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Starting Lineup (Average age 24.86)

22	Chris Kirkland
2	Stephane Henchoz
23	Jamie Carragher
30	Djimi Traoré
13	Danny Murphy
17	Steven Gerrard (c)
16	Didi Hamann
25	Igor Biscan
7	Vladimir Smicer
10	Michael Owen
5	Milan Baros

Substitutes

1	Jerzy Dudek
6	Markus Babbel
18	John Arne Riise
21	Salif Diao
9	El Hadji Diouf

Goals (Assists in brackets)

Milan Baros 67′ (Jamie Carragher)

Substitutions

Didi Hamann replaced by John Arne Riise 46′
Igor Biscan replaced by El Hadji Diouf 62′
Vladimir Smicer replaced by Salif Diao 71′

Opposition Lineup (Average age 26.86)

Opposition goals

Gavin McCann 36′
Michael Proctor 85′

Opposition substitutions

Michael Gray replaced by Michael Proctor 80′
Tore André Flo replaced by Marcus Stewart 89′

Notes

- Chris Kirkland saved a penalty from Gavin McCann
4 league defeats in a row, a first in Houllier's reign as manager. Liverpool have lost four successive league games in the following seasons: 2002/2003, 1982/83, 1933/34, 1929/30, 1927/28, 1913/14, 1911/12 and 1908/09.

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Other details

Manager: Gérard Houllier

Opposition manager: Howard Wilkinson

Referee: Halsey MR

Attendance: 37,118

Half-time score: 1 - 0

Game number: 4773

League game number: 3934

League position after match: 5th

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Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Arsenal	18	11	3	4	37	20	+17	36
2	Manchester U	18	10	5	3	30	17	+13	35
3	Chelsea	18	9	7	2	32	15	+17	34
4	Everton	18	10	2	6	22	21	+1	32
5	Liverpool	18	9	4	5	28	19	+9	31
6	Newcastle U	17	9	2	6	27	24	+3	29
7	Tottenham H	18	8	4	6	24	24	+0	28
8	Southampton	18	7	6	5	21	18	+3	27
9	Middlesbrough	18	7	5	6	22	16	+6	26
10	Blackburn R	18	6	6	6	24	22	+2	24
11	Charlton Ath	18	7	3	8	20	22	-2	24
12	Manchester C	18	7	3	8	22	25	-3	24
13	Birmingham C	18	6	5	7	17	21	-4	23
14	Fulham	18	6	4	8	22	23	-1	22
15	Aston Villa	18	6	4	8	17	18	-1	22
16	Leeds U	17	5	2	10	20	25	-5	17
17	Sunderland	18	4	5	9	10	24	-14	17
18	West Brom	18	4	3	11	13	27	-14	15
19	Bolton Wan	16	3	5	8	18	28	-10	14
20	West Ham U	18	3	4	11	17	34	-17	13