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Premier League
Anfield | 26 December 2002 at15:00UK local time
Liverpool
1
-
1
Blackburn Rovers
Starting Lineup
(Average age 25.01)
22
Chris Kirkland
2
Stephane Henchoz
30
Djimi Traoré
23
Jamie Carragher
4
Sami Hyypia
(c)
18
John Arne Riise
7
Vladimir Smicer
13
Danny Murphy
17
Steven Gerrard
10
Michael Owen
8
Emile Heskey
Substitutes
19
Pegguy Arphexad
21
Salif Diao
25
Igor Biscan
5
Milan Baros
9
El Hadji Diouf
Goals
(Assists in brackets)
John Arne Riise
17′
(Michael Owen)
Substitutions
Emile Heskey
replaced by
Milan Baros
59′
Vladimir Smicer
replaced by
Igor Biscan
65′
Djimi Traoré
replaced by
El Hadji Diouf
83′
Opposition Lineup
(Average age 28.27)
Brad Friedel
Lucas Neill
Nils-Eric Johansson
Garry Flitcroft
Craig Short
Martin Taylor
David Thompson
Tugay Kerimoglu
Andrew Cole
Dwight Yorke
Damien Duff
Opposition goals
Andrew Cole
77
′
Opposition substitutions
Nils-Eric Johansson
replaced by
Egil Ostenstad
52
′
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Other details
Manager:
Gérard Houllier
Opposition manager:
Graeme Souness
Referee:
Barry NS
Attendance:
43,075
Half-time score:
1
-
0
Game number:
4776
League game number:
3936
Played towards Kop:
First half
League position after match:
5th
View other results
11 Aug 2002 - Liverpool 0-1 Arsenal
18 Aug 2002 - Aston Villa 1-0 Liverpool
24 Aug 2002 - Liverpool 3-0 Southampton
28 Aug 2002 - Blackburn Rovers 2-2 Liverpool
02 Sep 2002 - Liverpool 2-2 Newcastle United
11 Sep 2002 - Liverpool 2-2 Birmingham City
14 Sep 2002 - Bolton Wanderers 3-2 Liverpool
17 Sep 2002 - Valencia 0-2 Liverpool
21 Sep 2002 - Liverpool 2-0 West Bromwich Albion
25 Sep 2002 - Liverpool 1-1 Basel
28 Sep 2002 - Manchester City 3-0 Liverpool
02 Oct 2002 - Liverpool 5-0 Spartak Moscow
06 Oct 2002 - Liverpool 1-0 Chelsea
19 Oct 2002 - Leeds United 1-0 Liverpool
22 Oct 2002 - Spartak Moscow 3-1 Liverpool
26 Oct 2002 - Liverpool 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur
30 Oct 2002 - Liverpool 0-1 Valencia
02 Nov 2002 - Liverpool 2-0 West Ham United
06 Nov 2002 - Liverpool 3-1 Southampton
09 Nov 2002 - Middlesbrough 0-1 Liverpool
12 Nov 2002 - Basel 3-3 Liverpool
17 Nov 2002 - Liverpool 0-0 Sunderland
23 Nov 2002 - Fulham 2-3 Liverpool
28 Nov 2002 - Vitesse Arnhem 1-0 Liverpool
01 Dec 2002 - Liverpool 1-2 Manchester United
04 Dec 2002 - Liverpool 1-1 Ipswich Town
07 Dec 2002 - Charlton Athletic 0-2 Liverpool
12 Dec 2002 - Liverpool 1-0 Vitesse Arnhem
15 Dec 2002 - Sunderland 1-2 Liverpool
18 Dec 2002 - Aston Villa 4-3 Liverpool
22 Dec 2002 - Liverpool 0-0 Everton
26 Dec 2002 - Liverpool 1-1 Blackburn Rovers
29 Dec 2002 - Arsenal 1-1 Liverpool
01 Jan 2003 - Newcastle United 0-1 Liverpool
05 Jan 2003 - Manchester City 1-0 Liverpool
08 Jan 2003 - Sheffield United 1-2 Liverpool
11 Jan 2003 - Liverpool 1-1 Aston Villa
18 Jan 2003 - Southampton 1-0 Liverpool
21 Jan 2003 - Liverpool 2-0 Sheffield United
26 Jan 2003 - Crystal Palace 0-0 Liverpool
29 Jan 2003 - Liverpool 2-2 Arsenal
02 Feb 2003 - West Ham United 3-0 Liverpool
05 Feb 2003 - Liverpool 0-2 Crystal Palace
08 Feb 2003 - Liverpool 1-1 Middlesbrough
20 Feb 2003 - Auxerre 1-0 Liverpool
23 Feb 2003 - Birmingham City 1-2 Liverpool
27 Feb 2003 - Liverpool 2-0 Auxerre
02 Mar 2003 - Liverpool 2-0 Manchester United
08 Mar 2003 - Liverpool 2-0 Bolton Wanderers
13 Mar 2003 - Celtic 1-1 Liverpool
16 Mar 2003 - Tottenham Hotspur 3-2 Liverpool
20 Mar 2003 - Liverpool 0-2 Celtic
23 Mar 2003 - Liverpool 3-1 Leeds United
05 Apr 2003 - Manchester United 0-4 Liverpool
12 Apr 2003 - Liverpool 2-0 Fulham
19 Apr 2003 - Everton 2-1 Liverpool
21 Apr 2003 - Liverpool 2-1 Charlton Athletic
26 Apr 2003 - West Bromwich Albion 6-0 Liverpool
03 May 2003 - Liverpool 1-2 Manchester City
11 May 2003 - Chelsea 1-2 Liverpool
League Table
Pos
Team
P
W
D
L
F
A
GD
Pts
1
Arsenal
20
13
3
4
41
21
+20
42
2
Chelsea
20
10
8
2
34
15
+19
38
3
Manchester U
20
10
5
5
31
21
+10
35
4
Everton
20
10
4
6
23
22
+1
34
5
Liverpool
20
9
6
5
29
20
+9
33
6
Newcastle U
19
10
2
7
32
28
+4
32
7
Tottenham H
20
9
5
6
29
28
+1
32
8
Middlesbrough
20
8
5
7
25
19
+6
29
9
Southampton
20
7
8
5
22
19
+3
29
10
Blackburn R
20
7
7
6
26
23
+3
28
11
Manchester C
20
8
3
9
27
29
-2
27
12
Charlton Ath
20
7
5
8
23
25
-2
26
13
Birmingham C
20
6
7
7
19
23
-4
25
14
Leeds U
20
7
3
10
26
27
-1
24
15
Fulham
20
6
5
9
23
26
-3
23
16
Aston Villa
20
6
4
10
18
23
-5
22
17
Bolton Wan
19
4
6
9
23
35
-12
18
18
Sunderland
20
4
6
10
13
28
-15
18
19
West Brom
20
4
4
12
16
31
-15
16
20
West Ham U
20
3
6
11
19
36
-17
15
