Chelsea 2-0 Liverpool: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 4 October 2009
Result
Chelsea 2-0 Liverpool
Premier League · Sunday 4 October 2009, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Chelsea 2-0 Liverpool: match report
Chelsea beat Liverpool 2-0 in the Premier League on Sunday 4 October 2009. The half-time score was 0-0.
Nicolas Anelka opened the scoring in the 60th minute. Chelsea's goals came from Nicolas Anelka (60') and Florent Malouda (90'). Liverpool did not score.
Discipline: Chelsea received 1 yellow card; Liverpool received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Chelsea were 2nd on 18 points from 7 and Liverpool 5th on 15 points from 7. Chelsea went on to finish that season 1st with 86 points, and Liverpool 7th with 63.
Chelsea lined up in a 4-3-3 and Liverpool in a 4-4-1-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Chelsea wins, 6 draws and 2 for Liverpool.
Going into the match Chelsea's last five read L-W-W-W-W and Liverpool's W-W-W-W-L.
Key events
- 44'Yellow card · Michael Essien
- 60'Goal · Nicolas Anelka
- 77'Yellow card · Steven Gerrard
- 90'Goal · Florent Malouda
Head-to-head
Team news
Chelsea expected line-up (4-3-3)
Petr Čech, John Terry, Alex, Ashley Cole, John Mikel Obi, Michael Essien, Florent Malouda, Nicolas Anelka, Didier Drogba
Liverpool line-up (4-4-1-1)
Pepe Reina, Glen Johnson, Javier Mascherano, Emiliano Insúa, Jamie Carragher, Albert Riera, Lucas Leiva, Fernando Torres, Dirk Kuyt, Steven Gerrard, Martin Škrtel