Report

Aston Villa 1 - 2 Liverpool

Game date: Saturday 11 August 2007 at 17:15 Stadium: Villa Park
Competition: Premier League Attendance: 42,640
Half-time score 0 - 1 Referee Riley MA
Manager Rafa Benítez Opposition manager Martin O'Neill
   

Starting lineup

25 Pepe Reina Pepe Reina
3 Steve Finnan Steve Finnan
5 Daniel Agger Daniel Agger
6 John Arne Riise John Arne Riise
17 Álvaro Arbeloa Álvaro Arbeloa
23 Jamie Carragher Jamie Carragher
8 Steven Gerrard Steven Gerrard
14 Xabi Alonso Xabi Alonso
16 Jermaine Pennant Jermaine Pennant
9 Fernando Torres Fernando Torres
18 Dirk Kuyt Dirk Kuyt

Subs

30 Charles Itandje Charles Itandje
4 Sami Hyypia Sami Hyypia
19 Ryan Babel Ryan Babel
22 Momo Sissoko Momo Sissoko
10 Andriy Voronin Andriy Voronin

Goals

Martin Laursen O/G 30'
Steven Gerrard 87'

Substitutions

Jermaine Pennant out for Ryan Babel 73'
Fernando Torres out for Andriy Voronin 78'
Dirk Kuyt out for Momo Sissoko 89'

Opposition lineup

Stuart Taylor, Craig Gardner, Martin Laursen, Olof Mellberg, Wilfred Bouma, Gareth Barry, Stilian Petrov, Nigel Reo-Coker, Ashley Young, Gabriel Agbonlahor, John Carew

Opposition goals

Gareth Barry 86' pen

Opposition substitutions

Martin Laursen out for Gary Cahill 46'
Wilfred Bouma out for Luke Moore 71'

Notes

- Andriy Voronin makes his LFC debut
- Fernando Torres makes his LFC debut
- Ryan Babel makes his LFC debut
- Average age of the Liverpool starting lineup: 26.17
- Average age of the Aston Villa starting lineup: 25.94
- Liverpool league position after match: 5
- Aston Villa league position after match: 15
- Click here to view the full league table after the match.

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Premier League

Overall Home Away
# P W D L F A W D L F A W D L F A Pts
1 Newcastle United 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 3
2 Manchester City 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 3
3 Blackburn Rovers 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 3
4 Everton 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
5 Liverpool 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 3
6 Sunderland 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
7 Derby County 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Portsmouth 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 1
9 Arsenal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Birmingham City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Chelsea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Fulham 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Manchester United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Reading 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Aston Villa 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Middlesbrough 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Wigan Athletic 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0
18 Tottenham Hotspur 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
19 Bolton Wanderers 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 West Ham United 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0

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