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Premier League

Anfield | Sunday 13 April 2008 at 13:30 UK local time

Liverpool 3 - 1 Blackburn Rovers

Starting Lineup (Average age 25.6)

25
Pepe Reina
17
Álvaro Arbeloa
12
Fábio Aurélio
23
Jamie Carragher
37
Martin Skrtel
14
Xabi Alonso
19
Ryan Babel
8
Steven Gerrard (c)
21
Lucas Leiva
18
Dirk Kuyt
9
Fernando Torres

Substitutes

30
Charles Itandje
4
Sami Hyypia
6
John Arne Riise
11
Yossi Benayoun
10
Andriy Voronin

Opposition Lineup (Average age 28.38)

Brad Friedel
Stephen Warnock
Ryan Nelsen
Christopher Samba
Brett Emerton
Morten Gamst Pedersen
Steven Reid
Johann Vogel
David Bentley
Jason Roberts
Roque Santa Cruz

Substitutes used

Benny McCarthy
David Dunn

Notes

  • - Torres scores his 30th goal of the season. The Spanish wizard also becomes the first Liverpool player to score in seven successive games at Anfield in the top flight.
    - Steven Gerrard plays his 300th League game.

Other details

Manager: Rafa Benítez
Opposition manager: Mark Hughes
Referee: Wiley AG
Attendance: 43,283
Half-time score: 0 - 0
Game number: 5089
League game number: 4140
Played towards Kop: Second half
Liverpool league position: 4th
Blackburn Rovers league position: 9th
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Liverpool
Blackburn Rovers
HT 0–0
Ryan Babel Yossi Benayoun
59'
Steven Gerrard (Lucas Leiva) (1–0)
60'
73'
Benny McCarthy Morten Gamst Pedersen
73'
David Dunn Johann Vogel
Fernando Torres (Steven Gerrard) (2–0)
82'
Fernando Torres Andriy Voronin
85'
Xabi Alonso John Arne Riise
88'
Andriy Voronin (John Arne Riise) (3–0)
90'
90'
Roque Santa Cruz (3–1)
Full time 3–1

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