Elite Football League Cup Group Match, Manchester City vs. Liverpool (Thu Oct 08)


                      Manchester City  |  Liverpool
                              4-4-2 A  |  4-1-2-1-2 N
                       Scott Matthews  |  Mike McLeod
                                       |
                         S_Scuffet GK  |  GK T_Peterson
                            C_Barr DF  |  DF O_Price
                         M_Laursen DF  |  DF A_Mayfair
                         Efe_Sodje DF  |  DF M_Babbel
                         E_Johnson DF  |  DF T_Butcher
                         P_Do_Shaw MF  |  DM R_Radinski
                         A_Andanov MF  |  MF F_Zappa
                        C_Fabregas MF  |  MF L_Camp
                             Jinky MF  |  AM J_Henderson
                            Yeboah FW  |  FW A_Bagsy
                        A_Lombardo FW  |  FW Casiano_Silva
                                       |
                             P_Out SUB |  SUB S_Kerr
                        M_Nastasic SUB |  SUB A_Brehme
                         Y_Hussein SUB |  SUB Z_Junuzovic
                           Matheus SUB |  SUB Gazeau
                         S_Morison SUB |  SUB Divock_Origi

Referee: G_Dalglish (Scotland)


Min. 1  :(mnc) Curled in dangerously from M_Laursen to Yeboah
          ...  Yeboah sidesteps his marker and tries the wicked snap bender !
          ...  T_Peterson gets his fingertips to it
          ...  He pushes it on to the post
          ...  The defender clears the loose ball
Min. 2  :(mnc) P_Do_Shaw controls it well
          ...  He nutmegs T_Butcher
          ...  He puts in Yeboah!
          ...  Yeboah is clean through, he is one on one with T_Peterson
          ...  He dinks it over T_Peterson
          ...  Its heading in!
          ...  A_Mayfair somehow gets back to hack it off the line!!
Min. 11 :(mnc) Jinky hits a hard pass to C_Fabregas
          ...  T_Butcher with the tackle
          ...  He left his foot in there!
          ...  G_Dalglish wants a quiet word
Min. 13 :(mnc) Jinky kills the ball dead
          ...  He sees a team mate making a run!
          ...  He plays the ball across to him!
          ...  Yeboah gets on the end of the pass
          ...  Yeboah has his eyes on the goal!
          ...  He shoots!
          ...  But T_Peterson punches it away
          ...  That's gone out for a throw in
Min. 14 :(lpl) T_Butcher controls it well
          ...  He nutmegs C_Barr
          ...  He puts in Casiano_Silva!
          ...  Efe_Sodje wins control of the ball with his hand!!
          ...  Play On!!
Min. 15 :(lpl) M_Babbel knocks it past C_Barr and runs onto it
          ...  He showed great skill and pace there
          ...  Yeboah with the lunge!!
          ...  And the whistle goes, that's a foul
          ...  G_Dalglish wants a word
          ...  It's just a warning
Min. 17 :(lpl) Casiano_Silva knocks it past the defender and runs onto it
          ...  He showed great skill and pace there
          ...  Casiano_Silva bears down on goal!
          ...  But he somehow misses
          ...  That was a woeful effort
Min. 18 :(mnc) C_Fabregas with a Cruyff turn
          ...  A left-footer by C_Fabregas !
          ...  T_Peterson parries it, he follows it up
          ...  And T_Peterson recovers to save!!
Min. 18 :(lpl) Casiano_Silva knocks the ball past the lunge of E_Johnson
          ...  Casiano_Silva hits a crisp volley!
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  He jumps into the Liverpool crowd to celebrate!!
          ...  Both he and the fans are delighted!!
          ...  Liverpool go ahead in this match now!
          ...  Manchester City 0-1 Liverpool ...
Min. 22 :(mnc) A_Lombardo runs at the defender
          ...  The ball rebounds off A_Mayfair back to him!
