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.68
1.58	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.17
0.68	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.36
0.58	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.83

Betting aid

11	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	16
6	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	7
13	Clean sheets (Competition total)	7
7	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
5	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	6
3	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	4
12	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	12
5	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	7
0-0 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-2 (3 times)

Bookings

32	Yellow cards (Competition total)	28
12	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	21
0	Red cards (Competition total)	4
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Steven Gerrard	9 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	11 goals	Robinho
Steven Gerrard	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	4 goals	Stephen Ireland
Xabi Alonso	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Robinho
Steven Gerrard	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Robinho
Daniel Agger	1 assist	Player with most assists (Competition total)	1 assist	Shaun Wright-Phillips
Fernando Torres	3 goals during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	3 goals during the last 7 matches	Robinho

Historical head to head

Home

77 matches

47 v

16 d

14 l

160 gf

94 ga

Away

79 matches

32 v

21 d

26 l

120 gf

106 ga

Total

156 matches

79 v

37 d

40 l

280 gf

200 ga

Historical head to head

Home

79 matches

26 v

21 d

32 l

106 gf

120 ga

Away

77 matches

14 v

16 d

47 l

94 gf

160 ga

Total

156 matches

40 v

37 d

79 l

200 gf

280 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

October 05, 2008 - Premier League 2008/2009

Manchester City

2 - 3

Liverpool

May 04, 2008 - Premier League 2007/2008

Liverpool

1 - 0

Manchester City logo Manchester City

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

Best historical scorers against Manchester City

Ian Rush	15 goals	1982 - 1996
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

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
Francis Lee	3 goals	1967 - 1974
Brian Kidd	3 goals	1977 - 1978
Colin Bell	3 goals	1966 - 1974

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
Ian Rush	20 matches	1981 - 1996

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