Matchdetails from Liverpool - Newcastle United played on Sunday 3 May 2009 - LFChistory - Stats galore for Liverpool FC!

Liverpool

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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

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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			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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