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Liverpool v Man City team news: O’Reilly + Marmoush start, Foden + Cherki subs

8 February 2026 623 comments
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The final match of Gameweek 25 sees Liverpool and Manchester City square off at Anfield.

Kick-off is at 16:30 GMT.

TEAM NEWS

Pep Guardiola makes five changes from Wednesday’s EFL Cup quarter-final.

Gianluigi Donnarumma, Marc Guehi, Rodri, Bernardo Silva and Erling Haaland all return.

They oust the benched James Trafford, Nathan Ake, Nico Gonzalez, Tijjani Reijnders and Phil Foden.

Ruben Dias and Rayan Cherki are also named among the substitutes.

Liverpool are unsurprisingly unchanged from the side that thrashed Newcastle United 4-1 last time out, with Mohamed Salah, Florian Wirtz and Cody Gakpo providing support for Hugo Ekitike up top.

LINE-UPS

Liverpool XI: Alisson, Szoboszlai, Konate, van Dijk, Kerkez, Gravenberch, Mac Allister, Salah, Wirtz, Gakpo, Ekitike

Subs: Mamardashvili, Woodman, Endo, Chiesa, Jones, Robertson, Nyoni, Ramsey, Ngumoha

Manchester City XI: Donnarumma, Nunes, Khusanov, Guehi, Ait-Nouri, Rodri, Bernardo, O’Reilly, Semenyo, Marmoush, Haaland

Subs: Trafford, Dias, Reijnders, Ake, Cherki, Nico, Foden, Alleyne, Lewis

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Here you can follow the scores, watch the defensive contribution (DefCon) points roll in, see who the leading players are for xG and more as the games play out, as seen below:

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  1. Mom, Butters just gave me a…
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 4 Years
    2 months, 4 days ago

    Shouldn't Haaland then get a red card as well. Or a yellow at least?

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    1. GREEN IS GOOD
      • 9 Years
      2 months, 4 days ago

      It's not a red card offence

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      1. Mom, Butters just gave me a…
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 4 Years
        2 months, 4 days ago

        But a second yelliw

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        1. GREEN IS GOOD
          • 9 Years
          2 months, 4 days ago

          Because the first foul cancels out what happens afterwards. If Haaland had committed a violent foul, it might have been different

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    2. Ignasi M
      • 8 Years
      2 months, 4 days ago

      Szobo fouls Haaland first.

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  2. OneTeamInBristol
    • 2 Years
    2 months, 4 days ago

    Get VAR out of the game….ridiculous. Get these clowns operating VAR out now.

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    1. Feanor
      • 16 Years
      2 months, 4 days ago

      You should get out cause they got it 100% right

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      1. OneTeamInBristol
        • 2 Years
        2 months, 4 days ago

        Behave. You don't havea clue about football if you think that is justified.

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        1. GREEN IS GOOD
          • 9 Years
          2 months, 4 days ago

          Behave yourself. You don't understand the rules of football

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      2. CheesyZoot
        • 6 Years
        2 months, 4 days ago

        Bet you are fun at parties

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  3. GREEN IS GOOD
    • 9 Years
    2 months, 4 days ago

    Ref is right. Gary Neville is an idiot

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    1. Utopsis
      • 6 Years
      2 months, 4 days ago

      100%. Not sure what he's crying about

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  4. Ignasi M
    • 8 Years
    2 months, 4 days ago

    The microphone and PA system combo was dreadful btw

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  5. tucaoneo
    • 7 Years
    2 months, 4 days ago

    RC is RC... Why would you rule the goal out...

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    1. Feanor
      • 16 Years
      2 months, 4 days ago

      For Haaland’s foul

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    2. Hooky
      • 11 Years
      2 months, 4 days ago

      Because of the Haaland foul

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      1. Mom, Butters just gave me a…
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 4 Years
        2 months, 4 days ago

        So again why not yc for Haaland.

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        1. Hooky
          • 11 Years
          2 months, 4 days ago

          Because it wasn't a yellow card offence

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        2. Gandalf
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 15 Years
          2 months, 4 days ago

          Szo's foul was first, same concept in rugby.

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    3. thegaffer82
      • 14 Years
      2 months, 4 days ago

      Because then you can’t commit a foul straight after it - as Haaland did on Sboz

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  6. Bolivian Seaman
    • 15 Years
    2 months, 4 days ago

    play advantage, let the goal stand!

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    1. Feanor
      • 16 Years
      2 months, 4 days ago

      Can’t because Haaland committed a foul

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      1. Bolivian Seaman
        • 15 Years
        2 months, 4 days ago

        after he got fouled

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    2. GREEN IS GOOD
      • 9 Years
      2 months, 4 days ago

      The ref did play advantage, and then Haaland fouled the Liverpool player before the ball went in

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  7. BobbyDoesNotLook
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    2 months, 4 days ago

    Correct decision. Not an optimal ending as Pool supporter...

