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Premier League
Anfield | Sat 21 Dec 2013 at 12:45 UK local time
| Liverpool | 3 | - | 1 | Cardiff City |
Starting Lineup
| 22 |  |
Simon Mignolet |
| 2 |  |
Glen Johnson |
| 17 |  |
Mamadou Sakho |
| 37 |  |
Martin Skrtel |
| 38 |  |
Jon Flanagan |
| 10 |  |
Philippe Coutinho |
| 14 |  |
Jordan Henderson |
| 21 |  |
Lucas Leiva |
| 24 |  |
Joe Allen |
| 31 |  |
Raheem Sterling |
| 7 |  |
Luis Suarez (c) |
Substitutes
| 1 |  |
Brad Jones |
| 4 |  |
Kolo Touré |
| 5 |  |
Daniel Agger |
| 34 |  |
Martin Kelly |
| 6 |  |
Luis Alberto |
| 12 |  |
Victor Moses |
| 9 |  |
Iago Aspas |
Goals (Assists in brackets)
- Luis Suarez 25' (Jordan Henderson)
- Raheem Sterling 42' (Luis Suarez)
- Luis Suarez 45' (Jordan Henderson)
Substitutions
- Jon Flanagan out for Martin Kelly 55'
- Philippe Coutinho out for Daniel Agger 83'
Opposition goals
- Jordon Mutch 58'
Opposition substitutions
- Peter Odemwingie out for Kim Bo-Kyung 55'
- Gary Medel out for Fraizer Campbell 55'
- Aron Einar Gunnarsson out for Andreas Cornelius 80'
Notes
- - Average age of the Liverpool starting lineup: 24.61
- - Average age of the Cardiff City starting lineup: 26.23
- - Liverpool league position after match: 1
- - Cardiff City league position after match: 15
- - Click here to view the full league table after the match.
- - Before the start of the press conference at Melwood Brendan Rodgers raised a toast (with orange juice in hand) to: "No Luis Suarez questions."
- "We were excellent until Suarez showed why he is just about the best player in the world right now." -Cardiff boss Malky Mackay.
- Luis Suarez was again captain, but handed vice-captain Daniel Agger the captain's armband when he came on as sub.
- Suarez has scored 10 goals in the Premier League which is a record in a calendar month. He is also the first player to score two goals or more in four games in a row in the Premier League. Mark Viduka of Leeds held the previous record of eight in April 2003.
- According to Premierleague,com: "Suarez's total of 19 goals in the Barclays Premier League this season is the most at this stage of a season and it is also putting the striker ahead of the rate to become the highest goalscorer during a 38-match season. This joint-record of 31 goals is held by Alan Shearer for Blackburn Rovers in the 1995/96 season and Cristiano Ronaldo for Manchester United during the 2007/08 season. After 17 matchweeks, Shearer had scored 16 goals, while Ronaldo had 11. The overall record for the most goals in a season is held jointly by Andrew Cole, for Newcastle United in 1993/94 and Shearer, the next season. At his present rate of goals, Suarez is set to eclipse those records, too."
Other details
- Manager: Brendan Rodgers
- Opposition manager: Malky Mackay
- Referee: Probert L
- Attendance: 44,621
- Half-time score: 3
- 0 - Game number: 5384
- League game number: 4351
- LFC played towards Kop: Second half
