Manchester City 21 Aug 2004

Liverpool	2	-	1	Manchester City
Half time 0–1

Starting Lineup (Average age 26.62)

1	Jerzy Dudek
3	Steve Finnan
17	Josemi Rey
23	Jamie Carragher
4	Sami Hyypia
6	John Arne Riise
7	Harry Kewell
8	Steven Gerrard (c)
16	Didi Hamann
5	Milan Baros
9	Djibril Cissé

Substitutes

40	Paul Harrison
28	Stephen Warnock
15	Salif Diao
25	Igor Biscan
24	Florent Sinama-Pongolle

Opposition Lineup (Average age 28.62)

David James

Ben Thatcher

Sylvain Distin

Richard Dunne

Danny Mills

Antoine Sibierski

Paul Bosvelt

Claudio Reyna

Shaun Wright-Phillips

Nicolas Anelka

Robbie Fowler

Substitutes used

Trevor Sinclair

Joey Barton

Notes

- The first time in 5 years LFC have triumphed after trailing at half-time. A 3-2 win over Tottenham on 1st of May 1999 was when Liverpool last completed a second-half recovery.

Other details

Manager: Rafa Benítez

Opposition manager: Kevin Keegan

Referee: Poll G

Attendance: 42,831

Half-time score: 0 - 1

Game number: 4859

League game number: 3994

Played towards Kop: Second half

Liverpool league position: 3rd

Manchester City league position: 15th

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Benitez wins in his first match in front of the Kop

Match timeline

Liverpool

Manchester City

44'

Nicolas Anelka (0–1)

HT 0–1

Milan Baros (Steven Gerrard) (1–1)

48'

Josemi Rey Salif Diao

62'

Steven Gerrard (2–1)

75'

Steve Finnan Stephen Warnock

77'

83'

Trevor Sinclair Paul Bosvelt

83'

Joey Barton Antoine Sibierski

84'

Richard Dunne

Harry Kewell Igor Biscan

90'

Full time 2–1

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Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Chelsea	2	2	0	0	2	0	+2	6
2	Fulham	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2	4
3	Liverpool	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	4
4	Tottenham Hotspur	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	4
5	Arsenal	1	1	0	0	4	1	+3	3
6	Aston Villa	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	3
7	Bolton Wanderers	2	1	0	1	4	3	+1	3
8	Manchester United	2	1	0	1	2	2	+0	3
9	Everton	2	1	0	1	4	5	-1	3
10	Southampton	2	1	0	1	3	4	-1	3
11	Charlton Athletic	2	1	0	1	3	5	-2	3
12	Middlesbrough	1	0	1	0	2	2	+0	1
13	West Bromwich Albion	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	1
14	Blackburn Rovers	2	0	1	1	3	4	-1	1
15	Manchester City	2	0	1	1	2	3	-1	1
16	Newcastle United	2	0	1	1	2	3	-1	1
17	Norwich City	2	0	1	1	2	3	-1	1
18	Portsmouth	2	0	1	1	2	3	-1	1
19	Birmingham City	2	0	1	1	1	2	-1	1
20	Crystal Palace	2	0	1	1	2	4	-2	1

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Starting Lineup (Average age 26.62)

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