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Starting Lineup (Average age 27.2)

25	Pepe Reina
17	Álvaro Arbeloa
12	Fábio Aurélio
23	Jamie Carragher
37	Martin Skrtel
14	Xabi Alonso
8	Steven Gerrard (c)
20	Javier Mascherano
11	Albert Riera
9	Fernando Torres
18	Dirk Kuyt

Substitutes

1	Diego Cavalieri
2	Andrea Dossena
4	Sami Hyypia
5	Daniel Agger
21	Lucas Leiva
24	David N'Gog
31	Nabil El Zhar

Goals (Assists in brackets)

Dirk Kuyt 8′
Albert Riera 33′ (Pepe Reina)
Steven Gerrard 39′ penalty
Steven Gerrard 50′ (Xabi Alonso)
Steven Gerrard 65′ penalty

Substitutions

Xabi Alonso replaced by Lucas Leiva 66′
Álvaro Arbeloa replaced by Daniel Agger 76′
Steven Gerrard replaced by David N'Gog 80′

Opposition Lineup (Average age 28.13)

Opposition substitutions

Emile Heskey replaced by Gabriel Agbonlahor 58′
Nigel Reo-Coker replaced by Brad Guzan 65′
John Carew replaced by Craig Gardner 89′

Notes

- Former Liverpool goalkeeper, Brad Friedel, was sent off after 63 minutes after he was adjudged have brought down Fernando Torres after his burst through on goal. Villa made a successful appeal.

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Other details

Manager: Rafa Benítez

Opposition manager: Martin O'Neill

Referee: Atkinson M

Attendance: 44,131

Half-time score: 3 - 0

Game number: 5140

League game number: 4174

Played towards Kop: Second half

League position after match: 2nd

View other results

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Manchester United	29	20	5	4	49	18	+31	65
2	Liverpool	30	18	10	2	54	21	+33	64
3	Chelsea	30	18	7	5	49	17	+32	61
4	Arsenal	30	15	10	5	48	27	+21	55
5	Aston Villa	30	15	7	8	43	36	+7	52
6	Everton	30	13	9	8	40	31	+9	48
7	Wigan Athletic	30	11	8	11	30	28	+2	41
8	West Ham United	30	11	8	11	35	35	+0	41
9	Fulham	30	10	10	10	30	26	+4	40
10	Manchester City	30	11	5	14	46	37	+9	38
11	Tottenham Hotspur	30	10	8	12	36	34	+2	38
12	Bolton Wanderers	30	10	4	16	32	44	-12	34
13	Hull City	30	8	9	13	35	52	-17	33
14	Sunderland	30	8	8	14	29	39	-10	32
15	Portsmouth	29	8	8	13	32	46	-14	32
16	Stoke City	30	8	8	14	29	47	-18	32
17	Blackburn Rovers	30	7	10	13	33	49	-16	31
18	Newcastle United	30	6	11	13	36	49	-13	29
19	Middlesbrough	30	6	9	15	21	42	-21	27
20	West Bromwich Albion	30	6	6	18	26	55	-29	24