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Premier League
Anfield | 23 February 2008 at15:00UK local time
Liverpool
3
-
2
Middlesbrough
Starting Lineup
(Average age 26.41)
25
Pepe Reina
17
Álvaro Arbeloa
12
Fábio Aurélio
3
Steve Finnan
4
Sami Hyypia
19
Ryan Babel
8
Steven Gerrard
(c)
21
Lucas Leiva
20
Javier Mascherano
18
Dirk Kuyt
9
Fernando Torres
Substitutes
40
David Martin
6
John Arne Riise
37
Martin Skrtel
11
Yossi Benayoun
15
Peter Crouch
Goals
(Assists in brackets)
Fernando Torres
28′
Fernando Torres
29′
(Fábio Aurélio)
Fernando Torres
61′
(Dirk Kuyt)
Substitutions
Ryan Babel
replaced by
Yossi Benayoun
62′
Dirk Kuyt
replaced by
John Arne Riise
73′
Fernando Torres
replaced by
Peter Crouch
90′+2
Opposition Lineup
(Average age 25.71)
Mark Schwarzer
Luke Young
Emanuel Pogatetz
David Wheater
Jonathan Grounds
Stewart Downing
Julio Arca
Fabio Rochemback
Gary O'Neil
Jeremie Aliadiere
Tuncay Sanli
Opposition goals
Tuncay Sanli
9
′
Stewart Downing
83
′
Opposition substitutions
Gary O'Neil
replaced by
Mido
59
′
Tuncay Sanli
replaced by
Afonso Alves
69
′
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Other details
Manager:
Rafa Benítez
Opposition manager:
Gareth Southgate
Referee:
Mason LS
Attendance:
43,612
Half-time score:
2
-
1
Game number:
5078
League game number:
4132
Played towards Kop:
Second half
League position after match:
4th
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League Table
Pos
Team
P
W
D
L
F
A
GD
Pts
1
Arsenal
27
19
7
1
56
20
+36
64
2
Manchester United
27
19
4
4
55
15
+40
61
3
Chelsea
26
16
7
3
38
17
+21
55
4
Liverpool
26
12
11
3
43
19
+24
47
5
Everton
26
14
5
7
41
23
+18
47
6
Aston Villa
26
12
8
6
48
34
+14
44
7
Portsmouth
27
12
8
7
37
26
+11
44
8
Manchester City
26
12
8
6
34
29
+5
44
9
West Ham United
26
11
7
8
31
23
+8
40
10
Blackburn Rovers
26
10
9
7
32
33
-1
39
11
Tottenham Hotspur
26
8
8
10
48
41
+7
32
12
Middlesbrough
27
7
8
12
25
41
-16
29
13
Newcastle United
27
7
7
13
30
52
-22
28
14
Wigan Athletic
27
7
5
15
26
42
-16
26
15
Sunderland
27
7
5
15
26
46
-20
26
16
Bolton Wanderers
26
6
7
13
26
35
-9
25
17
Birmingham City
27
5
8
14
27
40
-13
23
18
Reading
26
6
4
16
30
53
-23
22
19
Fulham
27
3
10
14
25
45
-20
19
20
Derby County
27
1
6
20
13
57
-44
9
