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Premier League
Anfield | 16 December 2007 at13:30UK local time
Liverpool
0
-
1
Manchester United
Starting Lineup
(Average age 27.32)
25
Pepe Reina
17
Álvaro Arbeloa
23
Jamie Carragher
4
Sami Hyypia
6
John Arne Riise
11
Yossi Benayoun
8
Steven Gerrard
(c)
7
Harry Kewell
20
Javier Mascherano
18
Dirk Kuyt
9
Fernando Torres
Substitutes
30
Charles Itandje
12
Fábio Aurélio
19
Ryan Babel
21
Lucas Leiva
15
Peter Crouch
Substitutions
Harry Kewell
replaced by
Ryan Babel
65′
Dirk Kuyt
replaced by
Peter Crouch
73′
John Arne Riise
replaced by
Fábio Aurélio
80′
Opposition Lineup
(Average age 26.97)
Edwin van der Sar
Patrice Evra
Rio Ferdinand
Nemanja Vidic
Wes Brown
Cristiano Ronaldo
Owen Hargreaves
Anderson
Ryan Giggs
Wayne Rooney
Carlos Tevez
Opposition goals
Carlos Tevez
43
′
Opposition substitutions
Carlos Tevez
replaced by
Michael Carrick
83
′
Anderson
replaced by
John O'Shea
90
′
Notes
- Liverpool went on an unbeaten run of 31 games at Anfield in the League since this loss, ended by Aston Villa on 24th August 2009.
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Referee:
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Game number:
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Pos
Team
P
W
D
L
F
A
GD
Pts
1
Arsenal
17
12
4
1
34
14
+20
40
2
Manchester United
17
12
3
2
30
8
+22
39
3
Chelsea
17
10
4
3
24
10
+14
34
4
Manchester City
17
10
3
4
24
19
+5
33
5
Liverpool
16
8
6
2
27
10
+17
30
6
Everton
17
9
3
5
31
16
+15
30
7
Portsmouth
17
8
6
3
28
15
+13
30
8
Aston Villa
17
8
4
5
28
20
+8
28
9
Blackburn Rovers
17
7
5
5
23
24
-1
26
10
Newcastle United
17
7
4
6
24
26
-2
25
11
West Ham United
16
6
4
6
20
14
+6
22
12
Tottenham Hotspur
17
4
6
7
29
29
+0
18
13
Reading
17
5
3
9
22
34
-12
18
14
Middlesbrough
17
4
5
8
16
28
-12
17
15
Birmingham City
17
4
3
10
18
27
-9
15
16
Bolton Wanderers
17
3
5
9
18
27
-9
14
17
Sunderland
17
3
5
9
16
32
-16
14
18
Fulham
17
2
7
8
18
28
-10
13
19
Wigan Athletic
17
3
3
11
17
33
-16
12
20
Derby County
17
1
3
13
6
39
-33
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