Liverpool 4-4 Arsenal: result and report
Premier League · Tuesday 21 April 2009
Result
Liverpool 4-4 Arsenal
Premier League · Tuesday 21 April 2009, 19:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Liverpool 4-4 Arsenal: match report
Liverpool drew with Arsenal 4-4 in the Premier League on Tuesday 21 April 2009. The half-time score was 0-1.
Andrey Arshavin opened the scoring in the 36th minute. Liverpool's goals came from Fernando Torres (49'), Yossi Benayoun (56'), Fernando Torres (72') and Yossi Benayoun (90'). Arsenal scored through Andrey Arshavin (36'), Andrey Arshavin (67'), Andrey Arshavin (70') and Andrey Arshavin (90').
Discipline: Liverpool received no yellow cards; Arsenal received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Liverpool were 2nd on 70 points from 32 and Arsenal 4th on 61 points from 32. Liverpool went on to finish that season 2nd with 86 points, and Arsenal 4th with 72.
Liverpool lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Arsenal in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Liverpool wins, 4 draws and 3 for Arsenal.
Going into the match Liverpool's last five read W-W-W-W-W and Arsenal's W-W-W-W-W.
Key events
- 36'Goal · Andrey Arshavin
- 49'Goal · Fernando Torres
- 56'Goal · Yossi Benayoun
- 61'Yellow card · Bacary Sagna
- 67'Goal · Andrey Arshavin
- 70'Goal · Andrey Arshavin
- 72'Goal · Fernando Torres
- 90'Goal · Andrey Arshavin
- 90'Goal · Yossi Benayoun
Head-to-head
Team news
Liverpool line-up (4-2-3-1)
Pepe Reina, Daniel Agger, Fábio Aurélio, Álvaro Arbeloa, Javier Mascherano, Jamie Carragher, Albert Riera, Yossi Benayoun, Fernando Torres, Dirk Kuyt, Xabi Alonso
Arsenal line-up (4-2-3-1)
Lukasz Fabianski, Bacary Sagna, Kolo Touré, Mikaël Silvestre, Kieran Gibbs, Cesc Fàbregas, Samir Nasri, Denílson, Alex Song, Andrey Arshavin, Nicklas Bendtner