Liverpool 1–2 Manchester City
- Szoboszlai 74'
- Szoboszlai 90+13'
- Silva 84'
- Haaland 90+3' (pen.)
8 February 2026
The match in data
Manchester City got the better of Liverpool, 2–1, on 8 February 2026, on matchday 25 of the 2025-26 Premier League.
Manchester City came from behind: they were trailing 1–0 at 74'.
Player of the match: Ibrahima Konaté (Liverpool), rated 63, thanks above all to 9 final-third passes and 4 tackles. Konaté produced 1.3 times as much as a defender typically does, at 0.5 times the cost.
It is their 4th time as player of the match this season.
For Manchester City, the highest-rated player was Matheus Nunes, with 60.
Dominik Szoboszlai was sent off at 90+13'.
Ibrahima Konaté
Liverpool · 90'
Produced 1.29× and cost 0.50× their position's average
- 9 final-third passes 1.6×
- 4 tackles 2.3×
- 3 interceptions 2.8×
- 5 duels lost 1.4×
- 5 misplaced passes 0.7×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: anyone who played under 20 minutes, and a goalkeeper who did not play the whole match.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cody Gakpo | Forward | 85 | 66 |
| Ibrahima Konaté ★ | Defender | 90 | 63 |
| Dominik Szoboszlai | Midfielder | 90 | 49 |
| Alexis Mac Allister | Midfielder | 90 | 47 |
| Alisson | Goalkeeper | 90 | 45 |
| Virgil van Dijk | Defender | 90 | 45 |
| Mohamed Salah | Forward | 90 | 43 |
| Milos Kerkez | Defender | 90 | 42 |
| Ryan Gravenberch | Midfielder | 90 | 38 |
| Florian Wirtz | Midfielder | 90 | 33 |
| Hugo Ekitiké | Forward | 90 | 28 |
| Federico Chiesa | Forward | 11 | no rating |
| Curtis Jones | Midfielder | 5 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matheus Nunes | Defender | 90 | 60 |
| Rodri | Midfielder | 90 | 59 |
| Erling Haaland | Forward | 90 | 56 |
| Rayan Aït-Nouri | Defender | 90 | 49 |
| Bernardo Silva | Midfielder | 90 | 47 |
| Marc Guéhi | Defender | 90 | 46 |
| Gianluigi Donnarumma | Goalkeeper | 90 | 41 |
| Omar Marmoush | Forward | 61 | 41 |
| Antoine Semenyo | Forward | 90 | 40 |
| Rayan Cherki | Midfielder | 29 | 38 |
| Rúben Dias | Defender | 29 | 38 |
| Abdukodir Khusanov | Defender | 61 | 30 |
| Nico O'Reilly | Defender | 90 | 29 |
| Nathan Aké | Defender | 9 | no rating |
Did you know?
La Lente trivia questions about this match. Tap one to see the answer.
Which Liverpool player made the most interceptions?
Ibrahima Konaté, with 3 interceptions. Next: Florian Wirtz 1, Dominik Szoboszlai 1.
Ibrahima Konaté led Liverpool's defensive anticipation with three interceptions in the 1–2 defeat. Florian Wirtz and Dominik Szoboszlai managed just one interception apiece.
Which Manchester City player won the most duels?
Nico O'Reilly, with 9 duels won. Next: Erling Haaland 5, Rodri 5.
Nico O'Reilly set the physical tone for Manchester City by winning nine individual duels. O'Reilly finished well ahead of key figures Erling Haaland and Rodri, who won five duels each.
How is the rating calculated?
The rating measures a single match: what the player produced against what they cost, compared with the average for their position in that league and season, and adjusted by position (a 70 for a forward is as hard to get as a 70 for a defender). A normal match is around 50, 70 is already very good and only one in a hundred goes above 80. It is not the NVP, which ranks the whole season.
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