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27.11.2011 • Kick- off 4:00pm v Manchester City
OFFIC IAL MEMBERS’ PRE-MATCHDAY GUIDE
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Manager’s Notes
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Liverpool FC v Manchester City
GOOD afternoon and welcome to Anfi eld for this afternoon’s game with Manchester City.
We go into the match on the back of an excellent win at Chelsea last Sunday. You always need to play well to win at Stamford Bridge and we were delighted with the attitude, commitment and effort of the 14 players that took part and all of them made a valuable contribution to the victory.
We made a couple of changes and the boys that came into the team did really well and then when we made a few changes towards the end, the younger lads were also excellent with their attitude and commitment. People may be dismissive and say that Andy Carroll was only on the pitch for a few minutes but, no matter, it’s the attitude that you come on with that’s solely important and each one of the players showed the
correct approach and that helped them get the result they did.
From the start of the season, every single player has worked hard and each of them has had a run-out in the games in some way, shape or form, whether it’s been a league match or a Carling Cup tie, so they are all playing their part. There will always be some that play more games than others but the way they have gone about their jobs has been excellent. We need to continue that and remember that we’ve got to where we have because they’ve all worked really hard and stuck together both on and off the pitch.
It is now over two months since we last lost at Spurs and we have been pleased with the
reaction since. Nobody would have been happy with the result or the performance that day but the response to it has been very good. We’ve just got on with things and received our rewards for the work we’ve done in every game since, so we need to continue in the same way.
Our next test is against Manchester City this afternoon and we are all looking forward to the game.
City have a fantastic array of players and are now a real force. They are the ones who are in the position that everybody wants to be in and that’s top of the Barclays Premier League. They’ve got the wealth and everything that anybody needs to make it a
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“ THERE WILL ALWAYS BE SOME THAT PLAY MORE GAMES THAN OTHERS BUT THE WAY THEY HAVE GONE ABOUT THEIR JOBS HAS BEEN EXCELLENT.”
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WE GO INTO THE MATCH ON THE BACK OF AN EXCELLENT WIN AT CHELSEA LAST SUNDAY.We were delighted with the attitude, commitment and effort of the 14 players that took part.
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success and are trying their best to do that.
Every fan would love the club that they support to be in the same fi nancial position as Manchester City but that’s not going to happen so there’s no point in us complaining about what they have got. The important thing for us is to compete against whoever is put up in front of us and we’ll try our best to do that.
Our last three home games have all ended in draws but the lads always enjoy playing here. Everyone has to remember that when we play at Anfi eld, the fans are on our side. We’ve also got to remember that we brought three or four boys in during the summer and it’s a big step for them to play at Anfi eld. It is bound to be different and a bit strange for them when they have been used to playing here and the support
being against them rather than for them. That support should work in our favour so we’ve just got to maintain what we’re doing. Also, I think that we’ve created enough chances in the matches we’ve played here to have won every one of those fi xtures. Clearly we haven’t done that but we’ll continue to work hard in training, gain confi dence from what we’re doing and make sure that the good work we have done is rewarded properly.
We want exactly the same thing as the people who come along to support us. We want to score as many goals as we can and collect as many points as we can – and that’s from every match not just our home games.
For all the talk about football, everything has been put into perspective by the recent death of Brad Jones’ son Luca. He was ill
for a long period and sadly didn’t get better. All of our thoughts and sympathies go to Brad and his family at this time.
What’s happened shows there are more important things than football and Brad will be given all the time he needs by the club. We all send our condolences to the family.
Thank you for your support,
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Maxi Rodriguez scores the opening goal at Stamford Bridge
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Skipper’s Notes
STEVEN GERRARD...
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Liverpool FC v Manchester City
THE win at Chelsea was a great
result, now we want to follow it up
with another victory today.
Going to Stamford Bridge is
always diffi cult. You don’t come
away with anything unless you
perform well.
We did exactly that, particularly
in the fi rst half. We passed the ball
sharply and pressed them all over
the park. That was obvious in the
fi rst goal.
We felt we should have been
further ahead by half-time and
knew they would enjoy some
periods of pressure in the second
half. Although they got level we still
showed enough character to go
on and win, with Pepe making a
brilliant save at 1-1. That was just
as important as the winning goal.
Obviously Glen’s a defender.
But he has so much quality going
forward too.
Afterwards the lads dedicated
the victory to Brad Jones and his
family following the sad death of
his son Luca. It’s obviously a very
tough time for Brad and all of us at
the club are here for him.
“AWAY FROM HOME SOME OF OUR DISPLAYS HAVE BEEN EXCELLENT. OUR ONLY DISAPPOINTMENT SO FAR IS THAT WE HAVEN’T COMBINED THOSE RESULTS WITH ENOUGH WINS AT ANFIELD. ”
We did exactly that, particularly in the fi rst half. We passed the ball sharply and pressed them.
GOING TO STAMFORD BRIDGE IS ALWAYS DIFFICULT. YOU DON’TCOME AWAY WITH ANYTHING UNLESS YOU PERFORM WELL.
