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Liverpool 4-2 Arsenal - April 08, 2008 / Ligue des Champions 2007/2008

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Ligue des Champions 2007/2008 - 1/4 de finale

Anfield - Liverpool - England

April 08, 2008

4 - 2

Arsenal

England

Assist by Steven Gerrard (header) Sami Hyypiä

30'

Assist by Peter Crouch (right foot) Fernando Torres

69'

(penalty) Steven Gerrard

85'

(right foot) Ryan Babel

90+2'

13'

Abou Diaby (right foot) Assist by Alexander Hleb

84'

Emmanuel Adebayor (right foot) Assist by Theo Walcott

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13' - Goal Abou Diaby

30' - Goal Sami Hyypiä30

42' - Substitution Mathieu Flaminiis substituted by Gilberto Silva

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69' - Goal Fernando Torres69

72' - Substitution Emmanuel Ebouéis substituted by Theo Walcott photo Robin van Persie

72' - Substitution Abou Diabyis substituted by Robin van Persie

78' - Substitution Peter Crouchis substituted by Ryan Babel78

84' - Goal Emmanuel Adebayor

85' - Goal Steven Gerrard85

87' - Substitution Fernando Torresis substituted by John Arne Riise87

92' - Goal Ryan Babel92

93' - Substitution Dirk Kuytis substituted by Álvaro Arbeloa93

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Liverpool

4 - 2

Arsenal

Liverpool Arsenal

Team line-ups

Liverpool

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

Torres6987

Fernando Torres

Spain

B.date20/03/1984

Age24 years

H1m86

positionStriker

Crouch78

Peter Crouch

England

B.date30/01/1981

Age27 years

H2m101

positionStriker

Kuyt90+3

Dirk Kuyt

Netherlands

B.date22/07/1980

Age27 years

H1m84

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Gerrard85

Steven Gerrard

England

B.date30/05/1980

Age27 years

H1m83

positionRight central midfielder

Mascherano

Javier Mascherano

Argentina

B.date08/06/1984

Age23 years

H1m74

positionDefensive Midfielder

Alonso

Xabi Alonso

Spain

B.date25/11/1981

Age26 years

H1m83

positionDefensive Midfielder

Fábio Aurelio

Brazil

B.date24/09/1979

Age28 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

Skrtel

Martin Skrtel

Slovakia

B.date15/12/1984

Age23 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

Hyypiä30

Sami Hyypiä

Finland

B.date07/10/1973

Age34 years

H1m96

positionCentral defender

Carragher

Jamie Carragher

England

B.date28/01/1978

Age30 years

H1m82

positionRight central defender

Reina

Pepe Reina

Spain

B.date31/08/1982

Age25 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Pepe Reina		25	149	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Sami Hyypiä	30	34	441	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jamie Carragher		30	517	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Martin Skrtel		23	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Fábio Aurelio		28	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Javier Mascherano		23	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Xabi Alonso		26	158	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steven Gerrard	85	27	434	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dirk Kuyt	90+3	27	91	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Peter Crouch	78	27	132	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Fernando Torres	6987	24	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

189

Arsenal

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

Adebayor84

Emmanuel Adebayor

Togo

B.date26/02/1984

Age24 years

H1m93

positionCentre forward

Diaby1372

Abou Diaby

France

B.date11/05/1986

Age21 years

H1m91

positionCentre Midfield

Hleb

Alexander Hleb

Belarus

B.date01/05/1981

Age26 years

H1m85

positionVersatile Offensive Midfielder

Eboué72

Emmanuel Eboué

Ivory Coast

B.date04/06/1983

Age24 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

Fàbregas

Cesc Fàbregas

Spain

B.date04/05/1987

Age20 years

H1m79

positionRight central midfielder

Flamini42

Mathieu Flamini

France

B.date07/03/1984

Age24 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Clichy

Gaël Clichy

France

B.date26/07/1985

Age22 years

H1m76

positionLeft full-back

Senderos

Philippe Senderos

Switzerland

B.date14/02/1985

Age23 years

H1m89

positionCentral defender

Gallas

William Gallas

France

B.date17/08/1977

Age30 years

H1m81

positionLeft central defender

Touré

Kolo Touré

Ivory Coast

B.date19/03/1981

Age27 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Almunia

Manuel Almunia

Spain

B.date19/05/1977

Age30 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Manuel Almunia		30	81	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Philippe Senderos		23	113	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kolo Touré		27	280	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	William Gallas		30	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Emmanuel Eboué	72	24	102	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gaël Clichy		22	141	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Abou Diaby	1372	21	62	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mathieu Flamini	42	24	153	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Cesc Fàbregas		20	195	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Alexander Hleb		26	128	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Emmanuel Adebayor	84	24	100	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

