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Premier League
Ewood Park | 28 August 2002 at20:00UK local time
Blackburn Rovers
2
-
2
Liverpool
Starting Lineup
(Average age 25.59)
1
Jerzy Dudek
30
Djimi Traoré
2
Stephane Henchoz
4
Sami Hyypia
(c)
18
John Arne Riise
3
Abel Xavier
17
Steven Gerrard
13
Danny Murphy
16
Didi Hamann
10
Michael Owen
9
El Hadji Diouf
Substitutes
22
Chris Kirkland
23
Jamie Carragher
7
Vladimir Smicer
21
Salif Diao
8
Emile Heskey
Goals
(Assists in brackets)
Danny Murphy
31′
(Abel Xavier)
John Arne Riise
77′
(Vladimir Smicer)
Substitutions
Michael Owen
replaced by
Emile Heskey
64′
El Hadji Diouf
replaced by
Vladimir Smicer
64′
John Arne Riise
replaced by
Salif Diao
87′
Opposition Lineup
(Average age 27.73)
Brad Friedel
Lucas Neill
Nils-Eric Johansson
Garry Flitcroft
Craig Short
Martin Taylor
David Dunn
Tugay Kerimoglu
Andrew Cole
Dwight Yorke
Damien Duff
Opposition goals
David Dunn
16
′
Corrado Grabbi
83
′
Opposition substitutions
Craig Short
replaced by
Corrado Grabbi
82
′
Notes
- Salif Diao makes his LFC debut
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Other details
Manager:
Gérard Houllier
Opposition manager:
Graeme Souness
Referee:
Bennett SG
Attendance:
29,207
Half-time score:
1
-
1
Game number:
4748
League game number:
3919
League position after match:
2nd
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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
3
2
1
0
9
4
+5
7
2
Liverpool
3
2
1
0
6
2
+4
7
3
Tottenham H
3
2
1
0
4
2
+2
7
4
Leeds U
3
2
0
1
6
2
+4
6
5
Chelsea
3
1
2
0
6
5
+1
5
6
Everton
3
1
2
0
4
3
+1
5
7
Blackburn R
3
1
2
0
3
2
+1
5
8
Fulham
2
1
1
0
6
3
+3
4
9
Manchester U
2
1
1
0
3
2
+1
4
10
Sunderland
3
1
1
1
1
1
+0
4
11
Newcastle U
2
1
0
1
4
1
+3
3
12
Charlton Ath
3
1
0
2
4
5
-1
3
13
Aston Villa
3
1
0
2
1
2
-1
3
14
Manchester C
3
1
0
2
1
4
-3
3
15
Middlesbrough
2
0
2
0
2
2
+0
2
16
Southampton
3
0
2
1
1
4
-3
2
17
Birmingham C
3
0
1
2
1
4
-3
1
18
West Ham U
2
0
1
1
2
6
-4
1
19
Bolton Wan
2
0
0
2
2
6
-4
0
20
West Brom
3
0
0
3
3
9
-6
0