The bench celebrate the fi rst goal from Maxi
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The result last weekend has given
us lots of confi dence. We’re
now nine games unbeaten in all
competitions.
Away from home some of our
displays have been excellent. Our
only disappointment so far is that
we haven’t combined those results
with enough wins at Anfi eld. We
know we’ve drawn too many. That
has to end if we’re to fi nish where
we want to be. I don’t feel we’ve
played badly in some of the home
games where we’ve come away
with a point.
The 0-0 draw with Swansea
was probably the one occasion
where we haven’t performed like
we can. In the other draws we
made enough chances to win.
We just weren’t clinical enough
and in this league teams will take
advantage when you don’t punish
them.
That certainly applies against
today’s opposition. Man City are
where everybody wants to be; top
of the table. They’ve started the
season in great form.
We know we’ll have to be at our
best if we’re to defeat them. A fast
start is crucial. We got that in the
corresponding fi xture last season.
We really pressurised them and
got the fi rst goal after only 13
minutes.
Defeating them 3-0 that night
showed what we are capable of. I
think we’re a better side now than
we were then, and we’ll be aiming
to defeat them again.
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Glen Johnson celebrates after scoring the winner against Chelsea
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STATS ATTACKLIVERPOOL FC v MANCHESTER CITY
2 Micah RICHARDS 3 Wayne BRIDGE 4 Vincent KOMPANY5 Pablo ZABALETA 6 Joleon LESCOTT 7 James MILNER 10 Edin DZEKO 11 Adam JOHNSON12 Stuart TAYLOR 13 Aleksander KOLAROV 15 Stefan SAVIĆ 16 Sergio AGÜERO 18 Gareth BARRY19 Samir NASRI 20 Owen HARGREAVES 21 David SILVA 22 Gaël CLICHY 24 Nedum ONUOHA 25 Joe HART 28 Kolo TOURE 32 Carlos TEVEZ 34 Nigel de JONG 42 Yaya TOURÉ45 Mario BALOTELLI
Glen JOHNSON 2 José ENRIQUE 3Daniel AGGER 5
Fabio AURELIO 6Luis SUÁREZ 7
Steven GERRARD 8Andy CARROLL 9
Maxi RODRIGUEZ 11Jordan HENDERSON14
Sebastian COATES16Dirk KUYT18
Stewart DOWNING19Jay SPEARING20
Lucas LEIVA21Danny WILSON22
Jamie CARRAGHER23Pepe REINA25
Charlie ADAM26Alexander DONI32
Martin KELLY34Martin SKRTEL37
Jon FLANAGAN38Craig BELLAMY39Jack ROBINSON49
TEAM COMPARISONLiverpool Manchester City
16 Goals Scored 4211 Goals Conceded 114 Clean Sheets 4
4,412 Successful Passes 5,518
PREMIER LEAGUE RESULTS - LAST 6 MATCHESLiverpool 3 0 Man City
11 Apr 2011 Man City 3 0 Liverpool
23 Aug 2010 Man City 0 0 Liverpool
21 Feb 2010 Liverpool 2 2 Man City
21 Nov 2009 Liverpool 1 1 Man City
22 Feb 2009 Man City 2 3 Liverpool
5 Oct 2008
DID YOU KNOW?1. At Anfi eld: Liverpool 46 wins, Man. City 13 wins, 16 Draws.2. Overall: Liverpool 75 wins, Man. City 38 wins, 37 Draws.3. Last season both meetings led to 3-0 victories for the home side. 4. City won the fi rst clash in Manchester with Gareth Barry opening the scoring after 13 minutes. Carlos Tevez added 2 in the second half, one from the penalty spot. It was the Reds heaviest league defeat at City since 1936-37. 5. In the return at Anfi eld Andy Carroll scored twice, either side of a Dirk Kuyt strike with all the goals coming in the fi rst 35 minutes. 6. The clubs have now met 150 times in the league with Liverpool winning exactly half of the games.7. The Reds have lost only 3 of the last 22 league meetings home and away between the sides, and just 5 of the last 37. 8. Since the inception of the Premier League, Liverpool have won 13 of the 28 meetings with City winning 4. 9. Liverpool have scored in each of the last 17 league clashes at Anfi eld – the last scoreless draw came in August 1986.10. The Reds have lost only 1 of the last 12 clashes – last season - and have kept 8 clean sheets in the process. 11. Maxi has now scored 8 goals in his last 5 league starts. 12. Craig Bellamy has scored for Liverpool against former clubs Blackburn, Newcastle and Norwich. Today he comes up against another one in City. 13. The Reds have conceded just 2 fi rst half goals in the league this season, while in the last 9 games in all competitions they have not conceded before the 44th minute.. 14. Dirk Kuyt has been waiting to score his 50th league goal for the club since May. 15. Andy Carroll’s fi rst goals for Liverpool came in this fi xture last season and are the only ones he has netted at Anfi eld in a Red shirt. 13. Liverpool are unbeaten in the last 9 games in league and cup – their longest run since going 16 without losing from November 2008 – February 2009
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