Date: Monday 25 August
Kick Off: 20:00
Venue: Etihad Stadium
Competition: Premier League
Broadcast: Sky Sports 1
| MANCHESTER CITY - 3 |
Aguero (69)
| LIVERPOOL - 1 |
| KEY ACTION |
Lambert's header is saved by Hart but the ball ricochets off Zabaleta and crosses the line.
76: BOOKED - Can
Emre Can is caution for a foul on Jovetic.
69: MANCHESTER CITY 3-0 LIVERPOOL - Aguero
One ball beats the Liverpool back line and Aguero races clear and scores immediately after coming on.
55: MANCHESTER CITY 2-0 LIVERPOOL - Jovetic
City get in easily down the right hand side and a ball across finds Jovetic who hits the ball into the ground and it goes over Johnson on the line and in.
41: MANCHESTER CITY 1-0 LIVERPOOL - Jovetic
Lovren's header fails to go out of the area and Moreno is caught in possession by Jovetic who steals in before slamming past Mignolet.
29: BOOKED - Yaya Toure
Yaya Toure gets a booking for a push on Coutinho.
| TEAMS |
LIVERPOOL: Mignolet, Johnson, Moreno, Skrtel, Lovren, Gerrard, Henderson, Allen, Coutinho, Sterling, Sturridge. Subs: Jones, Manquillo, Sakho, Kolo Toure, Can, Markovic, Lambert.
| PREVIEW |
Manchester City pipped Liverpool to the title by two points back in May, and both will be looking to gain an early advantage in the title race with three points.
The clubs met during a pre-season tour of America, a match which Liverpool won on penalties, but it was last April when a 3-2 victory seemingly gave the Reds one hand on the title.
However, after that result Liverpool dropped points against Chelsea and Crystal Palace which allowed City to overtake them as Pellegrini's men won their last five games to clinch a second Premier League crown.
Ex-City favourite Mario Balotelli will be in attendance on Monday, however it will be as a Liverpool player as the striker completed his £16m move from AC Milan earlier in the day.
Manuel Pellegrini has described this early fixture as a title six-pointer, as both clubs will be looking to at least keep up their unbeaten starts to the league season if not extend their 100% record.
City won the corresponding fixture on Boxing Day last year with first half goals from Kompany and Negredo enough to beat Coutinho's opener.
Liverpool's last win at the Etihad came in the first leg of a League Cup semi-final clash in January 2012 when a Steven Gerrard penalty was enough for a 1-0 victory, however their last league win at Man City was back on 5 October 2008, when they recovered from two goals down at half-time to win 3-2 thanks to a dramatic injury time strike from Dirk Kuyt.
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| POSITIONS | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | |
| 7 | Man City | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | Liverpool | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| FORM |
Sunday 17 August 2014
Premier League
Newcastle 0-2 Manchester City
LIVERPOOL
Sunday 17 August 2014
Premier League
Liverpool 2-1 Southampton
LAST MEETING
Sunday 13 April 2014
Premier League
Liverpool 3-2 Manchester City