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Premier League

Stadium of Light | Saturday 16 August 2008 at 17:30 UK local time

Sunderland 0 - 1 Liverpool

Starting Lineup (Average age 27.4)

25
Pepe Reina
17
Álvaro Arbeloa
23
Jamie Carragher
2
Andrea Dossena
4
Sami Hyypia
15
Yossi Benayoun
8
Steven Gerrard (c)
28
Damien Plessis
7
Robbie Keane
18
Dirk Kuyt
9
Fernando Torres

Substitutes

1
Diego Cavalieri
5
Daniel Agger
12
Fábio Aurélio
37
Martin Skrtel
14
Xabi Alonso
24
David N'Gog
31
Nabil El Zhar

Opposition Lineup (Average age 26.76)

Craig Gordon
Phil Bardsley
Danny Collins
Nyron Nosworthy
Pascal Chimbonda
Kieran Richardson
Andy Reid
Teemu Tainio
Steed Malbranque
El Hadji Diouf
Daryl Murphy

Substitutes used

Dean Whitehead
Carlos Edwards
Michael Chopra

Other details

Manager: Rafa Benítez
Opposition manager: Roy Keane
Referee: Wiley AG
Attendance: 43,259
Half-time score: 0 - 0
Game number: 5097
League game number: 4145
Liverpool league position: 7th
Sunderland league position: 18th
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Liverpool
Sunderland
HT 0–0
Damien Plessis Xabi Alonso
46'
56'
Dean Whitehead Teemu Tainio
73'
Carlos Edwards Steed Malbranque
Robbie Keane Nabil El Zhar
77'
Yossi Benayoun Fábio Aurélio
80'
81'
Michael Chopra El Hadji Diouf
Fernando Torres (Xabi Alonso) (1–0)
83'
Full time 1–0

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