Manchester City vs Liverpool

Nico O'Reilly from Manchester City goes a bit too far there as the pulls down Mohamed Salah

Goal kick for Liverpool

Nico O'Reilly from Manchester City sends an effort wide of target

Nico O'Reilly goes for goal, but the shot lacks precision and sails wide

Space opens up for Nico O'Reilly but his finish goes wide of the target. Could have done better there.

Chance! Nico O'Reilly finds some room for a shot but fails to work the keeper. It's a goal kick

Manchester City are trying to create something here.

Joseph Gomez is penalised for pushing Omar Marmoush

Manchester City take a throw-in in their own half of the field

Bernardo Silva makes the tackle and wins possession for his team

Liverpool are trying to create something here.

Ball possession: Manchester City: 51%, Liverpool: 49%.

Erling Haaland is penalised for pushing Ibrahima Konate

Mohamed Salah from Liverpool is ruled offside

Liverpool take a throw-in in their own half of the field

Goal kick for Liverpool

The game is restarted

Florian Wirtz is leaving the field to be replaced by Federico Chiesa in a tactical substitution.

Conor Bradley is leaving the field to be replaced by Joseph Gomez in a tactical substitution.

Play has been stopped because there is a player lying on the pitch.

Nico O'Reilly from Manchester City sends an effort wide of target

Nico O'Reilly goes for goal, but the shot lacks precision and sails wide

Space opens up for Nico O'Reilly but his finish goes wide of the target. Could have done better there.

Chance! Nico O'Reilly finds some room for a shot but fails to work the keeper. It's a goal kick

Phil Foden creates a scoring opportunity for his teammate

Manchester City are trying to create something here.

Mohamed Salah from Liverpool is ruled offside

Virgil van Dijk relieves the pressure with a clearance

Manchester City are trying to create something here.

Ruben Dias from Manchester City intercepts a cross aimed towards the box.

Liverpool take a throw-in in their own half of the field

Goal kick for Manchester City

Oooh... that was a sitter! Mohamed Salah should have scored from that position

Ball possession: Manchester City: 50%, Liverpool: 50%.

Mohamed Salah from Liverpool sends a shot inches wide of the post. Close!

Milos Kerkez creates a scoring opportunity for his teammate

Manchester City are in control of the ball.

Safe hands from Gianluigi Donnarumma as he comes out and claims the ball

Nico Gonzalez relieves the pressure with a clearance

Cody Gakpo swings in the ball from a corner on the left, but it is nowhere near a teammate.

Matheus Nunes from Manchester City intercepts a cross aimed towards the box.

Liverpool are trying to create something here.

Mohamed Salah from Liverpool is ruled offside

Erling Haaland relieves the pressure with a clearance

Florian Wirtz swings in the ball from a corner on the left, but it is nowhere near a teammate.

Dominik Szoboszlai shoots from outside the box, but Gianluigi Donnarumma has it under control

Dominik Szoboszlai tries his luck from distance but his effort ends up safely in the hands of Gianluigi Donnarumma

Mohamed Salah creates a scoring opportunity for his teammate

Milos Kerkez creates a scoring opportunity for his teammate

Liverpool take a throw-in in the opponent's half of the field

Josko Gvardiol relieves the pressure with a clearance

Mohamed Salah swings in the ball from a corner on the right, but it is nowhere near a teammate.

Nico O'Reilly from Manchester City intercepts a cross aimed towards the box.

Liverpool start a counter attack

Ball possession: Manchester City: 51%, Liverpool: 49%.

Conor Bradley successfully blocks the shot

A shot by Omar Marmoush is blocked

Manchester City start a counter attack

Matheus Nunes makes the tackle and wins possession for his team

Dominik Szoboszlai makes the tackle and wins possession for his team

Alexis Mac Allister is leaving the field to be replaced by Curtis Jones in a tactical substitution.

Jeremy Doku is leaving the field to be replaced by Omar Marmoush in a tactical substitution.

