Liverpool will end their 34-year wait for back-to-back league wins at Man City if they can emerge from Sunday’s showdown at the Etihad victorious.
The Reds have not won consecutive league games away to Man City since March 1991, with a 3-0 win at Maine Road securing an important win for interim manager Ronnie Moran.
If they record another shutout, it would be the first time since 2007 that they have earned consecutive clean sheets at City.
Three goals scored would take their overall tally against City to 350 across all competitions, with four of those strikes coming last season as Liverpool completed a league double over the Etihad outfit for the first time since the 2015/16 season.
Mo has the taste for it
Liverpool's Mohamed Salah (second right) celebrates with team-mates after scoring their side's first goal during the Premier League match at Anfield, Liverpool. Picture date: Saturday November 1, 2025.
After goals against Aston Villa and Brentford last time out in the Premier League, Mohamed Salah will fancy his chances of adding to his tally of nine goals in 16 Premier League appearances against Man City.
The Egyptian has 13 goals in 22 games against Pep Guardiola’s side in all competitions, a record only bettered by Ian Rush‘s 15 strikes from 20 outings.
With two more he would equal Rush’s all-time best – and a (perhaps unlikely) hat-trick would see him eclipse his legendary predecessor.
The 33-year-old, who notched a goal and an assist in last season’s win at the Etihad, has scored in eight of Liverpool’s last nine victories against City.
Time to improve record at the Etihad
MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - Saturday, April 1, 2023: Liverpool's goalkeeper Alisson Becker (L) and Ibrahima Konaté look dejected after the FA Premier League match between Manchester City FC and Liverpool FC at the City of Manchester Stadium. Man City won 4-1. (Pic by David Rawcliffe/Propaganda)
Since winning 4-1 at the Etihad in November 2015, Liverpool have won just one of their last nine visits to City.
In that time, they have drawn four and lost four, conceding 20 times in the process.
Last season’s 2-0 win was the first time in a 15-game sequence that the Reds had kept a clean sheet in east Manchester.
In the last 56 games between Liverpool and City, the away team has won just seven times.
Expect plenty of goals!
LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND - Saturday, November 1, 2025: Liverpool's Ryan Gravenberch celebrates after scoring the second goal during the FA Premier League match between Liverpool FC and Aston Villa FC at Anfield. (Photo by David Rawcliffe/Propaganda)
Liverpool have failed to find the back of the net in just one of their last 52 Premier League games – the 1-0 home defeat to Nottingham Forest last September.
Meanwhile, the last time the Premier League champions kept three clean sheets in a row came in March, in games against Man City, Newcastle and Paris Saint-Germain.
This season, however, the Reds have only managed back-to-back clean sheets in the Premier League once – in September, after wins against Arsenal and Burnley.
Liverpool have not lost four successive away games in the Premier League since April 2012, when they were managed by Sir Kenny Dalglish.
Stop Haaland, stop City?
Haaland has scored 27 goals in 17 outings for club and country this season (Steven Paston/PA)
Erling Haaland is City’s top scorer in the Premier League this season with 13 goals; the next highest is own goals (two).
The Norwegian has scored 98 goals in 107 Premier League games since joining City in June 2022. Six of those have come against Liverpool.
He is the only player to start all 10 of City’s Premier League matches this season.
This season’s scorers so far
LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND - Friday, August 15, 2025: Liverpool's Hugo Ekitike celebrates his side scoring the second goal during the FA Premier League match between Liverpool FC and AFC Bournemouth at Anfield. (Photo by David Rawcliffe/Propaganda)
Liverpool: Ekitike 6, Salah 5, Gakpo 4, Gravenberch 3, Chiesa 2, Szoboszlai 2, Van Dijk 2, Frimpong 1, Isak 1, Kerkez 1, Konate 1, Mac Allister 1, Ngumoha 1, Robertson 1
Man City: Haaland 18, Foden 4, Cherki 3, Doku 2, own goals 2, Marmoush 1, Nunes 1, O’Reilly 1, Reijnders 1, Savinho 1, Silva 1