Chelsea 4-4 Liverpool: result and report

Champions League · Tuesday 14 April 2009

Result

Chelsea 4-4 Liverpool

Champions League · Tuesday 14 April 2009, 18:45 UTC · half-time 0-2

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Chelsea 4-4 Liverpool: match report

Chelsea drew with Liverpool 4-4 in the Champions League on Tuesday 14 April 2009. It was 0-2 at half-time.

Fábio Aurélio opened the scoring in the 19th minute. Chelsea's goals came from Didier Drogba (51'), Alex (57'), Frank Lampard (76') and Frank Lampard (89'). Liverpool scored through Fábio Aurélio (19'), Xabi Alonso (28', penalty), Lucas Leiva (81') and Dirk Kuyt (83').

Discipline: Chelsea received 3 yellow cards; Liverpool received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Chelsea were 8th on 18 points from 9 and Liverpool 3rd on 22 points from 11. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

Chelsea lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Liverpool in a 4-3-3.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Chelsea wins, 5 draws and 3 for Liverpool.

Going into the match Chelsea's last five read W-D-W-W-D and Liverpool's L-W-W-W-W.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 19'Goal · Fábio AurélioLiverpool · 0-1
  • 28'Yellow card · Branislav IvanovićChelsea
  • 28'Penalty goal · Xabi AlonsoLiverpool · 0-2
  • 41'Yellow card · Yossi BenayounLiverpool
  • 51'Goal · Didier DrogbaChelsea · 1-2
  • 57'Goal · AlexChelsea · 2-2
  • 58'Yellow card · Ricardo CarvalhoChelsea
  • 65'Yellow card · Ashley ColeChelsea
  • 74'Yellow card · ArbeloaLiverpool
  • 76'Goal · Frank LampardChelsea · 3-2
  • 81'Goal · Lucas LeivaLiverpool · 3-3
  • 83'Goal · Dirk KuytLiverpool · 3-4
  • 89'Goal · Frank LampardChelsea · 4-4

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Chelsea 2, draws 5, Liverpool 3.

Team news

Chelsea expected line-up (4-1-4-1)

Petr Čech, Alex, Ashley Cole, John Terry, Michael Ballack, Florent Malouda, Michael Essien, John Mikel Obi, Nicolas Anelka, Joe Cole

Liverpool line-up (4-3-3)

Pepe Reina, Fábio Aurélio, Álvaro Arbeloa, Javier Mascherano, Jamie Carragher, Yossi Benayoun, Lucas Leiva, Fernando Torres, Dirk Kuyt, Xabi Alonso, Martin Škrtel