Cody Gakpo from Liverpool is ruled offside

Cody Gakpo from Liverpool swings in the corner from the left.

Matheus Nunes from Manchester City intercepts a cross aimed towards the box.

Liverpool take a throw-in in the opponent's half of the field

Nico O'Reilly relieves the pressure with a clearance

Liverpool are trying to create something here.

Matheus Nunes wins an air challenge against Cody Gakpo

Matheus Nunes from Manchester City is ruled offside

Manchester City take a throw-in in the opponent's half of the field

Cody Gakpo relieves the pressure with a clearance

Ball possession: Manchester City: 51%, Liverpool: 49%.

The ref blows his whistle. Dominik Szoboszlai charged Jeremy Doku from behind and it's a free-kick

Bernardo Silva relieves the pressure with a clearance

Liverpool are trying to create something here.

Liverpool take a throw-in in the opponent's half of the field

Jeremy Doku makes the tackle and wins possession for his team

Nico O'Reilly from Manchester City intercepts a cross aimed towards the box.

Liverpool are trying to create something here.

Liverpool are trying to create something here.

Erling Haaland from Manchester City goes a bit too far there as the pulls down Alexis Mac Allister

Ibrahima Konate makes the tackle and wins possession for his team

Ball possession: Manchester City: 53%, Liverpool: 47%.

Phil Foden makes the tackle and wins possession for his team

Liverpool start a counter attack

Nico Gonzalez makes the tackle and wins possession for his team

Liverpool are in control of the ball.

A great goal by Jeremy Doku

Nico Gonzalez made the key pass for the goal!

Nico O'Reilly provided the assist for the goal.

G O O O A A A L - Jeremy Doku from Manchester City beats the keeper from outside the box with the right foot!

Manchester City start a counter attack

Bernardo Silva from Manchester City intercepts a cross aimed towards the box.

Alexis Mac Allister makes the tackle and wins possession for his team

Mohamed Salah from Liverpool is ruled offside

Josko Gvardiol could cost his team a goal after a defensive blunder.

Manchester City take a throw-in in their own half of the field

Erling Haaland from Manchester City goes a bit too far there as the pulls down Virgil van Dijk

Milos Kerkez from Liverpool is ruled offside

Ball possession: Manchester City: 53%, Liverpool: 47%.

Goal kick for Manchester City

Cody Gakpo from Liverpool sends an effort wide of target

Cody Gakpo goes for goal, but the shot lacks precision and sails wide

Space opens up for Cody Gakpo but his finish goes wide of the target. Could have done better there.

Chance! Cody Gakpo finds some room for a shot but fails to work the keeper. It's a goal kick

Conor Bradley creates a scoring opportunity for his teammate

Virgil van Dijk wins an air challenge against Matheus Nunes

Phil Foden relieves the pressure with a clearance

Florian Wirtz swings in the ball from a corner on the left, but it is nowhere near a teammate.

Nico Gonzalez from Manchester City intercepts a cross aimed towards the box.

Nico O'Reilly could cost his team a goal after a defensive blunder.

Matheus Nunes from Manchester City intercepts a cross aimed towards the box.

Hugo Ekitike is leaving the field to be replaced by Cody Gakpo in a tactical substitution.

Andrew Robertson is leaving the field to be replaced by Milos Kerkez in a tactical substitution.

Reckless challenge there. Josko Gvardiol commits a rough foul on Florian Wirtz

Good effort by Jeremy Doku as he directs a shot on target, but Giorgi Mamardashvili saves it

Alexis Mac Allister relieves the pressure with a clearance

Phil Foden from Manchester City swings in the corner from the right.

Ball possession: Manchester City: 54%, Liverpool: 46%.

Virgil van Dijk from Liverpool intercepts a cross aimed towards the box.

Manchester City are trying to create something here.

Dominik Szoboszlai successfully blocks the shot

Phil Foden takes the free-kick but it is blocked by the wall

Rayan Cherki is leaving the field to be replaced by Savinho in a tactical substitution.

