Liverpool 2-0 Chelsea: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 1 February 2009

Result

Liverpool 2-0 Chelsea

Premier League · Sunday 1 February 2009, 16:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Liverpool 2-0 Chelsea: match report

Liverpool defeated Chelsea 2-0 in the Premier League on Sunday 1 February 2009. The half-time score was 0-0.

Fernando Torres opened the scoring in the 89th minute. Liverpool's goals came from Fernando Torres (89') and Fernando Torres (90'). Chelsea did not score.

Discipline: Liverpool received 4 yellow cards; Chelsea received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Liverpool were 3rd on 48 points from 23 and Chelsea 2nd on 48 points from 23. Liverpool went on to finish that season 2nd with 86 points, and Chelsea 3rd with 83.

Liverpool lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Chelsea in a 4-1-4-1.

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

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 20'Yellow card · Javier MascheranoLiverpool
  • 22'Yellow card · Ashley ColeChelsea
  • 46'Yellow card · Xabi AlonsoLiverpool
  • 53'Yellow card · John Obi MikelChelsea
  • 60'Red card · Frank LampardChelsea
  • 60'Yellow card · John TerryChelsea
  • 70'Yellow card · Steven GerrardLiverpool
  • 89'Goal · Fernando TorresLiverpool · 1-0
  • 90'Goal · Fernando TorresLiverpool · 2-0
  • 90'Yellow card · Álvaro ArbeloaLiverpool

Head-to-head

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

Team news

Liverpool line-up (4-2-3-1)

Pepe Reina, Fábio Aurélio, Álvaro Arbeloa, Javier Mascherano, Jamie Carragher, Albert Riera, Fernando Torres, Dirk Kuyt, Steven Gerrard, Xabi Alonso, Martin Škrtel

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