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Premier League
Villa Park | 29 December 2009 at19:45UK local time
Aston Villa
0
-
1
Liverpool
Starting Lineup
(Average age 26.68)
25
Pepe Reina
5
Daniel Agger
23
Jamie Carragher
22
Emiliano Insúa
2
Glen Johnson
4
Alberto Aquilani
15
Yossi Benayoun
8
Steven Gerrard
(c)
21
Lucas Leiva
18
Dirk Kuyt
9
Fernando Torres
Substitutes
1
Diego Cavalieri
12
Fábio Aurélio
16
Sotirios Kyrgiakos
37
Martin Skrtel
19
Ryan Babel
26
Jay Spearing
24
David N'Gog
Goals
Fernando Torres
90′+3
Substitutions
Alberto Aquilani
replaced by
Ryan Babel
78′
Glen Johnson
replaced by
Martin Skrtel
89′
Yossi Benayoun
replaced by
Fábio Aurélio
90′+5
Opposition Lineup
(Average age 28.62)
Brad Friedel
Luke Young
Richard Dunne
Carlos Cuellar
Stephen Warnock
Stewart Downing
James Milner
Stilian Petrov
Nigel Reo-Coker
John Carew
Gabriel Agbonlahor
Opposition substitutions
Nigel Reo-Coker
replaced by
Marc Albrighton
72
′
Stewart Downing
replaced by
Steve Sidwell
80
′
Notes
- Torres becomes the fastest Liverpool player ever to hit 50 league goals.
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Other details
Manager:
Rafa Benítez
Opposition manager:
Martin O'Neill
Referee:
Probert L
Attendance:
42,788
Half-time score:
0
-
0
Game number:
5178
League game number:
4202
League position after match:
7th
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16 Aug 2009 - Tottenham Hotspur 1-2 Liverpool
19 Aug 2009 - Liverpool 4-0 Stoke City
24 Aug 2009 - Liverpool 1-3 Aston Villa
29 Aug 2009 - Bolton Wanderers 3-2 Liverpool
12 Sep 2009 - Liverpool 4-0 Burnley
16 Sep 2009 - Liverpool 1-0 Debrecen VSC
19 Sep 2009 - West Ham United 3-2 Liverpool
22 Sep 2009 - Leeds United 1-0 Liverpool
26 Sep 2009 - Liverpool 6-1 Hull City
29 Sep 2009 - Fiorentina 0-2 Liverpool
04 Oct 2009 - Chelsea 0-2 Liverpool
17 Oct 2009 - Sunderland 0-1 Liverpool
20 Oct 2009 - Liverpool 1-2 Olympique Lyonnais
25 Oct 2009 - Liverpool 2-0 Manchester United
28 Oct 2009 - Arsenal 1-2 Liverpool
31 Oct 2009 - Fulham 1-3 Liverpool
04 Nov 2009 - Olympique Lyonnais 1-1 Liverpool
09 Nov 2009 - Liverpool 2-2 Birmingham City
21 Nov 2009 - Liverpool 2-2 Manchester City
24 Nov 2009 - Debrecen VSC 1-0 Liverpool
29 Nov 2009 - Everton 2-0 Liverpool
05 Dec 2009 - Blackburn Rovers 0-0 Liverpool
09 Dec 2009 - Liverpool 1-2 Fiorentina
13 Dec 2009 - Liverpool 1-2 Arsenal
16 Dec 2009 - Liverpool 2-1 Wigan Athletic
19 Dec 2009 - Portsmouth 0-2 Liverpool
26 Dec 2009 - Liverpool 2-0 Wolves
29 Dec 2009 - Aston Villa 1-0 Liverpool
02 Jan 2010 - Reading 1-1 Liverpool
13 Jan 2010 - Liverpool 1-2 Reading
16 Jan 2010 - Stoke City 1-1 Liverpool
20 Jan 2010 - Liverpool 2-0 Tottenham Hotspur
26 Jan 2010 - Wolves 0-0 Liverpool
30 Jan 2010 - Liverpool 2-0 Bolton Wanderers
06 Feb 2010 - Liverpool 1-0 Everton
10 Feb 2010 - Arsenal 0-1 Liverpool
18 Feb 2010 - Liverpool 1-0 Unirea Urziceni
21 Feb 2010 - Manchester City 0-0 Liverpool
25 Feb 2010 - Unirea Urziceni 3-1 Liverpool
28 Feb 2010 - Liverpool 2-1 Blackburn Rovers
08 Mar 2010 - Wigan Athletic 0-1 Liverpool
11 Mar 2010 - Lille 0-1 Liverpool
15 Mar 2010 - Liverpool 4-1 Portsmouth
18 Mar 2010 - Liverpool 3-0 Lille
21 Mar 2010 - Manchester United 1-2 Liverpool
28 Mar 2010 - Liverpool 3-0 Sunderland
01 Apr 2010 - Benfica 1-2 Liverpool
04 Apr 2010 - Birmingham City 1-1 Liverpool
08 Apr 2010 - Liverpool 4-1 Benfica
11 Apr 2010 - Liverpool 0-0 Fulham
19 Apr 2010 - Liverpool 3-0 West Ham United
22 Apr 2010 - Atletico Madrid 0-1 Liverpool
25 Apr 2010 - Burnley 4-0 Liverpool
29 Apr 2010 - Liverpool 2-1 Atletico Madrid
02 May 2010 - Liverpool 0-2 Chelsea
09 May 2010 - Hull City 0-0 Liverpool
League Table
Pos
Team
P
W
D
L
F
A
GD
Pts
1
Chelsea
20
14
3
3
45
16
+29
45
2
Man Utd
19
13
1
5
40
18
+22
40
3
Arsenal
18
12
2
4
47
20
+27
38
4
Spurs
20
11
4
5
42
22
+20
37
5
Man City
19
9
8
2
38
27
+11
35
6
Aston Villa
20
10
5
5
29
18
+11
35
7
Liverpool
20
10
3
7
37
25
+12
33
8
Birmingham
20
9
5
6
20
18
+2
32
9
Fulham
19
7
6
6
24
19
+5
27
10
Sunderland
20
6
5
9
28
31
-3
23
11
Everton
19
5
7
7
26
32
-6
22
12
Stoke
19
5
6
8
15
23
-8
21
13
Blackburn
20
5
6
9
20
35
-15
21
14
Burnley
20
5
5
10
22
40
-18
20
15
Wigan
18
5
4
9
21
39
-18
19
16
Wolves
20
5
4
11
17
36
-19
19
17
West Ham
20
4
6
10
28
37
-9
18
18
Bolton
18
4
6
8
26
36
-10
18
19
Hull
20
4
6
10
20
42
-22
18
20
Portsmouth
19
4
2
13
17
28
-11
14