Yellow card for Conor Bradley

Conor Bradley is shown a yellow card by the referee

Reckless challenge there. Conor Bradley commits a rough foul on Nico Gonzalez

Dominik Szoboszlai successfully blocks the shot

A shot by Rayan Cherki is blocked

Conor Bradley from Liverpool concedes a foul on Jeremy Doku but the referee decides against stopping the play and waves play on!

Manchester City start a counter attack

Matheus Nunes from Manchester City intercepts a cross aimed towards the box.

Phil Foden is penalised for pushing Ryan Gravenberch

Ryan Gravenberch makes the tackle and wins possession for his team

Ruben Dias makes the tackle and wins possession for his team

Ball possession: Manchester City: 54%, Liverpool: 46%.

Ibrahima Konate from Liverpool goes a bit too far there as the pulls down Erling Haaland

Ibrahima Konate is penalised for pushing Ruben Dias

Mohamed Salah swings in the ball from a corner on the right, but it is nowhere near a teammate.

Ruben Dias relieves the pressure with a clearance

Matheus Nunes from Manchester City intercepts a cross aimed towards the box.

Liverpool are trying to create something here.

Dominik Szoboszlai is penalised for pushing Nico Gonzalez

Virgil van Dijk makes the tackle and wins possession for his team

Nico O'Reilly successfully blocks the shot

A shot by Mohamed Salah is blocked

Hugo Ekitike creates a scoring opportunity for his teammate

Nico Gonzalez from Manchester City intercepts a cross aimed towards the box.

Liverpool are in control of the ball.

The second half is underway

It's over! The referee blows for half time

Ball possession: Manchester City: 60%, Liverpool: 40%.

Ruben Dias makes the tackle and wins possession for his team

Liverpool are trying to create something here.

Goal kick for Liverpool

Erling Haaland from Manchester City heads the ball, but it's a terrible effort nowhere near the goal.

Rayan Cherki from Manchester City swings in the corner from the left.

Conor Bradley relieves the pressure with a clearance

Virgil van Dijk from Liverpool concedes a foul on Erling Haaland but the referee decides against stopping the play and waves play on!

Matheus Nunes makes the tackle and wins possession for his team

Liverpool take a throw-in in their own half of the field

Ball possession: Manchester City: 60%, Liverpool: 40%.

Bernardo Silva provided the assist for the goal.

GOAL! - Nico Gonzalez score from a shot with the right foot, that takes a deflection.

Bernardo Silva creates a scoring opportunity for his teammate

Bernardo Silva from Manchester City takes a short corner kick from the left.

Virgil van Dijk from Liverpool intercepts a cross aimed towards the box.

Virgil van Dijk relieves the pressure with a clearance

Phil Foden from Manchester City swings in the corner from the right.

Virgil van Dijk from Liverpool intercepts a cross aimed towards the box.

Josko Gvardiol relieves the pressure with a clearance

Andrew Robertson from Liverpool intercepts a cross aimed towards the box.

Manchester City are trying to create something here.

Manchester City take a throw-in in the opponent's half of the field

Manchester City are trying to create something here.

The fourth official shows there are 7 minute(s) of time to be added

Manchester City take a throw-in in their own half of the field

Ball possession: Manchester City: 59%, Liverpool: 41%.

Manchester City take a throw-in in their own half of the field

Goal kick for Liverpool

Rayan Cherki from Manchester City swings in the corner from the left.

Ibrahima Konate successfully blocks the shot

A shot by Nico Gonzalez is blocked

Manchester City take a throw-in in their own half of the field

Josko Gvardiol relieves the pressure with a clearance

Matheus Nunes successfully blocks the shot

A shot by Florian Wirtz is blocked

Mohamed Salah creates a scoring opportunity for his teammate

Liverpool are trying to create something here.

Yellow card for Bernardo Silva

Bernardo Silva is shown a yellow card by the referee

The referee signals a free kick as Bernardo Silva from Manchester City trips Florian Wirtz

Manchester City take a throw-in in the opponent's half of the field

Alexis Mac Allister relieves the pressure with a clearance

Manchester City are trying to create something here.

