Liverpool 4-0 Blackburn Rovers: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 11 April 2009
Result
Liverpool 4-0 Blackburn Rovers
Premier League · Saturday 11 April 2009, 11:45 UTC · half-time 2-0
Liverpool 4-0 Blackburn Rovers: match report
Liverpool defeated Blackburn Rovers 4-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 11 April 2009. The half-time score was 2-0.
Fernando Torres opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Liverpool's goals came from Fernando Torres (5'), Fernando Torres (33'), Daniel Agger (83') and David N'Gog (90'). Blackburn Rovers did not score.
Discipline: Liverpool received 2 yellow cards; Blackburn Rovers received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Liverpool were 2nd on 67 points from 31 and Blackburn Rovers 14th on 34 points from 31. Liverpool went on to finish that season 2nd with 86 points, and Blackburn Rovers 15th with 41.
Liverpool lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Blackburn Rovers in a 4-4-1-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Liverpool wins, 4 draws and 1 for Blackburn Rovers.
Going into the match Liverpool's last five read W-W-W-W-L and Blackburn Rovers's W-D-L-W-D.
Key events
- 5'Goal · Fernando Torres
- 7'Yellow card · Daniel Agger
- 33'Goal · Fernando Torres
- 33'Yellow card · Keith Andrews
- 75'Yellow card · Xabi Alonso
- 83'Goal · Daniel Agger
- 90'Goal · David N'Gog
Head-to-head
Team news
Liverpool line-up (4-2-3-1)
Pepe Reina, Daniel Agger, Álvaro Arbeloa, Javier Mascherano, Emiliano Insúa, Jamie Carragher, Albert Riera, Yossi Benayoun, Fernando Torres, Dirk Kuyt, Xabi Alonso
Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-4-1-1)
Paul Robinson, Andre Ooijer, Stephen Warnock, Christopher Samba, Aaron Mokoena, Gaël Givet-Viaros, Tugay Kerimoglu, Keith Andrews, Keith Treacy, Ryan Nelsen, David Dunn