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[FONT=Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif]Liverpool 3 Man City 0: In-Depth Tactical Analysis
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Posted on April 13th, 2011
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Something of a defensive injury crisis had Kopites worrying about this fixture. Glen Johnson and Martin Kelly are both out for another month with hamstring issues, while Agger will not play again this term after injuring his knee against West Brom. Liverpool will also be without Steven Gerrard for the rest of the season due to his groin problem, limiting the options in central midfield. Jonjo Shelvey and Fabio Aurelio, however, were both fit enough to make the squad, with the latter making the starting eleven.
Manchester City welcomed back Pablo Zabaleta who had been in Argentina to care for his father who had been seriously injured in a car crash. Gareth Barry, James Milner and Edin Dzeko were all in contention for a place having been rested last week against Sunderland. Micah Richards (hamstring) and Jerome Boateng (knee) remained sidelined.
Liverpool had drawn three and lost one in their last four Premier League meetings with City (a 3-0 thumping earlier in the season). Only one of the 13 goals scored against City since August 2005 had come in the first half; even that was delayed until the 40th minute. At the other end, Carlos Tevez has a formidable record of four goals in six league matches against Liverpool.
City have won more penalties than any other team (nine); highest percentage of goals in the first 15 minutes of a match (20%); and the lowest percentage of goals in the final 10 minutes (10%). Just over two-fifths of the goals they have conceded came in the final quarter of an hour; which makes them the worst finishers of games in the whole league.
Liverpool had scored in every game for the past 13 in the league, and had lost just one of their last 11 at home. City were without a win in five away matches, taking just two points from a possible 15.
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