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Premier League

Anfield | 26 December 2005 at15:00UK local time

Liverpool 2 - 0 Newcastle United

Starting Lineup (Average age 27.04)

25
Pepe Reina
3
Steve Finnan
6
John Arne Riise
23
Jamie Carragher
4
Sami Hyypia
8
Steven Gerrard (c)
14
Xabi Alonso
7
Harry Kewell
10
Luis Garcia
15
Peter Crouch
19
Fernando Morientes

Substitutes

20
Scott Carson
17
Josemi Rey
28
Stephen Warnock
9
Djibril Cissé
24
Florent Sinama-Pongolle

Goals (Assists in brackets)

Substitutions

Opposition Lineup (Average age 26.51)

Opposition substitutions

Notes

  • - Liverpool keep a clean sheet for the 8th league game in a row, first time since the 1922-23 season.
    - Lee Bowyer sent off on 66th minute for a challenge on Alonso.
    - Crouch credited with LFC's 2nd goal by Liverpool's official site, but SKY gave it as an own goal by Shay Given. We go along with Liverpool's official stats.

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Other details

Manager: Rafa Benítez
Opposition manager: Graeme Souness
Referee: Halsey MR
Attendance: 44,197
Half-time score: 2 - 0
Game number: 4948
League game number: 4046
Played towards Kop: Second half
League position after match: 3rd

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