129

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Álvaro Arbeloa	90+3	25	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Arne Riise	87	27	343	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ryan Babel	9278	21	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Gilberto Silva	42	31	239	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Theo Walcott	72	19	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Robin van Persie	72	24	130	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Fábio Aurelio

Álvaro Arbeloa

OUT

Xabi Alonso

Lucas Leiva

OUT

Javier Mascherano

Damien Plessis

OUT

Dirk Kuyt

Yossi Benayoun

OUT

Steven Gerrard

Jermaine Pennant

OUT

Sami Hyypiä

John Arne Riise

OUT

Fernando Torres

Steve Finnan

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Gaël Clichy

Justin Hoyte

OUT

Abou Diaby

Theo Walcott

OUT

Emmanuel Adebayor

Nicklas Bendtner

OUT

Philippe Senderos

Gilberto Silva

OUT

Alexander Hleb

Armand Traoré

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Rafa Benítez

232

Success rate in this team:

56 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

49 %

Benítez vs Arsenal

5 victories

4 draws

5 losses

Latest figure on April 08, 2008

Benítez vs Wenger

5 victories

4 draws

5 losses

Latest figure on April 08, 2008

Manager

Age

Match num

Arsène Wenger

668

Success rate in this team:

57 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

52 %

Wenger vs Liverpool

11 victories

8 draws

12 losses

Latest figure on April 08, 2008

Wenger vs Benítez

5 victories

4 draws

5 losses

Latest figure on April 08, 2008

Referee

Peter Fröjdfeldt

2 victories	0 draw	0 loss	Liverpool2 matches	General total	Arsenal5 matches	4 victories	0 draw	1 loss
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Liverpool1 match	Season total	Arsenal2 matches	1 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on April 08, 2008					Latest figure on October 21, 2008

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Key figures

It's the first time Sami Hyypiä scores 1 goal vs Arsenal in Ligue des Champions

Liverpool keeps its 7 consecutive matches without a loss in Ligue des Champions running (since 06/11/2007). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 09/08/2006-22/11/2006 time period (7 matches).

It's the first time Fernando Torres scores 1 goal vs Arsenal in his professional career

Read the next 20 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VLiverpool 2-0 Inter Milan19/02/2008

VLiverpool 3-2 Middlesbrough23/02/2008

VLiverpool 4-0 West Ham05/03/2008

VLiverpool 3-0 Newcastle United08/03/2008

VLiverpool 2-1 Reading15/03/2008

VLiverpool 1-0 Everton30/03/2008

Overall

VInter Milan 0-1 Liverpool11/03/2008

VLiverpool 2-1 Reading15/03/2008

LManchester United 3-0 Liverpool23/03/2008

VLiverpool 1-0 Everton30/03/2008

DArsenal 1-1 Liverpool02/04/2008

DArsenal 1-1 Liverpool05/04/2008

Current form

Away

LManchester United 4-0 Arsenal16/02/2008

DBirmingham City 2-2 Arsenal23/02/2008

VAC Milan 0-2 Arsenal04/03/2008

DWigan 0-0 Arsenal09/03/2008

LChelsea 2-1 Arsenal23/03/2008

VBolton Wanderers 2-3 Arsenal29/03/2008

Overall

DWigan 0-0 Arsenal09/03/2008

DArsenal 1-1 Middlesbrough15/03/2008

LChelsea 2-1 Arsenal23/03/2008

VBolton Wanderers 2-3 Arsenal29/03/2008

DArsenal 1-1 Liverpool02/04/2008

DArsenal 1-1 Liverpool05/04/2008

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	6	0
Drawing streak	0	2
Unbeaten streak	6	3
Winless streak	0	2
Drawless streak	9	0
Scoring streak	13	3
Conceding streak	0	2
Invincibility streak	1	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Drawing streak	0	2
Unbeaten streak	1	3
Winless streak	0	2
Drawless streak	2	0
Scoring streak	2	5
Conceding streak	2	5

