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LIVERPOOL...... OFFICIAL MEMBERS’ PRE-MATCHDAY GUIDE ...... FC

27.11.2011 • Kick- off 4:00pm v City Season 2011/12

Programme number 07

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Manager’s Notes ...... WE GO INTO THE MATCH ON THE BACK OF AN EXCELLENT WIN AT CHELSEA LAST SUNDAY.

We were delighted with the attitude, commitment and effort of the 14 players that took part.

GOOD afternoon and welcome to THERE WILL ALWAYS BE SOME THAT PLAY MORE Anfi eld for this afternoon’s game “ GAMES THAN OTHERS BUT THE WAY THEY HAVE with Manchester City. GONE ABOUT THEIR JOBS HAS BEEN EXCELLENT. We go into the match on the back ” of an excellent win at Chelsea last correct approach and that helped reaction since. Nobody would Sunday. You always need to play them get the result they did. have been happy with the result or well to win at Stamford Bridge From the start of the season, the performance that day but the and we were delighted with the every single player has worked response to it has been very good. attitude, commitment and effort hard and each of them has had a We’ve just got on with things and of the 14 players that took part run-out in the games in some way, received our rewards for the work and all of them made a valuable shape or form, whether it’s been a we’ve done in every game since, contribution to the victory. league match or a Carling Cup tie, so we need to continue in the same way. We made a couple of changes so they are all playing their part. and the boys that came into the There will always be some that Our next test is against team did really well and then when play more games than others but Manchester City this afternoon and we made a few changes towards the way they have gone about their we are all looking forward to the the end, the younger lads were jobs has been excellent. We need game. also excellent with their attitude to continue that and remember City have a fantastic array of and commitment. People may that we’ve got to where we have players and are now a real force. be dismissive and say that Andy because they’ve all worked really They are the ones who are in the Carroll was only on the pitch for hard and stuck together both on position that everybody wants a few minutes but, no matter, it’s and off the pitch. to be in and that’s top of the the attitude that you come on with It is now over two months Barclays . They’ve that’s solely important and each since we last lost at Spurs and got the wealth and everything one of the players showed the we have been pleased with the that anybody needs to make it a ......

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...... MANAGER’S NOTES

Maxi Rodriguez scores the opening goal at Stamford Bridge

success and are trying their best being against them rather than for a long period and sadly didn’t to do that. for them. That support should get better. All of our thoughts and Every fan would love the work in our favour so we’ve just sympathies go to Brad and his club that they support to be in got to maintain what we’re doing. family at this time. the same fi nancial position as Also, I think that we’ve created What’s happened shows there Manchester City but that’s not enough chances in the matches are more important things than going to happen so there’s no we’ve played here to have won football and Brad will be given all point in us complaining about every one of those fi xtures. Clearly the time he needs by the club. We what they have got. The important we haven’t done that but we’ll all send our condolences to the thing for us is to compete against continue to work hard in training, family. gain confi dence from what we’re whoever is put up in front of us Thank you for your support, and we’ll try our best to do that. doing and make sure that the good work we have done is Our last three home games rewarded properly. have all ended in draws but the lads always enjoy playing here. We want exactly the same thing Everyone has to remember that as the people who come along to when we play at Anfi eld, the fans support us. We want to score as are on our side. We’ve also got to many goals as we can and collect remember that we brought three as many points as we can – and or four boys in during the summer that’s from every match not just and it’s a big step for them to our home games. play at Anfi eld. It is bound to be For all the talk about football, different and a bit strange for everything has been put into them when they have been used perspective by the recent death of

to playing here and the support ...... ’ son Luca. He was ill ......

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Skipper’s Notes ...... GOING TO STAMFORD BRIDGE IS ALWAYS DIFFICULT. YOU DON’T COME AWAY WITH ANYTHING UNLESS YOU PERFORM WELL. We did exactly that, particularly in the fi rst half. We passed the ball sharply and pressed them.

THE win at Chelsea was a great result, now we want to follow it up with another victory today. Going to Stamford Bridge is always diffi cult. You don’t come away with anything unless you perform well. We did exactly that, particularly in the fi rst half. We passed the ball sharply and pressed them all over the park. That was obvious in the The bench celebrate the fi rst goal from Maxi fi rst goal. We felt we should have been showed enough character to go But he has so much quality going further ahead by half-time and on and win, with Pepe making a forward too. knew they would enjoy some brilliant save at 1-1. That was just Afterwards the lads dedicated periods of pressure in the second as important as the winning goal. the victory to Brad Jones and his half. Although they got level we still Obviously Glen’s a defender. family following the sad death of his son Luca. It’s obviously a very AWAY FROM HOME SOME OF OUR DISPLAYS HAVE tough time for Brad and all of us at “ BEEN EXCELLENT. OUR ONLY DISAPPOINTMENT SO the club are here for him. FAR IS THAT WE HAVEN’T COMBINED THOSE RESULTS WITH ENOUGH WINS AT . ”