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  8. thegaffer82
    • 14 Years
    2 months, 4 days ago

    Absolutely comical decision. Thank goodness I sold Sboz this week. Wasn’t looking great after that FK, but s’all good now

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    1. Scapegoat Salah
      • 9 Years
      2 months, 4 days ago

      Goal is 5 points though, I’d take it over Semenyo blank

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  9. Capocannonieri
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    2 months, 4 days ago

    This is the best sporting event in the world today.

    Stick you garbage "super" bowl in the nearest trash bin.

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    1. Absolutely Muñozed
        2 months, 4 days ago

        no one cares about Super bowl anyway so bring it up

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    2. Hughes Your Daddy
      • 13 Years
      2 months, 4 days ago

      Brentford will be feeling robbed by that drag back/grab by Newcastle yesterday and getting nothing but then seeing that red. No consistency this season yet again, dumb refs

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    3. DeSelby
      • 3 Years
      2 months, 4 days ago

      This might be the stupidest situation I've ever seen in any sport.

      Just play advantage, allow the goal, and send off Szobo.

      All the players are such unbelievable, cheating crybabies. Szobo commits a red card offence then when Haaland grabs his shirt Szobo actually has the gall to start crying to the ref that he's been fouled. Unreal.

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      1. Feanor
        • 16 Years
        2 months, 4 days ago

        Advantage doesn’t allow you to commit you own foul m, which Haaland did

        How dumb are you people?

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    4. Mom, Butters just gave me a…
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 4 Years
      2 months, 4 days ago

      Jerki robbed

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    5. Zalk
      • 14 Years
      2 months, 4 days ago

      Ref having a nightmare again...the fact that he didn't do anything at all before VAR...and also let Guehi's red card slide...haha

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    6. tucaoneo
      • 7 Years
      2 months, 4 days ago

      Cherki owner in tears

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    7. CoracAld2831
      • 5 Years
      2 months, 4 days ago

      Szoboszlai owners going from euphoria to absolute misery.

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      1. Hooky
        • 11 Years
        2 months, 4 days ago

        Just like Sydney Sweeney

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    8. yousunkmybattleship
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      2 months, 4 days ago

      Arsenal are 100% going to bottle the title again aren’t they

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      1. Hughes Your Daddy
        • 13 Years
        2 months, 4 days ago

        Lets hope so

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    9. Sailboats
      • 10 Years
      2 months, 4 days ago

      What a stupid decision???

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    10. Brazooka
      • 13 Years
      2 months, 4 days ago

      Szobo got a three match ban

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      1. The Bandit
        • 15 Years
        2 months, 4 days ago

        One

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        1. CoracAld2831
          • 5 Years
          2 months, 4 days ago

          1-3 depending on the severity of the offense.

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      2. Feanor
        • 16 Years
        2 months, 4 days ago

        3 matches are only for violent reds

        Same rule for decades, why don’t you know it?

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    11. Supersonic_
      • 4 Years
      2 months, 4 days ago

      Odd end

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    12. The Bandit
      • 15 Years
      2 months, 4 days ago

      How can they say he prevented a goal scoring opportunity, when they scored?

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      1. Feanor
        • 16 Years
        2 months, 4 days ago

        Goal was ruled out by Haaland’s foul so they go back to the original offense

        Simple

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      2. fantasist
        • 15 Years
        2 months, 4 days ago

        If they play advantage and allow the goal then Haaland committed a foul

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    13. Pedersen
      • 7 Years
      2 months, 4 days ago

      Anyone considering TC next week (Gabriel)? Any reason to save it?

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    14. Baines on Toast...
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      2 months, 4 days ago

      VAR needs to be scrapped. They are re-refereeing games and taking all judgement out of it.

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    15. KeanosMagic
      • 4 Years
      2 months, 4 days ago

      ML leader has Sobozlai and Cherki. Love to see it.

      18 points down to 9

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    16. TheBiffas
      • 5 Years
      2 months, 4 days ago

      Haaland gifted 3 bonus

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    17. Ajax Hamsterdam
      • 11 Years
      2 months, 4 days ago

      that was a bit mental to say the least. lucky folks who didnt have to suffer neville's nonsense for 90 mins and were not watching on sky...

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    18. Raoul Nogues
        2 months, 4 days ago

        Szobo on 3 bonus ?

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      • gooberman
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        2 months, 4 days ago

        Haaland cappers win then.

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      • Ignasi M
        • 8 Years
        2 months, 4 days ago

        I can't see Liverpool finishing top 5. Salah off in summer and Van Dijk leaving. Isak playing europa league football lolz

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      • ITS AMAD WORLD
        • 3 Years
        2 months, 4 days ago

        Liverpool gave been pants this season. Can't believe people own so many of their players.

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      • Baines on Toast...
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        2 months, 4 days ago

        Also the commentary really over egging this still being a title race. Desperate for some drama. They are nowhere near.

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        1. GREEN IS GOOD
          • 9 Years
          2 months, 4 days ago

          6 points behind with 13 games to play is not 'nowhere near'

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