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Anfield | Sunday 3 May 2009 at 13:30 UK local time

Liverpool 3 - 0 Newcastle United
Half time 2–0

Starting Lineup (Average age 27.66)

25
Pepe Reina
5
Daniel Agger
17
Álvaro Arbeloa
12
Fábio Aurélio
23
Jamie Carragher
14
Xabi Alonso
15
Yossi Benayoun
8
Steven Gerrard (c)
20
Javier Mascherano
11
Albert Riera
18
Dirk Kuyt

Substitutes

1
Diego Cavalieri
2
Andrea Dossena
37
Martin Skrtel
19
Ryan Babel
21
Lucas Leiva
24
David N'Gog
31
Nabil El Zhar

Opposition Lineup (Average age 29.34)

Steve Harper
Fabricio Coloccini
Sébastien Bassong
Habib Beye
Joey Barton
Damien Duff
Nicky Butt
Obafemi Martins
Alan Smith
Peter Lovenkrands
Mark Viduka

Substitutes used

Jonas Gutierrez
Kevin Nolan
Michael Owen

Notes

  • - The best bit: "You should have stayed on the telly!" The Kop to Alan Shearer. Followed closely by the Match of the Day theme tune.

    - Lucas Leiva’s goal was the 200th scored by a Liverpool substitute.

Other details

Manager: Rafa Benítez
Opposition manager: Joe Kinnear
Referee: Dowd P
Attendance: 44,121
Half-time score: 2 - 0
Game number: 5147
League game number: 4179
Played towards Kop: Second half
Liverpool league position: 2nd
Newcastle United league position: 18th
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Match timeline

Liverpool
Newcastle United
Yossi Benayoun (Dirk Kuyt) (1–0)
22'
Dirk Kuyt (Steven Gerrard) (2–0)
28'
HT 2–0
46'
Jonas Gutierrez Peter Lovenkrands
Albert Riera Ryan Babel
63'
77'
Joey Barton
Xabi Alonso Lucas Leiva
79'
80'
Kevin Nolan Obafemi Martins
80'
Michael Owen Mark Viduka
Lucas Leiva (Fábio Aurélio) (3–0)
87'
Javier Mascherano David N'Gog
88'
Full time 3–0

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