Manchester City v. Liverpool (City of Manchester Stadium)
Sunday, February 21st @ 10:00am - Live on 'FSC'
Referee: Peter Walton The referee who gave Ngog a penalty against Brum for “diving,” so Liverpool can probably plan on getting zero 50-50 calls from him.
Form (Last 3):
Liverpool: 1-0 v.Unirea / 0-1 @Arsenal / 1-0 v.Everton
Man City: 1-1 @Stoke / 1-1 v.Stoke / 2-0 v.Bolton
Last 3 (Head-to-Head):
Liverpool 2-2 Man City (Anfield) Nov. 21, 2009
Liverpool 1-1 Man City (Anfield) Feb. 22, 2009
Man City 2-3 Liverpool (City of Manchester Stadium) Oct. 5, 2008
Goalscorers (league):
Liverpool: Torres 12 / Kuyt 9 / Benayoun, Gerrard 5 / Ngog 4 / Babel, Johnson 2 / Kyrgiakos, Skrtel 1
Man City: Tevez 13 / Adebayor 9 / Bellamy 6 / Petrov 4 / Richards, Wright-Phillips 3 / Barry, Ireland, Santa Cruz 2 / Garrido, Kompany, Lescott, Toure 1
Squad Prediction:
Reina
Carragher Skrtel Agger Insua
Mascherano Lucas
Maxi Gerrard Aurelio
Kuyt
City still like to concede sloppy goals, hopefully that keeps up for our sake. City have only won twice in the league since losing the Carling Cup Final, with both of those wins at home to inferior competition (Bolton & Pompey).
Bellamy allegedly had a fall-out with Mancini, so we'll see if that's "fachts" or just rumors...Bellamy is just back from injury himself and I would personally not like to see him on the pitch. Patrick Vieira begins a 3-match ban for kicking Glen Whelan in the nuts this past midweek. Petrov, Johnson, and Kompany are questionable due to injury. Tevez is possibly a no-go as well, having spent the last week in Argentina, due to his daughter's premature birth.
I feel like I've said this 100x this season, but this is the most important match of our season. City currently are one point above Liverpool with a game in hand...however, with trips to Chelsea and Arsenal on the horizon, as well as matches against Tottenham, Villa, and United still to come, City has arguably the harder run-in than Liverpool, or Spurs or Villa. That's why it's so important we get all three points on Sunday.