          ...  That was fortunate, but he continues to go forward!
          ...  A_Lombardo with the spectacular bicycle kick!
          ...  T_Peterson manages to turn it behind
Min. 23 :(mnc) A_Andanov brings the ball into the opposing area
          ...  Yeboah makes himself available
          ...  Yeboah attempts the shot!
          ...  The fans get off there seats!
          ...  But it sails over !!
Min. 25 :(mnc) Jinky lays the ball back to A_Lombardo
          ...  Brilliantly taken away by T_Butcher !!
          ...  Any youngsters out there should be taking notes
Min. 26 :(lpl) R_Radinski holds the ball up and waits for support
          ...  His team mate makes an overlapping run now!
          ...  He knocks a through ball to T_Butcher
          ...  M_Laursen cuts out the pass
          ...  That was close!
Min. 31 :(mnc) Jinky knocks it past A_Mayfair and runs onto it
          ...  He leaves the defender standing
          ...  Jinky with a bicycle kick !
          ...  But T_Peterson gets down well to tip the ball wide
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  Jinky drives it into the box!
          ...  The ball finds its way to C_Fabregas
          ...  He gets the shot away
          ...  T_Peterson with an easy save
          ...  He just oozes confidence
Min. 31 :(lpl) R_Radinski brings the ball under control
          ...  He sees a team mate leave his marker!
          ...  He plays the ball across to him!
          ...  T_Butcher gets on the end of the pass
          ...  Efe_Sodje wins the ball
Min. 33 :(lpl) L_Camp runs down the flank
          ...  He threads the ball in to Casiano_Silva
          ...  E_Johnson reads it well
          ...  This boy is a quality defender
          ...  The crowd sing his praises
Min. 36 :(lpl) L_Camp sidesteps E_Johnson
          ...  Efe_Sodje with an ugly foul
Min. 40 :(mnc) Yeboah crosses into the box, finding A_Lombardo
          ...  A_Lombardo has his eyes on the goal!
          ...  He fires the ball goal ward!
          ...  But T_Peterson comes out and dives at his feet
          ...  That's goalkeeping at its finest
Min. 43 :(REF) The 4th referee signals that there is 1 minute of time to be added on
Min. 43 :(mnc) P_Do_Shaw has the ball
          ...  He knocks the ball past O_Price
          ...  He puts in Yeboah!
          ...  Yeboah tries to curl it into the bottom corner !
          ...  But he puts it wide
Min. 44 :(mnc) A_Lombardo is in some pain
          ...  He's receiving some treatment now
          ...  He looks like he will continue
Min. 46 :(lpl) R_Radinski runs at E_Johnson
          ...  He takes it past him
          ...  Driven towards goal by R_Radinski !
          ...  S_Scuffet takes the ball off him
          ...  He was showing off there!

*************  HALF TIME  ****************
Half Time Score: Manchester City 0-1 Liverpool

Min. 46 :(mnc) A_Andanov plays the early ball across the box to find A_Lombardo in space
          ...  A_Lombardo hits the ball first time!
          ...  Over the bar
Min. 47 :(mnc) Jinky beats one
          ...  Knocks it past a second
          ...  And finds Yeboah
          ...  Yeboah could have let it bounce!
          ...  The fans behind the goal jump up!
          ...  T_Peterson acrobatically tips it over !!
          ...  Great keeping!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  A_Andanov hits it towards the far post!
          ...  It comes to A_Lombardo
          ...  He fires it towards to goal
          ...  T_Peterson gets his fingertips to it
          ...  He pushes it on to the post
          ...  The defender clears the loose ball
Min. 47 :(lpl) A defence splitting pass from M_Babbel to J_Henderson
          ...  What a shot from J_Henderson !
          ...  It could go anywhere
          ...  S_Scuffet dives towards his top let hand corner
          ...  He's pushed that one just around the goal
          ...  Super Stop !
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  R_Radinski swings it in!
