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Premier League
Highfield Road | 30 January 1999 at15:00UK local time
Coventry City
2
-
1
Liverpool
Starting Lineup
(Average age 25.78)
1
David James
20
Stig Inge Bjørnebye
14
Vegard Heggem
21
Dominic Matteo
4
Rigobert Song
5
Steve Staunton
17
Paul Ince
(c)
15
Patrik Berger
11
Jamie Redknapp
9
Robbie Fowler
10
Michael Owen
Substitutes
19
Brad Friedel
12
Steve Harkness
7
Steve McManaman
28
Steven Gerrard
13
Karl-Heinz Riedle
Goals
(Assists in brackets)
Steve McManaman
86′
(Michael Owen)
Substitutions
Rigobert Song
replaced by
Steve McManaman
68′
Patrik Berger
replaced by
Karl-Heinz Riedle
77′
Steve Staunton
replaced by
Steven Gerrard
86′
Opposition Lineup
(Average age 28.34)
Magnus Hedman
Roland Nilson
David Burrows
Paul Williams
Richard Shaw
George Boateng
Trond Egil Soltvedt
Noel Whelan
Darren Huckerby
Gary McAllister
Steve Froggatt
Opposition goals
George Boateng
60
′
Noel Whelan
71
′
Opposition substitutions
Roland Nilson
replaced by
Gary Breen
46
′
Notes
- Rigobert Song makes his LFC debut
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Other details
Manager:
Gérard Houllier
Opposition manager:
Gordon Strachan
Referee:
Riley MA
Attendance:
23,056
Half-time score:
0
-
0
Game number:
4564
League game number:
3787
League position after match:
6th
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05 Dec 1998 - Tottenham Hotspur 1-2 Liverpool
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League Table
Pos
Team
P
W
D
L
F
A
GD
Pts
1
Chelsea
22
11
10
1
34
18
+16
43
2
Aston Villa
23
12
7
4
35
22
+13
43
3
Man Utd
22
11
8
3
49
26
+23
41
4
Arsenal
22
10
9
3
23
11
+12
39
5
Leeds U
23
9
9
5
36
23
+13
36
6
Liverpool
23
10
5
8
44
28
+16
35
7
Wimbledon
23
9
8
6
29
33
-4
35
8
Derby Co
23
8
10
5
23
20
+3
34
9
West Ham U
23
9
6
8
25
31
-6
33
10
Middlesbrough
23
7
11
5
32
28
+4
32
11
Tottenham H
23
7
9
7
29
31
-2
30
12
Leicester C
23
7
9
7
25
27
-2
30
13
Newcastle U
23
7
7
9
28
32
-4
28
14
Sheffield Wed
23
7
5
11
25
23
+2
26
15
Everton
23
5
9
9
13
25
-12
24
16
Coventry C
23
6
5
12
23
32
-9
23
17
Blackburn R
23
5
7
11
22
30
-8
22
18
Southampton
23
5
5
13
23
46
-23
20
19
Charlton Ath
22
3
8
11
26
36
-10
17
20
Nottm Forest
23
3
7
13
19
41
-22
16
