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Match details
Premier League
Anfield | Sun 3 May 2009 at 13:30
Liverpool
3
-
0
Newcastle United
Starting Lineup
25
Pepe Reina
5
Daniel Agger
12
Fábio Aurélio
17
Álvaro Arbeloa
23
Jamie Carragher
8
Steven Gerrard
(c)
11
Albert Riera
14
Xabi Alonso
15
Yossi Benayoun
20
Javier Mascherano
18
Dirk Kuyt
Substitutes
1
Diego Cavalieri
2
Andrea Dossena
37
Martin Skrtel
19
Ryan Babel
21
Lucas Leiva
24
David N'Gog
31
Nabil El Zhar
Goals
(Assists in brackets)
Yossi Benayoun
22'
(Dirk Kuyt)
Dirk Kuyt
28'
(Steven Gerrard)
Lucas Leiva
87'
(Fábio Aurélio)
Substitutions
Albert Riera
out for
Ryan Babel
63
'
Xabi Alonso
out for
Lucas Leiva
79
'
Javier Mascherano
out for
David N'Gog
88
'
Opposition Lineup
Steve Harper
Fabricio Coloccini
Sébastien Bassong
Habib Beye
Joey Barton
Damien Duff
Nicky Butt
Obafemi Martins
Alan Smith
Peter Lovenkrands
Mark Viduka
Opposition substitutions
Peter Lovenkrands
out for
Jonas Gutierrez
46'
Obafemi Martins
out for
Kevin Nolan
80'
Mark Viduka
out for
Michael Owen
80'
Notes
- Average age of the Liverpool starting lineup: 27.66
- Average age of the Newcastle United starting lineup: 29.34
- Liverpool league position after match: 2
- Newcastle United league position after match: 18
-
Click here to view the full league table after the match.
- The best bit: "You should have stayed on the telly!" The Kop to Alan Shearer. Followed closely by the Match of the Day theme tune.
- Lucas Leiva’s goal was the 200th scored by a Liverpool substitute.
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Manager:
Rafa Benítez
Opposition manager:
Joe Kinnear
Referee:
Dowd P
Attendance:
44,121
Half-time score:
2
-
0
Game number:
5147
League game number:
4179
LFC played towards Kop:
Second half
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25.01.2009 | 1 - 1 | Everton
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25.02.2009 | 1 - 0 | Real Madrid
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22.03.2009 | 5 - 0 | Aston Villa
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08.04.2009 | 1 - 3 | Chelsea
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25.04.2009 | 3 - 1 | Hull City
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Match programme
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Premier League table after the match
Overall
Home
Away
#
P
W
D
L
F
A
W
D
L
F
A
W
D
L
F
A
Pts
1
Manchester United
34
25
5
4
63
23
15
1
1
41
13
10
4
3
22
10
80
2
Liverpool
35
22
11
2
69
26
11
7
0
38
12
11
4
2
31
14
77
3
Chelsea
35
22
8
5
59
21
10
6
2
31
12
12
2
3
28
9
74
4
Arsenal
35
19
11
5
63
32
10
5
2
26
11
9
6
3
37
21
68
5
Everton
35
15
11
9
50
36
7
5
5
28
19
8
6
4
22
17
56
6
Aston Villa
34
15
10
9
50
44
5
9
3
25
21
10
1
6
25
23
55
7
West Ham United
35
13
9
13
39
38
8
2
7
21
18
5
7
6
18
20
48
8
Manchester City
35
14
5
16
56
46
12
0
6
39
18
2
5
10
17
28
47
9
Fulham
35
12
11
12
35
31
10
3
4
25
13
2
8
8
10
18
47
10
Tottenham Hotspur
35
13
8
14
42
41
9
5
4
19
9
4
3
10
23
32
47
11
Wigan Athletic
34
11
9
14
31
38
7
5
5
15
16
4
4
9
16
22
42
12
Bolton Wanderers
35
11
6
18
40
51
7
3
7
20
20
4
3
11
20
31
39
13
Stoke City
35
10
9
16
33
50
9
5
4
20
15
1
4
12
13
35
39
14
Portsmouth
35
9
11
15
35
53
7
3
8
23
28
2
8
7
12
25
38
15
Blackburn Rovers
35
9
10
16
38
58
5
6
6
20
23
4
4
10
18
35
37
16
Sunderland
35
9
8
18
31
48
6
3
9
19
22
3
5
9
12
26
35
17
Hull City
34
8
10
16
37
59
3
5
9
17
33
5
5
7
20
26
34
18
Newcastle United
35
6
13
16
37
56
4
7
6
21
27
2
6
10
16
29
31
19
Middlesbrough
35
7
10
18
25
51
5
8
5
16
19
2
2
13
9
32
31
20
West Bromwich Albion
35
7
7
21
33
64
6
3
8
23
30
1
4
13
10
34
28
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