Ball possession: Manchester City: 58%, Liverpool: 42%.

VAR CHECK OVER - No further actions have been taken after the VAR check.

VAR - GOAL! - The referee has stopped the play. VAR check in progress, a potential goal for Liverpool.

Andrew Robertson from Liverpool is ruled offside

Mohamed Salah from Liverpool swings in the corner from the right.

Nico O'Reilly from Manchester City intercepts a cross aimed towards the box.

Liverpool take a throw-in in the opponent's half of the field

Matheus Nunes relieves the pressure with a clearance

The referee signals a free kick as Rayan Cherki from Manchester City trips Alexis Mac Allister

Andrew Robertson relieves the pressure with a clearance

Yellow card for Alexis Mac Allister

Alexis Mac Allister is shown a yellow card by the referee

The ref blows his whistle. Alexis Mac Allister charged Jeremy Doku from behind and it's a free-kick

Manchester City take a throw-in in their own half of the field

The match resumes with a drop ball

The play is stopped for a brief moment, as the ball was touched by the referee.

Liverpool are in control of the ball.

Ball possession: Manchester City: 59%, Liverpool: 41%.

Liverpool take a throw-in in the opponent's half of the field

Manchester City are trying to create something here.

The ref blows his whistle. Virgil van Dijk charged Rayan Cherki from behind and it's a free-kick

Ruben Dias makes the tackle and wins possession for his team

Nico Gonzalez successfully blocks the shot

A shot by Florian Wirtz is blocked

Liverpool are trying to create something here.

Giorgi Mamardashvili from Liverpool intercepts a cross aimed towards the box.

Goal kick for Manchester City

Ball possession: Manchester City: 56%, Liverpool: 44%.

Ibrahima Konate with a bad execution which leads to a goal for the opponent

Matheus Nunes provided the assist for the goal.

G O O O A A A L - Erling Haaland Manchester City scores with a header.

The cross by Matheus Nunes from Manchester City successfully finds a teammate in the box.

Manchester City with a potentially dangerous attack.

Josko Gvardiol relieves the pressure with a clearance

After a tactical foul, Nico Gonzalez sees no other way than stopping the counter and receives a yellow card.

Nico Gonzalez from Manchester City goes a bit too far there as the pulls down Florian Wirtz

Florian Wirtz relieves the pressure with a clearance

Nico Gonzalez makes the tackle and wins possession for his team

Mohamed Salah makes the tackle and wins possession for his team

Ibrahima Konate relieves the pressure with a clearance

Rayan Cherki swings in the ball from a corner on the left, but it is nowhere near a teammate.

Good effort by Jeremy Doku as he directs a shot on target, but Giorgi Mamardashvili saves it

Manchester City with a potentially dangerous attack.

Liverpool take a throw-in in their own half of the field

Manchester City are trying to create something here.

Manchester City take a throw-in in the opponent's half of the field

Ball possession: Manchester City: 49%, Liverpool: 51%.

Manchester City take a throw-in in the opponent's half of the field

Dangerous challenge by Mohamed Salah from Liverpool. Josko Gvardiol on the receiving end of that.

Nico O'Reilly comes back onto the field.

Manchester City take a throw-in in their own half of the field

Liverpool take a throw-in in the opponent's half of the field

The game is restarted

Nico O'Reilly is injured and is taken off the field to receive medical treatment.

Nico O'Reilly is down injured and receives medical treatment on the field.

Play has been stopped because there is a player lying on the pitch.

Bernardo Silva relieves the pressure with a clearance

Phil Foden wins an air challenge against Conor Bradley

Matheus Nunes relieves the pressure with a clearance

The cross by Mohamed Salah from Liverpool successfully finds a teammate in the box.

Liverpool are trying to create something here.

Ball possession: Manchester City: 58%, Liverpool: 42%.

