Report

Liverpool 2 - 1 Wigan Athletic

Game date: Wednesday 16 December 2009 at 20:00 Stadium: Anfield
Competition: Premier League Attendance: 41,116
Half-time score 1 - 0 Referee Dowd P
Manager Rafa Benítez Opposition manager Roberto Martínez
   

Starting lineup

25 Pepe Reina Pepe Reina
5 Daniel Agger Daniel Agger
12 Fábio Aurélio Fábio Aurélio
22 Emiliano Insúa Emiliano Insúa
23 Jamie Carragher Jamie Carragher
37 Martin Skrtel Martin Skrtel
8 Steven Gerrard Steven Gerrard
15 Yossi Benayoun Yossi Benayoun
20 Javier Mascherano Javier Mascherano
18 Dirk Kuyt Dirk Kuyt
24 David N'Gog David N'Gog

Subs

1 Diego Cavalieri Diego Cavalieri
16 Sotirios Kyrgiakos Sotirios Kyrgiakos
32 Stephen Darby Stephen Darby
38 Andrea Dossena Andrea Dossena
4 Alberto Aquilani Alberto Aquilani
21 Lucas Leiva Lucas Leiva
9 Fernando Torres Fernando Torres

Goals

David N'Gog 9'
Fernando Torres 79'

Substitutions

Fábio Aurélio out for Lucas Leiva 61'
David N'Gog out for Fernando Torres 64'
Yossi Benayoun out for Alberto Aquilani 81'

Opposition lineup

Chris Kirkland, Paul Scharner, Emmerson Boyce, Titus Bramble, Mario Melchiot, Maynor Figueroa, Hendry Thomas, Charles N'Zogbia, Jordi Gómez, Momo Diamé, Hugo Rodallega

Opposition goals

Charles N'Zogbia 90'

Opposition substitutions

Momo Diamé out for Jason Scotland 58'
Jordi Gómez out for Jason Koumas 82'

Notes

- Average age of the Liverpool starting lineup: 26.83
- Average age of the Wigan Athletic starting lineup: 26.96
- Liverpool league position after match: 6
- Wigan Athletic league position after match: 14
- Click here to view the full league table after the match.
- Fernando Torres' 100th game for Liverpool.
- 50 years had passed since Bill Shankly signed his contract to become manager of Liverpool Football Club. Anfield was the stage for an emotional parade of legends along with nine members of Shankly’s family. The sounds of ‘Amazing Grace’ – Shankly’s favourite hymn reverberated at half-time. A "SHANKS THE LEGEND" mosaic was unveiled on the Kop prior to kick off.

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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 Chelsea 17 13 1 3 42 14 8 1 0 25 5 5 0 3 17 9 40
2 Manchester United 17 12 1 4 37 14 7 1 1 19 8 5 0 3 18 6 37
3 Arsenal 16 10 2 4 41 20 6 0 1 22 7 4 2 3 19 13 32
4 Aston Villa 17 9 5 3 28 14 5 2 1 16 6 4 3 2 12 8 32
5 Tottenham Hotspur 17 9 3 5 38 22 6 0 3 24 8 3 3 2 14 14 30
6 Liverpool 17 8 3 6 34 23 5 2 2 24 11 3 1 4 10 12 27
7 Birmingham City 17 8 3 6 18 17 5 2 2 8 5 3 1 4 10 12 27
8 Manchester City 16 6 8 2 29 24 4 3 0 16 10 2 5 2 13 14 26
9 Fulham 16 6 5 5 20 17 5 1 2 12 6 1 4 3 8 11 23
10 Sunderland 17 6 3 8 22 24 5 2 2 17 12 1 1 6 5 12 21
11 Stoke City 16 5 6 5 15 19 4 2 2 11 9 1 4 3 4 10 21
12 Blackburn Rovers 17 5 4 8 17 30 4 3 1 11 7 1 1 7 6 23 19
13 Burnley 17 5 4 8 21 35 5 3 1 13 8 0 1 7 8 27 19
14 Wigan Athletic 17 5 3 9 20 38 3 2 3 9 12 2 1 6 11 26 18
15 Everton 16 4 5 7 22 30 2 4 2 11 14 2 1 5 11 16 17
16 Hull City 17 4 5 8 17 34 4 3 2 12 13 0 2 6 5 21 17
17 Bolton Wanderers 16 4 4 8 23 33 2 3 4 14 19 2 1 4 9 14 16
18 Wolves 17 4 4 9 15 31 2 2 4 7 12 2 2 5 8 19 16
19 West Ham United 17 3 5 9 25 34 2 2 4 15 19 1 3 5 10 15 14
20 Portsmouth 17 3 2 12 15 26 2 0 6 10 12 1 2 6 5 14 11

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