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Premier League

Anfield | Saturday 3 December 2005 at 12:45 UK local time

Liverpool 3 - 0 Wigan Athletic
Half time 2–0

Starting Lineup (Average age 26.87)

25
Pepe Reina
23
Jamie Carragher
3
Steve Finnan
4
Sami Hyypia
28
Stephen Warnock
10
Luis Garcia
8
Steven Gerrard (c)
7
Harry Kewell
14
Xabi Alonso
19
Fernando Morientes
15
Peter Crouch

Substitutes

20
Scott Carson
6
John Arne Riise
17
Josemi Rey
16
Didi Hamann
9
Djibril Cissé

Opposition Lineup (Average age 28.93)

Mike Pollitt
Leighton Baines
Arjan de Zeeuw
Stéphane Henchoz
Pascal Chimbonda
Lee McCulloch
Damien Francis
Graham Kavanagh
Jimmy Bullard
Henri Camara
Jason Roberts

Substitutes used

Matt Jackson
David Connolly
Josip Skoko

Notes

  • - Peter Crouch scores his first LFC goal
  • - Crouch had failed to find the target in his first 18 games. When he finally broke the deadlock vs. Wigan, he had played 1,229 minutes without scoring.

Other details

Manager: Rafa Benítez
Opposition manager: Paul Jewell
Referee: Rennie UD
Attendance: 44,098
Half-time score: 2 - 0
Game number: 4943
League game number: 4044
Played towards Kop: Second half
Liverpool league position: 3rd
Wigan Athletic league position: 7th
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Match timeline

Liverpool
Wigan Athletic
Peter Crouch (1–0)
19'
35'
Matt Jackson Arjan de Zeeuw
Peter Crouch (Steve Finnan) (2–0)
42'
HT 2–0
Harry Kewell John Arne Riise
62'
66'
David Connolly Damien Francis
Xabi Alonso Didi Hamann
67'
Luis Garcia (Fernando Morientes) (3–0)
70'
Peter Crouch Djibril Cissé
74'
78'
Josip Skoko Graham Kavanagh
Full time 3–0

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