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Liverpool 1-3 Chelsea - April 08, 2009 / Champions League 2008/2009

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Champions League 2008/2009 - Quarter-finals

Anfield - Liverpool - England

April 08, 2009

Liverpool

England

1 - 3

Chelsea

England

(right foot) Fernando Torres

39'

Branislav Ivanovic (header)

62'

Branislav Ivanovic (header)

67'

Didier Drogba (right foot) Assist by Florent Malouda

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6' - Goal Fernando Torres6

39' - Goal Branislav Ivanovic

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62' - Goal Branislav Ivanovic

67' - Goal Didier Drogba

68' - Substitution Albert Rierais substituted by Yossi Benayoun68

75' - Substitution Fábio Aureliois substituted by Andrea Dossena75

79' - Substitution Lucas Leivais substituted by Ryan Babel79

80' - Substitution Didier Drogbais substituted by Nicolas Anelka

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Liverpool

1 - 3

Chelsea

Liverpool Chelsea

Team line-ups

Liverpool

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

Torres6

Fernando Torres

Spain

B.date20/03/1984

Age25 years

H1m86

positionStriker

Riera68

Albert Riera

Spain

B.date15/04/1982

Age26 years

H1m88

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Gerrard

Steven Gerrard

England

B.date30/05/1980

Age28 years

H1m83

positionRight central midfielder

Kuyt

Dirk Kuyt

Netherlands

B.date22/07/1980

Age28 years

H1m84

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Alonso

Xabi Alonso

Spain

B.date25/11/1981

Age27 years

H1m83

positionDefensive Midfielder

Leiva79

Lucas Leiva

Brazil

B.date09/01/1987

Age22 years

H1m79

positionDefensive Midfielder

Fábio Aurelio75

Fábio Aurelio

Brazil

B.date24/09/1979

Age29 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

Skrtel

Martin Skrtel

Slovakia

B.date15/12/1984

Age24 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

Carragher

Jamie Carragher

England

B.date28/01/1978

Age31 years

H1m82

positionRight central defender

Arbeloa

Álvaro Arbeloa

Spain

B.date17/01/1983

Age26 years

H1m83

positionRight full-back

Reina

Pepe Reina

Spain

B.date31/08/1982

Age26 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Pepe Reina		26	199	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jamie Carragher		31	569	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Martin Skrtel		24	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Fábio Aurelio	75	29	82	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Álvaro Arbeloa		26	91	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Lucas Leiva	79	22	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Xabi Alonso		27	203	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steven Gerrard		28	479	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Albert Riera	68	26	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Dirk Kuyt		28	139	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Fernando Torres	6	25	77	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

180

Chelsea

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

Drogba6780

Didier Drogba

Ivory Coast

B.date11/03/1978

Age31 years

H1m89

positionStriker

Malouda

Florent Malouda

France

B.date13/06/1980

Age28 years

H1m81

positionLeft Winger

Kalou

Salomon Kalou

Ivory Coast

B.date05/08/1985

Age23 years

H1m84

positionLeft Winger

Lampard

Frank Lampard

England

B.date20/06/1978

Age30 years

H1m84

positionCentre Midfield

Ballack

Michael Ballack

Germany

B.date26/09/1976

Age32 years

H1m88

positionLeft central midfielder

Essien

Michael Essien

Ghana

B.date03/12/1982

Age26 years

H1m77

positionCentral defender

Cole

Ashley Cole

England

B.date20/12/1980

Age28 years

H1m76

positionLeft full-back

Alex

Brazil

B.date17/06/1982

Age26 years

H1m88

positionRight central defender

Terry

John Terry

England

B.date07/12/1980

Age28 years

H1m87

positionLeft central defender

Ivanovic6239

Branislav Ivanovic

Serbia

B.date22/02/1984

Age25 years

H1m88

positionRight full-back

Cech

Petr Cech

Czech Republic

B.date20/05/1982

Age26 years

H1m96

positionGoalkeeper

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Petr Cech		26	208	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alex		26	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Michael Essien		26	151	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Terry		28	394	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Branislav Ivanovic	6239	25	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ashley Cole		28	118	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Michael Ballack		32	111	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Frank Lampard		30	415	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Didier Drogba	6780	31	205	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Salomon Kalou		23	143	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Florent Malouda		28	73	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

173

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Andrea Dossena	75	27	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Yossi Benayoun	68	28	81	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ryan Babel	79	22	86	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Nicolas Anelka	80	30	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Albert Riera

Andrea Dossena

OUT

Fábio Aurelio

Emiliano Insúa

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Didier Drogba

Nicolas Anelka

OUT

Michael Ballack

John Obi Mikel

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Rafa Benítez

286

Success rate in this team:

57 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

50 %

Benítez vs Chelsea

7 victories

6 draws

10 losses

Latest figure on April 08, 2009

Benítez vs Hiddink

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on April 08, 2009

Manager

Age

Match num

Guus Hiddink

Success rate in this team:

82 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

57 %

Hiddink vs Liverpool

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on April 08, 2009

Hiddink vs Benítez

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on April 08, 2009

Referee

Claus Bo Larsen

0 victory	1 draw	4 losses	Liverpool5 matches	General total	Chelsea3 matches	1 victory	1 draw	1 loss
0 victory	1 draw	1 loss	Liverpool2 matches	Season total	Chelsea1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on March 11, 2010					Latest figure on April 08, 2009

