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Premier League
City of Manchester Stadium | 28 December 2003 at15:00UK local time
Manchester City
2
-
2
Liverpool
Starting Lineup
(Average age 26.65)
1
Jerzy Dudek
4
Sami Hyypia
18
John Arne Riise
25
Igor Biscan
36
Jon Otsemobor
13
Danny Murphy
16
Didi Hamann
17
Steven Gerrard
(c)
11
Vladimir Smicer
7
Harry Kewell
8
Emile Heskey
Substitutes
29
Patrice Luzi
2
Stephane Henchoz
28
Bruno Cheyrou
9
El Hadji Diouf
24
Florent Sinama-Pongolle
Goals
(Assists in brackets)
Vladimir Smicer
66′
(Danny Murphy)
Didi Hamann
80′
Substitutions
Jon Otsemobor
replaced by
Stephane Henchoz
27′
Steven Gerrard
replaced by
El Hadji Diouf
58′
Vladimir Smicer
replaced by
Florent Sinama-Pongolle
76′
Opposition Lineup
(Average age 29.63)
David Seaman
David Sommeil
Michael Tarnat
Claudio Reyna
Richard Dunne
Sylvain Distin
Shaun Wright-Phillips
Paul Bosvelt
Nicolas Anelka
Robbie Fowler
Steve McManaman
Opposition goals
Nicolas Anelka
30
′
Robbie Fowler
90
′
Opposition substitutions
Michael Tarnat
replaced by
Trevor Sinclair
71
′
Steve McManaman
replaced by
Antoine Sibierski
79
′
Paul Bosvelt
replaced by
Jon Macken
84
′
Notes
- Gerard Houllier's 100th Premiership game in sole charge.
- Robbie Fowler equalized for City 20 seconds from full time.
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Other details
Manager:
Gérard Houllier
Opposition manager:
Kevin Keegan
Referee:
Riley MA
Attendance:
47,201
Half-time score:
1
-
0
Game number:
4828
League game number:
3972
League position after match:
6th
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07 Jan 2004 - Chelsea 1-0 Liverpool
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17 Jan 2004 - Tottenham Hotspur 1-2 Liverpool
21 Jan 2004 - Wolves 1-1 Liverpool
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31 Jan 2004 - Liverpool 0-0 Everton
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11 Feb 2004 - Liverpool 2-1 Manchester City
15 Feb 2004 - Liverpool 1-1 Portsmouth
22 Feb 2004 - Portsmouth 0-1 Liverpool
26 Feb 2004 - Liverpool 2-0 Levski Sofia
29 Feb 2004 - Leeds United 2-2 Liverpool
03 Mar 2004 - Levski Sofia 4-2 Liverpool
11 Mar 2004 - Liverpool 1-1 Marseille
14 Mar 2004 - Southampton 0-2 Liverpool
17 Mar 2004 - Liverpool 3-0 Portsmouth
20 Mar 2004 - Liverpool 1-0 Wolves
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28 Mar 2004 - Leicester City 0-0 Liverpool
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08 May 2004 - Birmingham City 3-0 Liverpool
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League Table
Pos
Team
P
W
D
L
F
A
GD
Pts
1
Manchester U
19
15
1
3
38
13
+25
46
2
Arsenal
18
12
6
0
34
12
+22
42
3
Chelsea
19
13
3
3
36
16
+20
42
4
Charlton Ath
19
8
6
5
27
22
+5
30
5
Fulham
19
8
4
7
30
26
+4
28
6
Liverpool
18
7
5
6
28
21
+7
26
7
Newcastle U
19
6
8
5
26
22
+4
26
8
Southampton
18
7
5
6
18
14
+4
26
9
Birmingham C
18
7
5
6
16
20
-4
26
10
Aston Villa
19
6
6
7
19
23
-4
24
11
Everton
19
6
5
8
23
25
-2
23
12
Bolton Wan
19
5
8
6
20
28
-8
23
13
Manchester C
19
5
6
8
27
27
+0
21
14
Blackburn R
19
6
3
10
26
29
-3
21
15
Middlesbrough
18
5
6
7
14
18
-4
21
16
Portsmouth
19
5
4
10
20
28
-8
19
17
Leicester C
19
4
6
9
28
31
-3
18
18
Tottenham H
19
5
3
11
19
29
-10
18
19
Leeds U
19
4
5
10
18
40
-22
17
20
Wolves
18
3
5
10
16
39
-23
14