          ...  M_Laursen gets up well
          ...  And he clears the danger
Min. 49 :(mnc) A_Lombardo makes himself available
          ...  But O_Price sees the pass and cuts it out
Min. 49 :(mnc) Yeboah is rolling on the ground!
          ...  He isn't going to continue!
Min. 49 :(mnc) S_Morison is being prepared to come on
          ...  Yeboah is leaving the pitch
          ...  Looks like the substitute will play FW
Min. 50 :(mnc) M_Laursen with a slide rule pass to S_Morison
          ...  S_Morison looks to see where T_Peterson is!
          ...  He rifles in the shot!
          ...  It's gone over
          ...  Well he must have left his shooting boots at home for that one
Min. 53 :(mnc) S_Morison with the mazy dribble
          ...  He takes it past the defender
          ...  S_Morison sidesteps his marker and tries the wicked snap bender !
          ...  But he somehow misses
          ...  The Liverpool fans laugh at him
Min. 53 :(mnc) A_Andanov runs down the flank
          ...  He plays the ball across to P_Do_Shaw
          ...  O_Price with a late tackle
          ...  Well to be fair he was looking for the foul
          ...  He's warned for that one
          ...  Anymore like that and he will find himself in the book
          ...  FREE KICK!
          ...  It is well within shooting range!
          ...  Jinky hits it hard
          ...  The shot slips through T_Peterson's hands
          ...  But goes wide!
          ...  He got away with that!
Min. 59 :(mnc) P_Do_Shaw with the deft touch
          ...  He takes it past A_Mayfair
          ...  He knocks it to A_Lombardo!
          ...  A_Lombardo with the spectacular bicycle kick!
          ...  But T_Peterson with the difficult save
Min. 60 :(mnc) Matheus takes off his tracksuit
          ...  he'll replace A_Lombardo as MF
Min. 60 :(lpl) Z_Junuzovic is being brought on
          ...  O_Price is leaving the pitch
          ...  He looks disappointed that he won't be continuing
          ...  Looks like his replacement will play DF
Min. 60 :(lpl) Gazeau is coming on for R_Radinski and playing DM
Min. 60 :(lpl) Divock_Origi comes on for Casiano_Silva and will play FW to the delight of the fans
Min. 64 :(mnc) A_Andanov with a slick pass to S_Morison
          ...  S_Morison could have let it bounce!
          ...  It hits the bar
          ...  And goes over!
          ...  T_Peterson was beaten there!
Min. 66 :(lpl) Gazeau picks up the loose ball and runs forward with it
          ...  C_Barr reads the situation well and wins the ball
Min. 68 :(mnc) A_Andanov cuts through the defence
          ...  But M_Babbel reads the situation well and wins the ball
Min. 69 :(mnc) M_Laursen punches Gazeau off the ball
          ...  The linesman is flagging
          ...  The referee reaches to his pocket!
          ...  He jots down his name!
          ...  RED CARD!!
          ...  I think he deserved that!
Min. 69 :(lpl) A_Bagsy steps over the ball
          ...  He nutmegs Efe_Sodje
          ...  That a lovely piece of trickery
          ...  A_Bagsy gets his head to the ball !
          ...  It hits the side netting!
          ...  He looks horrified by that miss!
          ...  He puts his face in his hands!
Min. 70 :(mnc) Y_Hussein replaces P_Do_Shaw and will play MF
Min. 72 :(mnc) S_Morison cuts inside his opponent
          ...  He worked that well
          ...  A_Mayfair plays the back pass
          ...  T_Peterson can't get to it!!
          ...  It goes just wide!!
          ...  Look at the relief on his face!!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  Y_Hussein curls it into the box!
          ...  It is kicked away by M_Babbel
Min. 74 :(lpl) J_Henderson sidesteps Efe_Sodje
          ...  That was too easy
          ...  J_Henderson hits the shot with the outside of the right foot!
          ...  It grazes the post!
