Manchester City 0
Liverpool 1 Steven Gerrard 13′ (pk)

A week after falling 3-0 to Manchester City in the league, a Liverpool side without two of their top players returned to face a City side missing three of their best for the first leg of the League Cup semi-finals.

Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany has failed in his attempts to have the 4 match suspension he received following his red card against local rivals Manchester United rescinded. Kompany was given a straight red in the early stages of his team's FA cup 3rd round clash with United for a 2 footed sliding tackle - although replays seemed to show he did win the ball cleanly in the challenge.

Liver Bird: League Cup Semi Final Take One

Andy Carroll's goal against Oldham has hopefully given him some confidence... Liverpool are off to the Etihad once again as they prepare to face Manchester City in the first leg of the Carling Cup Semi Final on Wednesday night.

Liverpoo are 2-0 down against Manchester City at the Etihand stadium as a result of two mistakes by Pepe Reina, and typically poor defensive play from Glen Johnson.Here are the goals:1-0: AgueroDirk Kuyt loses the ball, and Reina allows Aguero's shot to go under him. He should've saved it.

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Last four head-to-head:
1-1 (h) 10.27.11
3-0 Liverpool (h) 04.11.10
0-3 City (a) 08.23.09
0-0 (a) 02.21.10
Last three matches:
Liverpool: 3-1 Newcastle (a); 0-0 Wigan (a); 2-0 Villa (a)
City: 0-1 Sunderland (a); 0-0 West Brom (a); 3-0 Stoke (h)
Goalscorers (league):
Liverpool: Suarez 5; Bellamy 4; Adam, Carroll, Gerrard, Maxi, Skrtel 2; Henderson, Johnson 1
City: Agüero 13; Dzeko 10; Balotelli 8; Johnson, Silva 5; Kompany, Milner, Nasri, Y Toure 2; Barry, Kolarov, Richards, Savic 1
Referee: Mike Jones
Yes, again.

Berbatron's Note: Long-time Blues fan Ratna Prashanth tells us what to expect from the big money battle between the two Blues of the premier league.

Stamford bridge is going to be the venue for a great showdown tomorrow. Its Chelsea vs Man City, otherwise titled the battle of the 2 BLUE spenders.

There seems little point in doing a usual chalkboard review. I'd end up focusing on Lucas Leiva's marvelous performance, and you can just as easily head to the Guardian or Stats Zone app and see them for yourself. Each is a beautiful, unique snowflake worthy of admiration, and I recommend doing so.
I thought I'd display his statistics somewhat differently.

Liverpool: Lescott (og) 33′
Manchester City: Kompany 31′

Liverpool prove their mettle but were stifled by Manchester City and Joe Hart, as once again the hosts can't convert the chances that would have won them the match. This one's as much about Hart's impressive ability in goal as it is Liverpool's inability to find the net; both he and Pepe Reina kept their clubs in a match that was plenty entertaining.

Downing and Hendo return for LFC v Man City

Today's game between Liverpool and Manchester City at Anfield will be played amidst much sadness following the news that Gary Speed had died this morning at the age of 42. Speed was Craig Bellamy's manager at Wales and played for Kenny Dalglish at Newcastle.

11am ET, live in the US on FSC
Last four head-to-head:
3-0 Liverpool (h) 04.11.11
0-3 City (a) 08.23.10
0-0 (a) 02.21.10
2-2 (h) 11.21.09
Last three matches:
Liverpool: 2-1 Chelsea (a); 0-0 Swansea (h); 2-0 West Brom (a)
City: 1-2 Napoli (a); 3-1 Newcastle (h); 3-2 QPR (a)
Goalscorers (league):
Liverpool: Suarez 4; Adam, Carroll 2; Bellamy, Gerrard, Henderson, Johnson, Maxi, Skrtel 1
City: Agüero, Dzeko 10; Balotelli 6; Silva 4; Johnson 3; Milner 2; Barry, Kolarov, Kompany, Nasri, Richards, Savic, Y Toure 1
Referee: Martin Atkinson
Guess at a line-up:
Reina
Johnson Skrtel Agger Enrique
Lucas Adam
Kuyt Henderson Maxi
Suarez
Still basking in the afterglow of last Sunday's victory, it's ever so tempting to suggest Liverpool should play the exact same line-up as against Chelsea.

Here we go, another great weekend of Premier League football is here. Throw your "Why Always Me?" t-shirts to the side, and let's concentrate on Chelsea and Arsenal at Stamford Bridge, and the rest of the weekend's fantasy prognostications. Let's ... Continue reading →

Champions League action resumes tomorrow with some very interesting fixtures. Real Madrid host Lyon at the Bernabeu while Napoli travel to Munich to face in form Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich.

However, the match that could prove decisive in Group A will be between EPL leaders Manchester City and Spanish side Villarreal.

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By Alan Duffy

Manchester City 2-0 Everton Premier League September 24 2011

Substitutes Mario Balotelli and James Milner scored a goal each to earn the Citizens a home win against Everton. After the game, City boss Roberto Mancini praised his wayward Italian striker, saying: "Mario didn't start for three or four games but he has worked well, did not say anything and he was waiting for this moment.

REST IN PEACE
Bobby Rhine - long time Dallas Burn and FC Dallas player, and recently FC Dallas match commentator passed away on Monday from a heart attack.
This is just devastating news about someone who seemed like he was really starting to hit his stride after his pro playing career, and he was only 35 years old.

Klasnic has a go at goal. Will we see him strike again today?

Starting Lineups
Bolton Wanderers: Jaaskelainen, Steinsson, Cahill, Knight, Robinson, Eagles, Muamba, Reo-Coker, Petrov, K Davies, Klasnic
Manchester City: Hart, Richards, Kompany, Lescott, Milner, Dzeko, Kolarov, Aguero, Barry, Silva, Y Toure

By Chris Wright

Some clever bods in the Man City marketing department chose the club's FA Cup parade through the streets of Manchester yesterday as the perfect platform to unveil their new Umbro away kit for next season and a right bobby-dazzler it is too.

But don't just take Pies' word for it, have a butcher's.

I want to start with a mention of the PFA awards and the Team of the Year. Congratulations to Wilshere for picking up the Young Player of the Year award, and deservedly so. Gareth Bale was chosen as the Player of the Year and Nasri came in second. And in case you haven't seen it, the team of the year is,

Van der Saar – Sagna, Vidic, Kompany, Cole – Nani, Nasri, Wilshere, Bale – Tevez, Berbatov.

David Silva has been quietly having a very productive season and has brought out the best in Tevez

16:00 City have looked the more dangerous team as they are making the better runs coupled with the crisp penetrative passing. Van de Sar hasn't been challenged though.

14:00 Micah Richards just manhandles Giggs as the Welshman goes of on one of his traedmark mazy runs.

Lineups are in:

Arsenal: Starters: Fabianski, Sagna, Koscielny, Djourou, Clichy, Wilshere, Song, Fabregas, Nasri, Walcott, Van Persie Bench: Rosicky, Denilson, Squillaci, Arshavin, Chamakh, Bendtner, Szczesny.,

Manchester City: Starters: Hart, Richards, Kompany, Zabaleta, Milner, Barry, Jo, Kolo, Tevez, De Jong, Yaya Bench: Given, Bridge, Wright-Phillips, A Johnson, Boateng, Lescott, Vieira

We start with the same lineup that won away at Birmingham and at home to Chelsea.