Videos

July 30, 2012

Comments

Key figures

Fernando Torres scored 5 goals vs Liverpool in his professional career with Chelsea

The last time Liverpool has lost with a difference of 2 goals in Champions League, It was on the 08/03/2006 (vs )

The last time Liverpool has conceded at least 3 goals at home in Champions League, It was on the 20/11/2001 (vs )

Read the next 21 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DLiverpool 1-1 Everton25/01/2009

VLiverpool 2-0 Chelsea01/02/2009

DLiverpool 1-1 Manchester City22/02/2009

VLiverpool 2-0 Sunderland03/03/2009

VLiverpool 4-0 Real Madrid10/03/2009

VLiverpool 5-0 Aston Villa22/03/2009

Overall

LMiddlesbrough 2-0 Liverpool28/02/2009

VLiverpool 2-0 Sunderland03/03/2009

VLiverpool 4-0 Real Madrid10/03/2009

VManchester United 1-4 Liverpool14/03/2009

VLiverpool 5-0 Aston Villa22/03/2009

VFulham 0-1 Liverpool04/04/2009

Current form

Away

VAston Villa 0-1 Chelsea21/02/2009

VPortsmouth 0-1 Chelsea03/03/2009

VCoventry 0-2 Chelsea07/03/2009

DJuventus 2-2 Chelsea10/03/2009

LTottenham 1-0 Chelsea21/03/2009

VNewcastle United 0-2 Chelsea04/04/2009

Overall

VPortsmouth 0-1 Chelsea03/03/2009

VCoventry 0-2 Chelsea07/03/2009

DJuventus 2-2 Chelsea10/03/2009

VChelsea 1-0 Manchester City15/03/2009

LTottenham 1-0 Chelsea21/03/2009

VNewcastle United 0-2 Chelsea04/04/2009

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	3	5
Unbeaten streak	32	5
Drawless streak	3	7
Scoring streak	9	5
Invincibility streak	3	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	1	1
Drawless streak	2	3
Scoring streak	1	1
Invincibility streak	1	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

2	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	4
1	FBDB index ranking (National)	3

Results

10	Number of games (Competition total)	8
5	Number of games (Home / Away)	4
7	Victories (Competition total)	4
4	Victories (Home / Away)	0
3	Draws (Competition total)	3
1	Draws (Home / Away)	3
0	Losses (Competition total)	1
0	Losses (Home / Away)	1

Goals

17	Goals scored (Competition total)	12
10	Goals scored (Home / Away)	4
5	Goals conceded (Competition total)	7
2	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	6
1.7	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.5
2	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1
0.5	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.88
0.4	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.5

Betting aid

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

Bookings

14	Yellow cards (Competition total)	17
3	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	11
0	Red cards (Competition total)	2
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	2

Key players

Steven Gerrard	7 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	3 goals	Didier Drogba
Steven Gerrard	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Michael Essien
Steven Gerrard	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Steven Gerrard	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Dirk Kuyt	2 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	1 assist	Frank Lampard
Dirk Kuyt	1 assist	Player with most assists (Home / Away)		-
Steven Gerrard	7 goals during the last 8 matches	The fittest player	3 goals during the last 3 matches	Didier Drogba

Historical head to head

Home

76 matches

50 v

16 d

10 l

154 gf

76 ga

Away

75 matches

17 v

16 d

42 l

74 gf

133 ga

Neutral ground

3 matches

2 v

0 d

1 l

6 gf

5 ga

Total

154 matches

69 v

32 d

53 l

234 gf

214 ga

Historical head to head

Home

75 matches

42 v

16 d

17 l

133 gf

74 ga

Away

76 matches

10 v

16 d

50 l

76 gf

154 ga

Neutral ground

3 matches

1 v

0 d

2 l

5 gf

6 ga

Total

154 matches

53 v

32 d

69 l

214 gf

234 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 01, 2009 - Premier League 2008/2009

Liverpool

2 - 0

Chelsea

October 26, 2008 - Premier League 2008/2009

Chelsea

0 - 1

Liverpool

April 30, 2008 - Ligue des Champions 2007/2008

Chelsea

3 - 2

Liverpool

April 22, 2008 - Ligue des Champions 2007/2008

Liverpool

1 - 1

Chelsea

February 10, 2008 - Premier League 2007/2008

Chelsea

0 - 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
Patrik Berger	5 goals	1996 - 1997
Berry Nieuwenhuys	5 goals	1935 - 1935

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

Kerry Dixon	6 goals	1984 - 1991
Robert Tambling	6 goals	1965 - 1969
Gordon Durie	5 goals	1987 - 1991
Didier Drogba	5 goals	2005 - 2008
Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink	5 goals	2000 - 2003
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	35 matches	1997 - 2009
Ian Callaghan	27 matches	1963 - 1978
Steven Gerrard	27 matches	2000 - 2009
Tommy Smith	25 matches	1965 - 1978
Sami Hyypiä	23 matches	1999 - 2008
John Arne Riise	23 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	28 matches	2001 - 2009
John Terry	24 matches	2000 - 2009
John Hollins	23 matches	1965 - 1975
Peter Bonetti	20 matches	1963 - 1978
Petr Cech	20 matches	2004 - 2009