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Premier League

Anfield | Saturday 22 December 2007 at 15:00 UK local time

Liverpool 4 - 1 Portsmouth
Half time 2–0

Starting Lineup (Average age 27.34)

25
Pepe Reina
23
Jamie Carragher
4
Sami Hyypia
6
John Arne Riise
17
Álvaro Arbeloa
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
10
Andriy Voronin

Opposition Lineup (Average age 28.92)

David James
Hermann Hreiðarsson
Sol Campbell
Sylvain Distin
Glen Johnson
Niko Kranjcar
Papa Bouba Diop
Pedro Mendes
Sulley Muntari
Benjani
John Utaka

Substitutes used

Lauren
Nwankwo Kanu
Matthew Taylor

Notes

  • Harry Redknapp, Portsmouth boss: "We conceded some terrible goals through poor defending but Torres is a a top striker, a fantastic player who is at another level. He is in a top-four team with a lot of good players who can tear you apart on the day.

    "Make no mistake, Liverpool can beat anybody on their day and the top four teams are at another level to everybody else in this division."

Other details

Manager: Rafa Benítez
Opposition manager: Harry Redknapp
Referee: Riley MA
Attendance: 43,071
Half-time score: 2 - 0
Game number: 5064
League game number: 4123
Played towards Kop: Second half
Liverpool league position: 5th
Portsmouth league position: 7th
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Liverpool
Portsmouth
11'
Lauren Glen Johnson
Yossi Benayoun (Harry Kewell) (1–0)
13'
Sylvain Distin o.g. (2–0)
16'
HT 2–0
46'
Nwankwo Kanu John Utaka
53'
Matthew Taylor Pedro Mendes
57'
Benjani (2–1)
Yossi Benayoun Ryan Babel
64'
Fernando Torres (3–1)
67'
Harry Kewell Fábio Aurélio
76'
Fernando Torres (Steven Gerrard) (4–1)
85'
Fernando Torres Lucas Leiva
86'
Full time 4–1

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