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Premier League
Villa Park | 26 December 2001 at15:00UK local time
Aston Villa
1
-
2
Liverpool
Starting Lineup
(Average age 26.27)
12
Jerzy Dudek
23
Jamie Carragher
18
John Arne Riise
2
Stephane Henchoz
4
Sami Hyypia
(c)
16
Didi Hamann
7
Vladimir Smicer
37
Jari Litmanen
15
Patrik Berger
17
Steven Gerrard
10
Michael Owen
Substitutes
22
Chris Kirkland
29
Stephen Wright
13
Danny Murphy
21
Gary McAllister
9
Nicolas Anelka
Goals
(Assists in brackets)
Jari Litmanen
9′
Vladimir Smicer
73′
(Patrik Berger)
Substitutions
Jari Litmanen
replaced by
Nicolas Anelka
69′
Steven Gerrard
replaced by
Danny Murphy
77′
Vladimir Smicer
replaced by
Gary McAllister
86′
Opposition Lineup
(Average age 27.96)
Peter Schmeichel
JLoyd Samuel
Alan Wright
Olof Mellberg
Steve Staunton
George Boateng
Paul Merson
Lee Hendrie
Juan Pablo Angel
Darius Vassell
Hassan Kachloul
Opposition goals
Lee Hendrie
21
′
Opposition substitutions
JLoyd Samuel
replaced by
Ian Taylor
47
′
Lee Hendrie
replaced by
Steve Stone
81
′
Notes
- Nicolas Anelka makes his LFC debut
- Jari Litmanen missed a penalty on 34'
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Other details
Manager:
Gérard Houllier
Opposition manager:
John Gregory
Referee:
D'Urso AP
Attendance:
42,602
Half-time score:
1
-
1
Game number:
4716
League game number:
3896
League position after match:
3rd
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21 Aug 2001 - Liverpool 4-1 Haka
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27 Aug 2001 - Bolton Wanderers 1-2 Liverpool
08 Sep 2001 - Liverpool 1-3 Aston Villa
11 Sep 2001 - Liverpool 1-1 Boavista
15 Sep 2001 - Everton 3-1 Liverpool
19 Sep 2001 - Borussia Dortmund 0-0 Liverpool
22 Sep 2001 - Liverpool 1-0 Tottenham Hotspur
26 Sep 2001 - Liverpool 1-0 Dynamo Kiev
30 Sep 2001 - Newcastle United 2-0 Liverpool
09 Oct 2001 - Liverpool 1-2 Grimsby Town
13 Oct 2001 - Liverpool 1-1 Leeds United
16 Oct 2001 - Dynamo Kiev 2-1 Liverpool
20 Oct 2001 - Leicester City 4-1 Liverpool
24 Oct 2001 - Boavista 1-1 Liverpool
27 Oct 2001 - Charlton Athletic 2-0 Liverpool
30 Oct 2001 - Liverpool 2-0 Borussia Dortmund
04 Nov 2001 - Liverpool 3-1 Manchester United
17 Nov 2001 - Blackburn Rovers 1-1 Liverpool
20 Nov 2001 - Liverpool 1-3 Barcelona
25 Nov 2001 - Liverpool 1-0 Sunderland
01 Dec 2001 - Derby County 1-0 Liverpool
05 Dec 2001 - Roma 0-0 Liverpool
08 Dec 2001 - Liverpool 2-0 Middlesbrough
12 Dec 2001 - Liverpool 0-0 Fulham
16 Dec 2001 - Chelsea 0-4 Liverpool
23 Dec 2001 - Liverpool 1-2 Arsenal
26 Dec 2001 - Aston Villa 2-1 Liverpool
29 Dec 2001 - West Ham United 1-1 Liverpool
01 Jan 2002 - Liverpool 1-1 Bolton Wanderers
05 Jan 2002 - Liverpool 3-0 Birmingham City
09 Jan 2002 - Southampton 0-2 Liverpool
13 Jan 2002 - Arsenal 1-1 Liverpool
19 Jan 2002 - Liverpool 1-1 Southampton
22 Jan 2002 - Manchester United 1-0 Liverpool
27 Jan 2002 - Arsenal 0-1 Liverpool
30 Jan 2002 - Liverpool 1-0 Leicester City
03 Feb 2002 - Leeds United 4-0 Liverpool
09 Feb 2002 - Ipswich Town 6-0 Liverpool
20 Feb 2002 - Liverpool 0-0 Galatasaray
23 Feb 2002 - Liverpool 1-1 Everton
26 Feb 2002 - Galatasaray 1-1 Liverpool
02 Mar 2002 - Fulham 2-0 Liverpool
06 Mar 2002 - Liverpool 3-0 Newcastle United
13 Mar 2002 - Barcelona 0-0 Liverpool
16 Mar 2002 - Middlesbrough 2-1 Liverpool
19 Mar 2002 - Liverpool 2-0 Roma
24 Mar 2002 - Liverpool 1-0 Chelsea
30 Mar 2002 - Liverpool 2-0 Charlton Athletic
03 Apr 2002 - Liverpool 1-0 Bayer Leverkusen
09 Apr 2002 - Bayer Leverkusen 2-4 Liverpool
13 Apr 2002 - Sunderland 1-0 Liverpool
20 Apr 2002 - Liverpool 2-0 Derby County
27 Apr 2002 - Tottenham Hotspur 0-1 Liverpool
08 May 2002 - Liverpool 4-3 Blackburn Rovers
11 May 2002 - Liverpool 5-0 Ipswich Town
League Table
Pos
Team
P
W
D
L
F
A
GD
Pts
1
Newcastle U
19
12
3
4
37
23
+14
39
2
Arsenal
19
10
6
3
39
23
+16
36
3
Liverpool
18
11
3
4
28
18
+10
36
4
Leeds U
19
9
8
2
29
17
+12
35
5
Man Utd
19
10
3
6
45
28
+17
33
6
Chelsea
19
7
9
3
29
15
+14
30
7
Tottenham H
19
8
3
8
30
26
+4
27
8
Aston Villa
19
7
6
6
25
24
+1
27
9
Sunderland
19
7
5
7
17
17
+0
26
10
Fulham
18
5
9
4
17
17
+0
24
11
West Ham U
19
6
6
7
24
30
-6
24
12
Charlton Ath
19
5
8
6
21
22
-1
23
13
Everton
19
6
5
8
23
25
-2
23
14
Blackburn R
19
5
7
7
25
24
+1
22
15
Bolton Wan
19
5
6
8
21
29
-8
21
16
Middlesbrough
18
5
4
9
17
26
-9
19
17
Southampton
18
6
1
11
19
30
-11
19
18
Derby Co
19
4
4
11
14
35
-21
16
19
Ipswich T
19
3
6
10
19
28
-9
15
20
Leicester C
19
3
6
10
12
34
-22
15