          ...  And hits the side netting
          ...  Goal Kick!
Min. 75 :(lpl) L_Camp looks up
          ...  He swings the ball right towards T_Butcher
          ...  T_Butcher tries to lob the keeper !
          ...  S_Scuffet gets his fingertips to it
          ...  He pushes it on to the post
          ...  The defender clears the loose ball
Min. 76 :(mnc) Matheus has it now
          ...  He takes on A_Mayfair
          ...  He gets past him!
          ...  He puts in S_Morison!
          ...  S_Morison controls the ball well!
          ...  He hits the shot towards goal!
          ...  T_Peterson tips it round the post
          ...  Good save
          ...  Corner not given!!
Min. 76 :(lpl) Gazeau cut's in on the inside of the defender
          ...  He gets past him!
          ...  He sees a team mate making a run
          ...  He plays the ball through to Divock_Origi
          ...  Divock_Origi hits a curling shot!
          ...  S_Scuffet with an amazing dive to the bottom left
          ...  How he got to that one I don't know !
Min. 80 :(lpl) Curled in dangerously from Divock_Origi to J_Henderson
          ...  J_Henderson tries the lob from 30 yards !
          ...  He couldn't have hit that shot much better!!
          ...  S_Scuffet tips it over !!
          ...  Great goalkeeping there!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  J_Henderson plays it into the danger area!
          ...  A_Mayfair gets something on it!
          ...  It takes a deflection!
          ...  But flies wide of the post!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  F_Zappa chips the ball in towards the far post!
          ...  S_Scuffet makes the catch!
Min. 81 :(mnc) S_Morison sidesteps Divock_Origi
          ...  S_Morison hits the ball on the bounce !
          ...  But T_Peterson is equal to it
Min. 82 :(mnc) S_Morison with the dribble
          ...  He skips through the tackle
          ...  A_Mayfair cleanly tackles him
          ...  He judged that well
Min. 83 :(lpl) T_Butcher sprints down the wing
          ...  He knocks it past the defender into space!
          ...  He puts in a square ball!
          ...  L_Camp runs onto it
          ...  He uses a clever change of direction to go past the defender
          ...  L_Camp with the shot !
          ...  But S_Scuffet smothers the ball.
Min. 84 :(mnc) Y_Hussein looks around for support
          ...  He knocks the ball across to S_Morison
          ...  S_Morison hits a crisp volley!
          ...  But T_Peterson parries the shot
          ...  The defender manages to scramble the ball away
Min. 85 :(mnc) A_Andanov sprints down the flank
          ...  He plays the ball in to E_Johnson
          ...  E_Johnson attempts the shot!
          ...  But T_Peterson makes a fine save
          ...  Wow!! That was close!
          ...  He had to be at his best to reach that one!
Min. 86 :(mnc) C_Barr takes on L_Camp
          ...  He runs past him
          ...  T_Butcher bundles the player over!!
          ...  That's a foul!!
          ...  The ref looks across to his assistant!
          ...  Play on!
Min. 86 :(lpl) L_Camp runs down the flank
          ...  He plays the ball across to J_Henderson
          ...  J_Henderson has a go!
          ...  S_Scuffet gets a hand to it!!
          ...  But he slots in the rebound
          ...  He has put it wide !!
          ...  He puts his hands on his head in despair!
Min. 87 :(lpl) The ball runs loose!
          ...  Gazeau seizes control of it and thinks about the shot
          ...  Fine tackle by E_Johnson
          ...  He prevents the corner as well
Min. 88 :(REF) The 4th referee signals that there are 2 minutes of time to be added on
Min. 90 :(lpl) A_Bagsy makes himself available
          ...  C_Barr bundles the player over!!
          ...  That's a foul!!
          ...  The ref looks across to his assistant!
          ...  Play on!

