Liverpool 2-1 Blackburn Rovers: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 24 October 2010
Result
Liverpool 2-1 Blackburn Rovers
Premier League · Sunday 24 October 2010, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Liverpool 2-1 Blackburn Rovers: match report
Liverpool beat Blackburn Rovers 2-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 24 October 2010. The half-time score was 0-0.
Sotirios Kyrgiakos opened the scoring in the 48th minute. Liverpool's goals came from Sotirios Kyrgiakos (48') and Fernando Torres (54'). Blackburn Rovers scored through an own goal by Jamie Carragher (52').
Discipline: Liverpool received 2 yellow cards; Blackburn Rovers received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Liverpool were 18th on 6 points from 8 and Blackburn Rovers 17th on 9 points from 8. Liverpool went on to finish that season 6th with 58 points, and Blackburn Rovers 15th with 43.
Liverpool lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Blackburn Rovers in a 4-5-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Liverpool wins, 3 draws and 1 for Blackburn Rovers.
Going into the match Liverpool's last five read L-L-D-L-D and Blackburn Rovers's D-L-W-D-D.
Key events
- 28'Yellow card · Martin Olsson
- 30'Yellow card · Gaël Givet-Viaros
- 48'Goal · Sotirios Kyrgiakos
- 52'Own goal · Jamie Carragher
- 54'Goal · Fernando Torres
- 67'Yellow card · Maxi Rodríguez
- 82'Yellow card · Raul Meireles
- 90+3'Yellow card · Vince Grella
Head-to-head
Team news
Liverpool line-up (4-4-1-1)
Pepe Reina, Paul Konchesky, Sotirios Kyrgiakos, Jamie Carragher, Raúl Meireles, Lucas Leiva, Fernando Torres, Steven Gerrard, Joe Cole, Maxi Rodríguez, Martin Škrtel
Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-5-1)
Paul Robinson, Martin Olsson, Gaël Givet-Viaros, Míchel Salgado, Phil Jones, Brett Emerton, Morten Gamst Pedersen, Steven Nzonzi, Nikola Kalinić, El-Hadji Diouf, David Dunn