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Liverpool 1-1 Chelsea - April 22, 2008 / Champions League 2007/2008

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Champions League 2007/2008 - Semi-finals

Anfield - Liverpool - England

April 22, 2008

Liverpool

England

1 - 1

Chelsea

England

Assist by Javier Mascherano (right foot) Dirk Kuyt

43'

90+5'

John Arne Riise (o.g)

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43' - Goal Dirk Kuyt43

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62' - Substitution Fábio Aureliois substituted by John Arne Riise62

63' - Substitution Joe Coleis substituted by Salomon Kalou

76' - Substitution Ryan Babelis substituted by Yossi Benayoun76

86' - Substitution Michael Ballackis substituted by Nicolas Anelka

95' - Own goal John Arne Riise

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Liverpool

1 - 1

Chelsea

Liverpool Chelsea

Team line-ups

Liverpool

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

Torres

Fernando Torres

Spain

B.date20/03/1984

Age24 years

H1m86

positionStriker

Babel76

Ryan Babel

Netherlands

B.date19/12/1986

Age21 years

H1m85

positionLeft Winger

Gerrard

Steven Gerrard

England

B.date30/05/1980

Age27 years

H1m83

positionRight central midfielder

Kuyt43

Dirk Kuyt

Netherlands

B.date22/07/1980

Age27 years

H1m84

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Alonso

Xabi Alonso

Spain

B.date25/11/1981

Age26 years

H1m83

positionDefensive Midfielder

Mascherano

Javier Mascherano

Argentina

B.date08/06/1984

Age23 years

H1m74

positionDefensive Midfielder

Fábio Aurelio62

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

Carragher

Jamie Carragher

England

B.date28/01/1978

Age30 years

H1m82

positionRight central defender

Arbeloa

Álvaro Arbeloa

Spain

B.date17/01/1983

Age25 years

H1m83

positionRight full-back

Reina

Pepe Reina

Spain

B.date31/08/1982

Age25 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Pepe Reina		25	152	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jamie Carragher		30	520	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Martin Skrtel		23	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Fábio Aurelio	62	28	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Álvaro Arbeloa		25	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Xabi Alonso		26	161	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Javier Mascherano		23	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steven Gerrard		27	436	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Dirk Kuyt	43	27	93	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ryan Babel	76	21	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Fernando Torres		24	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

148

Chelsea

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

15Malouda

Florent Malouda

France

B.date13/06/1980

Age27 years

H1m81

positionLeft Winger

11Drogba

Didier Drogba

Ivory Coast

B.date11/03/1978

Age30 years

H1m89

positionStriker

10Joe Cole63

Joe Cole

England

B.date08/11/1981

Age26 years

H1m76

positionPlaymaker

8Lampard

Frank Lampard

England

B.date20/06/1978

Age29 years

H1m84

positionCentre Midfield

13Ballack86

Michael Ballack

Germany

B.date26/09/1976

Age31 years

H1m88

positionCentre Midfield

4Makélélé

Claude Makélélé

France

B.date18/02/1973

Age35 years

H1m74

positionDefensive Midfielder

3Ashley Cole

Ashley Cole

England

B.date20/12/1980

Age27 years

H1m76

positionLeft full-back

26Terry

John Terry

England

B.date07/12/1980

Age27 years

H1m87

positionLeft central defender

6Carvalho

Ricardo Carvalho

Portugal

B.date18/05/1978

Age29 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Paulo Ferreira

Portugal

B.date18/01/1979

Age29 years

H1m83

positionRight full-back

1Cech

Petr Cech

Czech Republic

B.date20/05/1982

Age25 years

H1m96

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Petr Cech		25	161	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
26	D	John Terry		27	349	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Ricardo Carvalho		29	159	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	D	Paulo Ferreira		29	137	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Ashley Cole		27	76	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	M	Claude Makélélé		35	213	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	M	Michael Ballack	86	31	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Frank Lampard		29	365	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Joe Cole	63	26	216	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Didier Drogba		30	169	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	F	Florent Malouda		27	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

