How Allen out-passed City
Joe Allen was the best passer on the park during Liverpool's 2-2 draw with Manchester City, according to Opta stats.
The Welshman completed 93.5 per cent of his passes, with 10.9 per cent of his kicks being long balls.
Jonjo Shelvey was Liverpool's second most accurate passer with an 88 per cent completion rate and 10 per cent falling into Opta's definition of long.
For Manchester City, Nigel de Jong came out on top with 93.1 per cent but just 2.8 per cent of his passes were long.
Goalkeeper aside, Martin Skrtel was Liverpool's most ambitious passer, going long on 19.4 per cent of occasions.
Pablo Zabaleta made 13 clearances, Vincent Kompany made 12. Skrtel was Liverpool's top clearer with eight.
Kolo Toure was the most impressive tackler on the day, winning 85.7 per cent of his seven challenges.
Meanwhile, Yaya Toure had more touches the anyone else - 89. Steven Gerrard topped this list for Liverpool with 84.
De Jong won an impressive 100 per cent of the duels he entered.
Sebastian Coates excelled here for the Reds with 71.4. The 21-year-old prevailed in 100 per cent of his aerial duels.
Luis Suarez attempted more shots than anyone else during the game - five. One, his goal, was on target.
Suarez and Gerrard each tried their luck from outside the area on three occasions.
Kompany and Raheem Sterling conceded the most fouls with three each. Mario Balotelli was the biggest victim, earning four free-kicks.
Liverpool had 17 shots to City's 11. However, the hosts had a shot accuracy of 25 per cent compared with City's 37.5 per cent.
Roberto Mancini's men edged the possession counter with 51.3 per cent.
They also played slightly more passes - 484 to 462. Their accuracy was also better - 84.1 to 80.5. This could be down to Liverpool playing it long more often - 14.9 per cent to City's 8.7.