A player from our history
Sander Westerveld
The Dutchman had gained quite a reputation after three seasons at Twente in the Eredivisie and had made his international debut, against Brazil, a week prior to him becoming the most expensive goalkeeper in England. Westerveld was especially known for his drop-kick known as "The Bomb." He entertained teammates at training and fans in pre-match warm-ups by launching the ball from his penalty area into the stands behind the opposite goal. Westerveld's monster efforts were never officially measured but he was widely acknowledged to have…
- Birthdate: 23 October 1974
- Birthplace: Enschede, Netherlands
- Other clubs: Twente Enschede (1992-96), Vitesse (1996-99), Real Sociedad (2001-05), Real Mallorca (loan 2004), Portsmouth (2005-06), Everton (loan 2006), Almeria (2006-07), Sparta Rotterdam (2007-08), Monza (2009-2011), Ajax Cape Town (2011-13)
- Bought from: Vitesse
- Signed for LFC: £4m, 15.06.1999
- Liverpool debut: 07.08.1999
- Last appearance: 27.08.2001
- Contract expiry: 17.12.2001
- Honours: FA Cup 2001, League Cup 2001, UEFA Cup 2001, European Super Cup 2001
- League games / goals / assists: 75 / 0 / 0
- Total games / goals / assists: 103 / 0 / 0
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Steve Finnan in December 2005"I don't think we've changed anything about how we defend from last season. I think it's just down to time - we've been working with the boss for longer now and I think we now understand what he wants from us better. A year ago, we'd only been with the manager for six months and it takes time to change things at any club. We were used to playing one way before Benitez arrived and now, 18 months on, we're used to his style, his tactics and the way he wants us to play.
The zonal defending system is a good example of how things take time to perfect. I don't think many of the players had played it before because throughout most of our careers we've always gone man-to-man in the box but as soon as Rafa drilled it in to us what to do, I don't think we had many problems adjusting to it. The defence isn't perfect yet but as long as we keep working hard in training and during matches, we should improve further still."
This Season
Premier League
St James' Park | Sunday 26 Jul 2020
| Newcastle United | Liverpool | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | 3 |
The last ...
- Game was against
- Newcastle United on Sunday, 26 Jul 2020
- Goal was scored by
- Sadio Mané against Newcastle United on Sunday, 26 Jul 2020
- Own goal was scored by
- Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain against Manchester City on Thursday, 02 Jul 2020
- Sending off was
- Alisson Becker against Brighton & Hove Albion on Saturday, 30 Nov 2019
- Penalty goal was
- Mohamed Salah against West Ham United on Wednesday, 29 Jan 2020
- Missed penalty was
- Sadio Mané against Red Star Belgrade on Wednesday, 24 Oct 2018
- Home win was against
- Chelsea on Wednesday, 22 Jul 2020
- Home draw was against
- Burnley on Saturday, 11 Jul 2020
- Home defeat was against
- Atletico Madrid on Wednesday, 11 Mar 2020
- Away win was against
- Newcastle United on Sunday, 26 Jul 2020
- Away draw was against
- Everton on Sunday, 21 Jun 2020
- Away defeat was against
- Arsenal on Wednesday, 15 Jul 2020
- Five games
Few facts from our database
- Liverpool FC have scored 9975 goals in 5742 competitive matches registered at LFChistory.
- 199 of those goals are own goals and 521 came from the penalty spot.
- 454 players have scored a goal for Liverpool FC.
- 421 players have scored a league goal for Liverpool FC.
- Liverpool have scored 1.7 goals on average in each game.
- 771 players have played in competitive matches for Liverpool FC since 1892.
- 14870 players have played against Liverpool FC since the 1893-1894 season.
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