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

5	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	4
4	FBDB index ranking (National)	3

Results

11	Number of games (Competition total)	11
5	Number of games (Home / Away)	5
7	Victories (Competition total)	7
4	Victories (Home / Away)	3
2	Draws (Competition total)	3
0	Draws (Home / Away)	1
2	Losses (Competition total)	1
1	Losses (Home / Away)	1

Goals

27	Goals scored (Competition total)	22
18	Goals scored (Home / Away)	6
6	Goals conceded (Competition total)	5
2	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	3
2.45	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2
3.6	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.2
0.55	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.45
0.4	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.6

Betting aid

5	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	5
3	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	1
6	Clean sheets (Competition total)	8
3	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	4
1	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	2
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	1
4	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	3
1	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	1
4-0 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-0 (2 times)

Bookings

14	Yellow cards (Competition total)	19
4	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	11
1	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Dirk Kuyt	6 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	6 goals	Cesc Fàbregas
Peter Crouch	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Cesc Fàbregas
Steven Gerrard	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Steven Gerrard	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
-		Player with most assists (Competition total)	1 assist	Emmanuel Adebayor
-		Player with most assists (Home / Away)	1 assist	Emmanuel Adebayor
Dirk Kuyt	3 goals during the last 4 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 2 matches	Emmanuel Adebayor

Historical head to head

Home

97 matches

54 v

19 d

24 l

182 gf

104 ga

Away

96 matches

22 v

31 d

43 l

82 gf

137 ga

Neutral ground

6 matches

2 v

0 d

4 l

7 gf

9 ga

Total

199 matches

78 v

50 d

71 l

271 gf

250 ga

Historical head to head

Home

96 matches

43 v

31 d

22 l

137 gf

82 ga

Away

97 matches

24 v

19 d

54 l

104 gf

182 ga

Neutral ground

6 matches

4 v

0 d

2 l

9 gf

7 ga

Total

199 matches

71 v

50 d

78 l

250 gf

271 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	April 18, 1964
Home	5 - 0	April 18, 1964

Largest victory

Overall	8 - 1	September 01, 1934
Away	5 - 1	November 15, 1952

Latest head to head

April 05, 2008 - Premier League 2007/2008

Arsenal

1 - 1

Liverpool

April 02, 2008 - Ligue des Champions 2007/2008

Arsenal

1 - 1

Liverpool

October 28, 2007 - Premier League 2007/2008

Liverpool

1 - 1

Arsenal

March 31, 2007 - Premier League 2006/2007

Liverpool

4 - 1

Arsenal

January 09, 2007 - League Cup 2006/2007

Liverpool

3 - 6

Arsenal

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

Robbie Fowler	12 goals	1994 - 2007
Roger Hunt	8 goals	1962 - 1968
Kenny Dalglish	8 goals	1978 - 1983
Ian Rush	7 goals	1982 - 1995
Phil Neal	6 goals	1975 - 1985
John Barnes	5 goals	1988 - 1993

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 02/12/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Liverpool

Thierry Henry	9 goals	2000 - 2007
Ian Wright	7 goals	1992 - 1997
John Radford	7 goals	1965 - 1976
Alan Ball	6 goals	1973 - 1975
Alan Sunderland	6 goals	1979 - 1982
Joe Hulme	6 goals	1933 - 1936

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 02/12/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

Ian Callaghan	32 matches	1962 - 1978
Alan Hansen	32 matches	1977 - 1990
Phil Neal	31 matches	1975 - 1985
Ray Clemence	31 matches	1970 - 1981
Ian Rush	30 matches	1981 - 1996
Kenny Dalglish	28 matches	1977 - 1988

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 02/12/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Liverpool

David O'Leary	44 matches	1975 - 1993
Lee Dixon	33 matches	1988 - 2002
Tony Adams	31 matches	1985 - 2001
Nigel Winterburn	29 matches	1988 - 1999
Pat Rice	27 matches	1970 - 1980
George Armstrong	27 matches	1963 - 1977