Report

Liverpool 2 - 1 Chelsea

Game date: Sunday 13 August 2006 at 15:00 Stadium: Millennium Stadium
Competition: Community Shield Attendance: 56,275
Half-time score 1 - 1 Referee Atkinson M
Manager Rafa Benítez Opposition manager José Mourinho
   

Starting lineup

25 Pepe Reina Pepe Reina
3 Steve Finnan Steve Finnan
5 Daniel Agger Daniel Agger
6 John Arne Riise John Arne Riise
23 Jamie Carragher Jamie Carragher
10 Luis Garcia Luis Garcia
11 Mark Gonzalez Mark Gonzalez
16 Jermaine Pennant Jermaine Pennant
22 Momo Sissoko Momo Sissoko
32 Bolo Zenden Bolo Zenden
15 Peter Crouch Peter Crouch

Subs

1 Jerzy Dudek Jerzy Dudek
4 Sami Hyypia Sami Hyypia
12 Fábio Aurélio Fábio Aurélio
8 Steven Gerrard Steven Gerrard
14 Xabi Alonso Xabi Alonso
17 Craig Bellamy Craig Bellamy
24 Florent Sinama-Pongolle Florent Sinama-Pongolle

Goals

John Arne Riise 9'
Peter Crouch 80'

Substitutions

Mark Gonzalez out for Fábio Aurélio 56'
Bolo Zenden out for Xabi Alonso 60'
Jermaine Pennant out for Steven Gerrard 60'
Luis Garcia out for Craig Bellamy 67'
Peter Crouch out for Florent Sinama-Pongolle 89'

Opposition lineup

Carlo Cudicini, Geremi, Ricardo Carvalho, John Terry, Paulo Ferreira, Michael Essien, Michael Ballack, Frank Lampard, Arjen Robben, Andriy Shevchenko, Didier Drogba

Opposition goals

Andriy Shevchenko 43'

Opposition substitutions

Michael Ballack out for Salomon Kalou 26'
Geremi out for Wayne Bridge 54'
Arjen Robben out for Lassana Diarra 63'
Didier Drogba out for Shaun Wright-Phillips 72'
Paulo Ferreira out for John Obi Mikel 82'

Notes

- Fábio Aurélio makes his LFC debut
- Average age of the Liverpool starting lineup: 25.57
- Average age of the Chelsea starting lineup: 27.69
- Sissoko voted "Man of the match"

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