177

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		John Arne Riise	9562	27	346	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M		Yossi Benayoun	76	27	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
21	F		Salomon Kalou	63	22	103	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
39	F		Nicolas Anelka	86	29	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Fábio Aurelio

John Arne Riise

OUT

Ryan Babel

Yossi Benayoun

OUT

Álvaro Arbeloa

Steve Finnan

OUT

Dirk Kuyt

Jermaine Pennant

OUT

Xabi Alonso

Lucas Leiva

OUT

Fernando Torres

Peter Crouch

OUT

Jamie Carragher

Sami Hyypiä

OUT

Steven Gerrard

Andriy Voronin

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Michael Ballack

Michael Essien

OUT

Didier Drogba

Nicolas Anelka

OUT

Florent Malouda

Salomon Kalou

OUT

Claude Makélélé

John Obi Mikel

OUT

Frank Lampard

Shaun Wright-Phillips

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Rafa Benítez

235

Success rate in this team:

56 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

49 %

Benítez vs Chelsea

5 victories

6 draws

8 losses

Latest figure on April 22, 2008

Benítez vs Grant

0 victory

2 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on April 22, 2008

Manager

Age

Match num

Avram Grant

Success rate in this team:

67 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

56 %

Grant vs Liverpool

1 victory

2 draws

0 loss

Latest figure on April 22, 2008

Grant vs Benítez

1 victory

2 draws

0 loss

Latest figure on April 22, 2008

Referee

Konrad Plautz

3 victories	1 draw	2 losses	Liverpool6 matches	General total	Chelsea3 matches	1 victory	2 draws	0 loss
0 victory	1 draw	1 loss	Liverpool2 matches	Season total	Chelsea2 matches	0 victory	2 draws	0 loss
Latest figure on September 16, 2008					Latest figure on September 15, 2009

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Key figures

End of streak for Liverpool after 8 consecutive wins at home (since 19/02/2008). It was the best streak for the club since 15/03/2006-27/09/2006 (9 matches).

End of streak for Chelsea after 3 consecutive matches without a draw in Champions League (since 05/03/2008). It was the best streak for the club since 07/12/2004-12/04/2005 (5 matches).

It's the first time Dirk Kuyt scores 1 goal vs Chelsea in Champions League

Read the next 12 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

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

VLiverpool 4-2 Arsenal08/04/2008

VLiverpool 3-1 Blackburn13/04/2008

Overall

VLiverpool 1-0 Everton30/03/2008

DArsenal 1-1 Liverpool02/04/2008

DArsenal 1-1 Liverpool05/04/2008

VLiverpool 4-2 Arsenal08/04/2008

VLiverpool 3-1 Blackburn13/04/2008

VFulham 0-2 Liverpool19/04/2008

Current form

Away

LBarnsley 1-0 Chelsea08/03/2008

VSunderland 0-1 Chelsea15/03/2008

DTottenham 4-4 Chelsea19/03/2008

LFenerbahçe 2-1 Chelsea02/04/2008

VManchester City 0-2 Chelsea05/04/2008

VEverton 0-1 Chelsea17/04/2008

Overall

VChelsea 1-0 Middlesbrough30/03/2008

LFenerbahçe 2-1 Chelsea02/04/2008

VManchester City 0-2 Chelsea05/04/2008

VChelsea 2-0 Fenerbahçe08/04/2008

DChelsea 1-1 Wigan14/04/2008

VEverton 0-1 Chelsea17/04/2008

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	8	3
Unbeaten streak	8	6
Drawless streak	11	3
Scoring streak	15	6
Conceding streak	2	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	2	1
Unbeaten streak	2	4
Drawless streak	3	1
Scoring streak	5	10
Invincibility streak	2	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

3	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	2
3	FBDB index ranking (National)	2