*************  FULL TIME  ****************


Match Details
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Venue                : City Of Manchester Stadium
Attendance           : 37,000
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Manchester City Match Info
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Best player          : Yeboah
Scorers              : N/A
Sent Off             : M_Laursen (69)
Booked               : N/A
Injured              : Yeboah (49)
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Liverpool Match Info
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Best player          : T_Peterson (Man of the Match)
Scorers              : Casiano_Silva (18)
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : N/A
Injured              : N/A
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Match Statistics
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                          Manchester City |    Liverpool
Attempts on Goal     :          22        |       12
Off target           :           7        |       5
On target            :          15        |       7
Possession           :          58        |       42
Corners              :           3        |       3
Red Cards            :           1        |       0
Yellow Cards         :           0        |       0
Subs Used            :           3        |       3
Fouls                :           6        |       6
Key Tackles          :           7        |       6
Key Passes           :          17        |       11
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Final Score          : Manchester City 0 - 1 Liverpool
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Player Statistics - Manchester City
Name          Pos  St  Tk  Ps  Sh  Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb
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S_Scuffet      GK  36   5   1   4  41 |  93   7   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  25   0   0   0
C_Barr         DF   2  27  12   9  27 |  93   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  40   0   0
M_Laursen      DF   2  27   9   6  30 |  70   0   2   2   0   0   0   0   1   0  10 -10 -30
Efe_Sodje      DF   2  27   4   2  28 |  93   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  40   0   0
E_Johnson      DF   1  26   8   5  31 |  93   0   2   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  40   0   5
P_Do_Shaw      MF   2   9  27   8  25 |  71   0   0   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  30   0
A_Andanov      MF   2   7  27   7  25 |  93   0   0   5   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  50   0
C_Fabregas     MF   3   7  26  12  29 |  93   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0  10
Jinky          MF   3   8  26   8  41 |  93   0   0   4   0   2   0   0   0   0   0  40   6
Yeboah         FW   1   7   6  26  31 |  50   0   0   1   0   6   0   0   0   0   0  10  22
A_Lombardo     FW   3   5   8  21  32 |  61   0   0   0   0   5   0   0   0   0   0   0  21
P_Out          GK  12   5   4   7  14 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
M_Nastasic     DF   1  23   2   2  45 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Y_Hussein      MF   2   9  26   9  39 |  22   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  10   0
Matheus        MF   1   7  25   3  31 |  32   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  10   0
S_Morison      FW   1   2   7  27  36 |  43   0   0   0   0   6   0   0   0   0 -20 -20  -2

Player Statistics - Liverpool
Name          Pos  St  Tk  Ps  Sh  Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb
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T_Peterson     GK  36   1   2   1  10 |  93  14   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 110   0   0   0
O_Price        DF   2  24  11   7  26 |  61   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0   0
A_Mayfair      DF   2  24   8   5  29 |  93   0   2   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  40   0   1
M_Babbel       DF   1  23   9   7  33 |  93   0   2   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  80  10   0
T_Butcher      DF   2  23   8   7  23 |  93   0   2   2   0   1   0   0   0   0  60  40  25
R_Radinski     DM   1  11  25   6  29 |  61   0   0   2   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  20   5
F_Zappa        MF   1   6  27   2  19 |  93   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
L_Camp         MF   3  11  23  10  27 |  93   0   0   3   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  30   5
J_Henderson    AM   2   7  24  10  30 |  93   0   0   0   0   4   0   0   0   0   0   0  12
A_Bagsy        FW   1   8   4  26  15 |  93   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1
Casiano_Silva  FW   1   6   7  24  33 |  61   0   0   0   0   2   1   0   0   0   0   0  21
S_Kerr         GK  27   3   2   2  32 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
A_Brehme       DF   1  23   7   8  35 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Z_Junuzovic    DF   2  11  23   8  32 |  32   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Gazeau         DM   1   4  24   7  29 |  32   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0  20  40  20
Divock_Origi   FW   1   5   8  23  33 |  32   0   0   1   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  10   5
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