26 August 2012 Opposition: Manchester City
26 August2012 26 Date: 26 August 2012 Guardian Mirror BBC Opposition: Manchester City Independent Mail MEN Telegraph Echo Times Competition: League Coates 6, M Skrtel 6, G Johnson 7 - Lucas Leiva (sub: J Shelvey, 56 7), J Allen 8 - F Borini 7 (sub: A Carroll, 84), S Gerrard 6, R Sterling 7 - L Suarez 6. Substitutes not Rodgers defends Skrtel as flawed City fight back used: B Jones, J Carragher, J Henderson, S Downing. Booked: Suarez. Manchester City (3-4-1-2): J Hart 5 - K Toure 4, V Kompany 5, P Zabaleta 5 - J Milner 5 (sub: D Liverpool Skrtel 34, Suarez 66 2 Manchester City Y Toure 63, Tevez 80 2 Referee A Silva, 75), N de Jong 5, Y Toure 7, A Kolarov 6 - S Nasri 5 (sub: J Rodwell, 60 6) - M Marriner Attendance 44,942 On an enthralling afternoon at Balotelli 5 (sub: E Dzeko, 62 7), C Tevez 8. Substitutes not used: C Pantilimon, S Anfield, Liverpool were undone - and Manchester City saved - by the type of error Savic, J Lescott, A Razak. that usually sends a manager's blood pressure soaring through the roof. With ten minutes remaining and his team leading 2-1, Martin Skrtel played a careless back pass that was ruthlessly punished by Carlos Tevez to the sounds of groans from a hitherto exuberant Kop. Martin Skrtel's gift gives Manchester City a draw against Liverpool It was the kind of mistake that often sees a player blanked, subjected to a blast of Brendan Rodgers will be tormented by the manner in which Liverpoolsurrendered invective or dragged back to the scene of the crime to have the figurative "Row Z" their first Premier League win under his stewardship.
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