Results

12	Number of games (Competition total)	10
6	Number of games (Home / Away)	5
8	Victories (Competition total)	5
5	Victories (Home / Away)	2
2	Draws (Competition total)	4
0	Draws (Home / Away)	2
2	Losses (Competition total)	1
1	Losses (Home / Away)	1

Goals

31	Goals scored (Competition total)	15
22	Goals scored (Home / Away)	7
8	Goals conceded (Competition total)	4
4	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	3
2.58	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.5
3.67	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.4
0.67	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.4
0.67	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.6

Betting aid

6	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	4
4	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	3
6	Clean sheets (Competition total)	7
3	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	3
1	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	3
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	2
5	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	3
2	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	2
4-0 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-0 (2 times)

Bookings

14	Yellow cards (Competition total)	12
4	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	6
1	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Steven Gerrard	6 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	4 goals	Didier Drogba
Peter Crouch	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Didier Drogba
Steven Gerrard	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Steven Gerrard	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Peter Crouch	1 assist	Player with most assists (Competition total)		-
Peter Crouch	1 assist	Player with most assists (Home / Away)		-
Steven Gerrard	6 goals, 1 assist during the last 8 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 3 matches	Frank Lampard

Historical head to head

Home

74 matches

49 v

15 d

10 l

151 gf

75 ga

Away

73 matches

16 v

16 d

41 l

71 gf

130 ga

Neutral ground

3 matches

2 v

0 d

1 l

6 gf

5 ga

Total

150 matches

67 v

31 d

52 l

228 gf

210 ga

Historical head to head

Home

73 matches

41 v

16 d

16 l

130 gf

71 ga

Away

74 matches

10 v

15 d

49 l

75 gf

151 ga

Neutral ground

3 matches

1 v

0 d

2 l

5 gf

6 ga

Total

150 matches

52 v

31 d

67 l

210 gf

228 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	April 20, 1935
Home	6 - 0	April 20, 1935

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	August 28, 1937
Away	4 - 1	October 02, 2005

Latest head to head

February 10, 2008 - Premier League 2007/2008

Chelsea

0 - 0

Liverpool

December 19, 2007 - League Cup 2007/2008

Chelsea

2 - 0

Liverpool

August 19, 2007 - Premier League 2007/2008

Liverpool

1 - 1

Chelsea

May 01, 2007 - Ligue des Champions 2006/2007

Liverpool

1 - 0

Chelsea

April 25, 2007 - Ligue des Champions 2006/2007

Chelsea

1 - 0

Liverpool

Best historical scorers against Chelsea

Ian Rush	10 goals	1985 - 1994
Roger Hunt	8 goals	1963 - 1969
Robbie Fowler	7 goals	1994 - 2000
Steve Nicol	6 goals	1985 - 1990
Michael Owen	5 goals	1999 - 2003
Kenny Dalglish	5 goals	1977 - 1986

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/10/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Liverpool

Robert Tambling	6 goals	1965 - 1969
Kerry Dixon	6 goals	1984 - 1991
Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink	5 goals	2000 - 2003
Gordon Durie	5 goals	1987 - 1991
Joe Cole	4 goals	2004 - 2007
Richard Spence	4 goals	1934 - 1934

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/10/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Chelsea

Jamie Carragher	31 matches	1997 - 2008
Ian Callaghan	27 matches	1963 - 1978
Tommy Smith	25 matches	1965 - 1978
Steven Gerrard	23 matches	2000 - 2008
Chris Lawler	22 matches	1964 - 1973
John Arne Riise	21 matches	2001 - 2008

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/10/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Liverpool

Ron Harris	29 matches	1963 - 1979
Frank Lampard	24 matches	2001 - 2008
John Hollins	23 matches	1965 - 1975
John Terry	20 matches	2000 - 2007
Peter Bonetti	20 matches	1963 - 1978
Dennis Wise	19 matches	1990 - 2001