City v Liverpool: Confirmed teams and game thread

by Danny Pugsley on Jan 11, 2012 6:56 PM GMT in Manchester City: Game Threads

The teams have been announced and City go in without the injured David Silva as well as Vincent Kompany, Yaya and Kolo Toure. Returning to the side though are Joe Hart, Gareth Barry and Mario Balotelli.

For Liverpool, Steven Gerrard, Craig Bellamy and Andy Carroll all start:

#MCFC team to play @LFC: Hart, Richards, Savic, Lescott, Clichy, Barry, de Jong, A. Johnson, Milner, Balotelli, Aguero #CarlingCup
— Manchester City FC (@MCFC) January 11, 2012

#LFC line-up: Reina; Kelly, Agger, Skrtel, G Johnson; Gerrard, Spearing, Henderson, Downing; Carroll, Bellamy. #MCFC
— Richard Buxton (@Richard_Buxton_) January 11, 2012

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Any MCFC Predictions?

by NC Nole on Jan 11, 2012 7:43 PM GMT reply actions

Joe Hart is saving the game right now.

by softbatch on Jan 11, 2012 7:58 PM GMT reply actions

Did Savic even touch him?

Big players make big plays

by sonics097 on Jan 11, 2012 8:00 PM GMT reply actions

no

by GagCi on Jan 11, 2012 8:00 PM GMT up reply actions

Lovely Somersault

Vintage Liverpool dive

by GagCi on Jan 11, 2012 8:00 PM GMT reply actions

Really? I am DVR’ing the match and have not watched but every account I can find on-line says it is a legit penalty.

by NC Nole on Jan 11, 2012 8:49 PM GMT up reply actions

Perhaps

I wear baby-blue glasses in the first watch and can’t really be rational until the game is a day gone usually

by GagCi on Jan 11, 2012 8:51 PM GMT up reply actions

Every account I've seen says it wasn't a penalty..

And added to that, whenever a ‘foul’ like that is committed, especially the way Agger goes down like he has been shot in the thigh, normally players say hey look at the studs markings on my thigh..

Big players make big plays

by sonics097 on Jan 11, 2012 8:55 PM GMT up reply actions

But then again, we'll leave these things to proper replays and such after the match.. could've been legit too

Big players make big plays

by sonics097 on Jan 11, 2012 8:57 PM GMT up reply actions

by NC Nole on Jan 11, 2012 9:01 PM GMT up reply actions

protip

If you use titles in your posts, people can click the title to minimize the post. But thanks for choosing a small-sized picture.

by softbatch on Jan 11, 2012 9:02 PM GMT up reply actions

BBC Account:

From that corner, Joe Hart made another superb stop to keep out Stewart Downing’s deflected shot but the Reds’ pressure evntually tells. City fail to clear the next corner too, and Stefan Savic gets all of the man and none of the ball as he tangles with Daniel Agger. Lee Mason points to the spot, and Steven Gerrard buries his penalty into the bottom corner. No saving that.

Guardian

12 mins: From the second corner Agger half-controls the ball on his chest but his attempt to chase down the ball is ended when Savic cluelessly raises a boot high into his knee. Penalty!

by NC Nole on Jan 11, 2012 9:00 PM GMT up reply actions

So? Commentators are commentators. Not referees. People said the same thing to City fans about how all the pundits said Kompany's red shouldn't have been given. By that picture, you could say Savic's boot is behind Agger as well.. we don't see the contact

Big players make big plays

by sonics097 on Jan 11, 2012 9:05 PM GMT up reply actions

by realfootballer on Jan 11, 2012 8:13 PM GMT reply actions

2150: Hmmmm. Replays of that Glen Johnson tackle indeed confim it was definitely two-footed. He won the ball, of course, but that doesn’t matter anymore, does it?

by softbatch on Jan 11, 2012 10:17 PM GMT up reply actions