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...... SKIPPER’S NOTES

Glen Johnson celebrates after scoring the winner against Chelsea

The result last weekend has given where we haven’t performed like got the fi rst goal after only 13 us lots of confi dence. We’re we can. In the other draws we minutes. now nine games unbeaten in all made enough chances to win. Defeating them 3-0 that night competitions. We just weren’t clinical enough showed what we are capable of. I Away from home some of our and in this league teams will take think we’re a better side now than displays have been excellent. Our advantage when you don’t punish we were then, and we’ll be aiming only disappointment so far is that them. to defeat them again. we haven’t combined those results That certainly applies against with enough wins at Anfi eld. We today’s opposition. Man City are know we’ve drawn too many. That where everybody wants to be; top has to end if we’re to fi nish where of the table. They’ve started the we want to be. I don’t feel we’ve season in great form. played badly in some of the home We know we’ll have to be at our games where we’ve come away best if we’re to defeat them. A fast with a point. start is crucial. We got that in the The 0-0 draw with Swansea corresponding fi xture last season. was probably the one occasion We really pressurised them and

...... THIS IS LFC OFFICIAL MEMBERSHIP ...... YOU’LL NEVER WALK ALONE STATS AT TACK LIVERPOOL FC v MANCHESTER CITY

DID YOU KNOW? 2 2 1. At Anfi eld: Liverpool 46 wins, Man. City 13 wins, 16 Draws. José ENRIQUE 3 3 Daniel AGGER 5 4 2. Overall: Liverpool 75 wins, Man. City 38 wins, 37 Draws. Fabio AURELIO 6 5 3. Last season both meetings led to 3-0 victories for the Luis SUÁREZ 7 6 home side. Steven GERRARD 8 7 4. City won the fi rst clash in Manchester with 9 10 Edin DZEKO opening the scoring after 13 minutes. Maxi RODRIGUEZ 11 11 Adam JOHNSON added 2 in the second half, one from the penalty spot. Jordan HENDERSON14 12 Stuart TAYLOR It was the Reds heaviest league defeat at City since Sebastian COATES16 13 Aleksander KOLAROV 1936-37. Dirk KUYT18 15 Stefan SAVIĆ 5. In the return at Anfi eld Andy Carroll scored twice, either Stewart DOWNING19 16 Sergio AGÜERO side of a strike with all the goals coming in the Jay SPEARING20 18 Gareth BARRY fi rst 35 minutes. Lucas LEIVA21 19 Danny WILSON22 20 6. The clubs have now met 150 times in the league with Jamie CARRAGHER23 21 Liverpool winning exactly half of the games. Pepe REINA25 22 Gaël CLICHY 7. The Reds have lost only 3 of the last 22 league meetings Charlie ADAM26 24 home and away between the sides, and just 5 of the last 37. Alexander DONI32 25 8. Since the inception of the Premier League, Liverpool have Martin KELLY34 28 Kolo TOURE won 13 of the 28 meetings with City winning 4. Martin SKRTEL37 32 Carlos TEVEZ 9. Liverpool have scored in each of the last 17 league Jon FLANAGAN38 34 clashes at Anfi eld – the last scoreless draw came in Craig BELLAMY39 42 Yaya TOURÉ August 1986. Jack ROBINSON49 45 10. The Reds have lost only 1 of the last 12 clashes – last TEAM COMPARISON season - and have kept 8 clean sheets in the process. Liverpool Manchester City 11. Maxi has now scored 8 goals in his last 5 league starts. 16 Goals Scored 42 12. has scored for Liverpool against former 11 Goals Conceded 11 clubs Blackburn, Newcastle and Norwich. Today he 4 Clean Sheets 4 comes up against another one in City. 4,412 Successful Passes 5,518 13. The Reds have conceded just 2 fi rst half goals in the league this season, while in the last 9 games in all competitions they have not conceded before the 44th minute.. 14. Dirk Kuyt has been waiting to score his 50th league goal for the club since May. 15. Andy Carroll’s fi rst goals for Liverpool came in this fi xture last season and are the only ones he has netted at Anfi eld in a Red shirt. 13. Liverpool are unbeaten in the last 9 games in league and cup – their longest run since going 16 without losing from November 2008 – February 2009

PREMIER LEAGUE RESULTS - LAST 6 MATCHES Liverpool 3 0 Man City 11 Apr 2011 Man City 3 0 Liverpool 23 Aug 2010 Man City 0 0 Liverpool 21 Feb 2010 Liverpool 2 2 Man City 21 Nov 2009 Liverpool 1 1 Man City 22 Feb 2009 Man City 2 3 Liverpool 5 Oct 2008