Andrew Robertson makes the tackle and wins possession for his team

Ruben Dias could cost his team a goal after a defensive blunder.

Conor Bradley makes the tackle and wins possession for his team

Manchester City are in control of the ball.

Goal kick for Manchester City

Ibrahima Konate relieves the pressure with a clearance

Phil Foden swings in the ball from a corner on the right, but it is nowhere near a teammate.

Ibrahima Konate successfully blocks the shot

A shot by Rayan Cherki is blocked

Jeremy Doku creates a scoring opportunity for his teammate

Erling Haaland makes the tackle and wins possession for his team

Manchester City take a throw-in in their own half of the field

Liverpool take a throw-in in the opponent's half of the field

Manchester City are in control of the ball.

Manchester City take a throw-in in the opponent's half of the field

Nico O'Reilly makes the tackle and wins possession for his team

Reckless challenge there. Bernardo Silva commits a rough foul on Virgil van Dijk

Ball possession: Manchester City: 58%, Liverpool: 42%.

The referee signals a free kick as Jeremy Doku from Manchester City trips Conor Bradley

The ref blows his whistle. Nico O'Reilly charged Mohamed Salah from behind and it's a free-kick

Manchester City take a throw-in in the opponent's half of the field

Virgil van Dijk relieves the pressure with a clearance

HE MISSES - Erling Haaland takes the penalty, but the keeper blocks it back into play.

After VAR check, the referee changed the call and decided to award a penalty for Manchester City!

Ball possession: Manchester City: 60%, Liverpool: 40%.

VAR - PENALTY! - The referee has stopped the play. VAR check in progress, a potential penalty for Manchester City.

PENALTY - Giorgi Mamardashvili from Liverpool concedes a penalty for tripping Jeremy Doku.

Jeremy Doku makes the tackle and wins possession for his team

Ibrahima Konate could cost his team a goal after a defensive blunder.

The referee signals a free kick as Alexis Mac Allister from Liverpool trips Rayan Cherki

Liverpool are in control of the ball.

Conor Bradley makes the tackle and wins possession for his team

Josko Gvardiol successfully blocks the shot

A shot by Mohamed Salah is blocked

Goal kick for Liverpool

Virgil van Dijk makes the tackle and wins possession for his team

Manchester City start a counter attack

Matheus Nunes makes the tackle and wins possession for his team

Matheus Nunes could cost his team a goal after a defensive blunder.

Manchester City take a throw-in in the opponent's half of the field

Manchester City take a throw-in in the opponent's half of the field

Alexis Mac Allister relieves the pressure with a clearance

Jeremy Doku makes the tackle and wins possession for his team

Ibrahima Konate from Liverpool intercepts a cross aimed towards the box.

Ball possession: Manchester City: 77%, Liverpool: 23%.

The referee signals a free kick as Ryan Gravenberch from Liverpool trips Jeremy Doku

Manchester City take a throw-in in their own half of the field

The referee signals a free kick as Ryan Gravenberch from Liverpool trips Nico O'Reilly

Manchester City are in control of the ball.

Manchester City take a throw-in in the opponent's half of the field

Andrew Robertson from Liverpool intercepts a cross aimed towards the box.

Manchester City are trying to create something here.

Manchester City take a throw-in in their own half of the field

The pitch is in good condition today allowing for more technical play

It's raining, making conditions difficult for the players.

Liverpool kick-off, and the game is underway.

The referee starts the match

Before we get underway, the players and crowd observe a minute's silence.

Welcome to Etihad Stadium, the match will start in about 5 minutes.

Welcome to Etihad Stadium where the two teams take the field for the start of this match.

Welcome to Etihad Stadium where we are eagerly awaiting the arrival of the two teams

Welcome to Etihad Stadium, where we await the arrival of today's teams.

Welcome to Etihad Stadium, now all we need are the two teams.

Welcome to today's crucial game from Etihad Stadium. We are awaiting the arrival of both teams, in anticipation of a great match!