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Premier League
Ewood Park | 06 December 2008 at15:00UK local time
Blackburn Rovers
1
-
3
Liverpool
Starting Lineup
(Average age 27)
25
Pepe Reina
17
Álvaro Arbeloa
23
Jamie Carragher
4
Sami Hyypia
22
Emiliano Insúa
14
Xabi Alonso
19
Ryan Babel
15
Yossi Benayoun
8
Steven Gerrard
(c)
20
Javier Mascherano
18
Dirk Kuyt
Substitutes
1
Diego Cavalieri
2
Andrea Dossena
5
Daniel Agger
11
Albert Riera
21
Lucas Leiva
7
Robbie Keane
31
Nabil El Zhar
Goals
(Assists in brackets)
Xabi Alonso
69′
Yossi Benayoun
79′
(Dirk Kuyt)
Steven Gerrard
90′+5
(Albert Riera)
Substitutions
Ryan Babel
replaced by
Nabil El Zhar
64′
Javier Mascherano
replaced by
Lucas Leiva
83′
Yossi Benayoun
replaced by
Albert Riera
86′
Opposition Lineup
(Average age 29.08)
Paul Robinson
Stephen Warnock
Ryan Nelsen
Christopher Samba
André Ooijer
Morten Gamst Pedersen
Keith Andrews
Tugay Kerimoglu
Brett Emerton
Matt Derbyshire
Roque Santa Cruz
Opposition goals
Roque Santa Cruz
84
′
Opposition substitutions
Morten Gamst Pedersen
replaced by
Benny McCarthy
82
′
Tugay Kerimoglu
replaced by
Johann Vogel
84
′
Matt Derbyshire
replaced by
Keith Treacy
90
′
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Opposition manager:
Paul Ince
Referee:
Marriner AM
Attendance:
26,920
Half-time score:
0
-
0
Game number:
5120
League game number:
4160
League position after match:
1st
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31 Aug 2008 - Aston Villa 0-0 Liverpool
13 Sep 2008 - Liverpool 2-1 Manchester United
16 Sep 2008 - Marseille 2-1 Liverpool
20 Sep 2008 - Liverpool 0-0 Stoke City
23 Sep 2008 - Liverpool 2-1 Crewe Alexandra
27 Sep 2008 - Everton 2-0 Liverpool
01 Oct 2008 - Liverpool 3-1 PSV Eindhoven
05 Oct 2008 - Manchester City 3-2 Liverpool
18 Oct 2008 - Liverpool 3-2 Wigan Athletic
22 Oct 2008 - Atletico Madrid 1-1 Liverpool
26 Oct 2008 - Chelsea 1-0 Liverpool
29 Oct 2008 - Liverpool 1-0 Portsmouth
01 Nov 2008 - Tottenham Hotspur 1-2 Liverpool
04 Nov 2008 - Liverpool 1-1 Atletico Madrid
08 Nov 2008 - Liverpool 3-0 West Bromwich Albion
12 Nov 2008 - Tottenham Hotspur 2-4 Liverpool
15 Nov 2008 - Bolton Wanderers 2-0 Liverpool
22 Nov 2008 - Liverpool 0-0 Fulham
26 Nov 2008 - Liverpool 1-0 Marseille
01 Dec 2008 - Liverpool 0-0 West Ham United
06 Dec 2008 - Blackburn Rovers 3-1 Liverpool
09 Dec 2008 - PSV Eindhoven 3-1 Liverpool
13 Dec 2008 - Liverpool 2-2 Hull City
21 Dec 2008 - Arsenal 1-1 Liverpool
26 Dec 2008 - Liverpool 3-0 Bolton Wanderers
28 Dec 2008 - Newcastle United 5-1 Liverpool
03 Jan 2009 - Preston North End 2-0 Liverpool
10 Jan 2009 - Stoke City 0-0 Liverpool
19 Jan 2009 - Liverpool 1-1 Everton
25 Jan 2009 - Liverpool 1-1 Everton
28 Jan 2009 - Wigan Athletic 1-1 Liverpool
01 Feb 2009 - Liverpool 2-0 Chelsea
04 Feb 2009 - Everton 0-1 Liverpool
07 Feb 2009 - Portsmouth 3-2 Liverpool
22 Feb 2009 - Liverpool 1-1 Manchester City
25 Feb 2009 - Real Madrid 1-0 Liverpool
28 Feb 2009 - Middlesbrough 0-2 Liverpool
03 Mar 2009 - Liverpool 2-0 Sunderland
10 Mar 2009 - Liverpool 4-0 Real Madrid
14 Mar 2009 - Manchester United 4-1 Liverpool
22 Mar 2009 - Liverpool 5-0 Aston Villa
04 Apr 2009 - Fulham 1-0 Liverpool
08 Apr 2009 - Liverpool 1-3 Chelsea
11 Apr 2009 - Liverpool 4-0 Blackburn Rovers
14 Apr 2009 - Chelsea 4-4 Liverpool
21 Apr 2009 - Liverpool 4-4 Arsenal
25 Apr 2009 - Hull City 3-1 Liverpool
03 May 2009 - Liverpool 3-0 Newcastle United
09 May 2009 - West Ham United 3-0 Liverpool
17 May 2009 - West Bromwich Albion 2-0 Liverpool
24 May 2009 - Liverpool 3-1 Tottenham Hotspur
League Table
Pos
Team
P
W
D
L
F
A
GD
Pts
1
Liverpool
16
11
4
1
24
9
+15
37
2
Chelsea
16
11
3
2
35
6
+29
36
3
Manchester United
15
9
4
2
27
10
+17
31
4
Arsenal
16
9
2
5
28
19
+9
29
5
Hull City
16
7
5
4
24
25
-1
26
6
Aston Villa
15
7
4
4
22
16
+6
25
7
Everton
15
6
4
5
20
22
-2
22
8
Portsmouth
15
6
4
5
18
22
-4
22
9
Fulham
15
5
5
5
13
12
+1
20
10
Bolton Wanderers
16
6
2
8
18
19
-1
20
11
Wigan Athletic
16
5
4
7
18
20
-2
19
12
Middlesbrough
16
5
4
7
16
23
-7
19
13
Stoke City
16
5
4
7
17
27
-10
19
14
Manchester City
16
5
3
8
30
24
+6
18
15
West Ham United
15
5
3
7
17
22
-5
18
16
Newcastle United
16
3
7
6
19
24
-5
16
17
Tottenham Hotspur
15
4
3
8
17
21
-4
15
18
Sunderland
16
4
3
9
13
25
-12
15
19
Blackburn Rovers
16
3
4
9
17
31
-14
13
20
West Bromwich Albion
15
3
2
10
11
27
-16
11
