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Premier League
City of Manchester Stadium | 09 April 2005 at15:00UK local time
Manchester City
1
-
0
Liverpool
Starting Lineup
(Average age 25.93)
20
Scott Carson
6
John Arne Riise
3
Steve Finnan
28
Stephen Warnock
23
Jamie Carragher
12
Mauricio Pellegrino
8
Steven Gerrard
(c)
10
Luis Garcia
13
Anthony Le Tallec
25
Igor Biscan
19
Fernando Morientes
Substitutes
1
Jerzy Dudek
4
Sami Hyypia
21
Djimi Traoré
11
Vladimir Smicer
32
John Welsh
Substitutions
Luis Garcia
replaced by
Vladimir Smicer
68′
Fernando Morientes
replaced by
John Welsh
78′
John Arne Riise
replaced by
Djimi Traoré
83′
Opposition Lineup
(Average age 27.89)
David James
Nedum Onuoha
Richard Dunne
Sylvain Distin
Steve Jordan
Claudio Reyna
Joey Barton
Paul Bosvelt
Kizito Musampa
Robbie Fowler
Antoine Sibierski
Opposition goals
Kizito Musampa
90
′
Opposition substitutions
Nedum Onuoha
replaced by
Danny Mills
67
′
Paul Bosvelt
replaced by
Lee Croft
73
′
Antoine Sibierski
replaced by
Bradley Wright-Phillips
83
′
Notes
- Liverpool's 500th Premier League match.
- Carragher plays his 350th match for Liverpool.
- Gerrard is in the starting line-up for the 250th time.
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Manager:
Rafa Benítez
Opposition manager:
Stuart Pearce
Referee:
Riley MA
Attendance:
47,203
Half-time score:
0
-
0
Game number:
4906
League game number:
4024
League position after match:
5th
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Pos
Team
P
W
D
L
F
A
GD
Pts
1
Chelsea
32
25
6
1
62
12
+50
81
2
Arsenal
32
21
7
4
73
33
+40
70
3
Manchester U
32
19
10
3
48
19
+29
67
4
Everton
31
15
6
10
35
33
+2
51
5
Liverpool
32
15
5
12
44
32
+12
50
6
Bolton Wan
32
14
7
11
41
36
+5
49
7
Middlesbrough
32
12
9
11
45
43
+2
45
8
Charlton Ath
32
12
8
12
39
48
-9
44
9
Tottenham H
31
12
7
12
38
35
+3
43
10
Aston Villa
31
11
8
12
37
39
-2
41
11
Manchester C
32
10
10
12
38
36
+2
40
12
Newcastle U
30
9
11
10
41
48
-7
38
13
Birmingham C
32
9
10
13
35
39
-4
37
14
Blackburn R
32
8
12
12
28
37
-9
36
15
Portsmouth
32
9
7
16
37
51
-14
34
16
Fulham
31
9
6
16
37
51
-14
33
17
Southampton
32
5
12
15
34
51
-17
27
18
West Brom
31
5
12
14
30
51
-21
27
19
Crystal P
31
6
8
17
33
50
-17
26
20
Norwich C
32
4
11
17
32
63
-31
23