Liverpool 1-2 Fiorentina: result and report
Champions League · Wednesday 9 December 2009
Result
Liverpool 1-2 Fiorentina
Champions League · Wednesday 9 December 2009, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-0
Liverpool 1-2 Fiorentina: match report
Liverpool lost to Fiorentina 1-2 in the Champions League on Wednesday 9 December 2009. The half-time score was 1-0.
Yossi Benayoun opened the scoring in the 43rd minute. Liverpool's goal came from Yossi Benayoun (43'). Fiorentina scored through Lars Jørgensen (63') and Alberto Gilardino (90+2').
Discipline: Liverpool received no yellow cards; Fiorentina received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Liverpool were 34th on 7 points from 5 and Fiorentina 9th on 14 points from 7. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.
Liverpool lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Fiorentina in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Liverpool wins, 0 draws and 1 for Fiorentina.
Going into the match Liverpool's last five read W-D-L-L-W and Fiorentina's W-W-W-W-L.
Key events
- 43'Goal · Yossi Benayoun
- 63'Goal · Lars Jørgensen
- 66'Yellow card · Riccardo Montolivo
- 90+2'Goal · Alberto Gilardino
- 90+3'Yellow card · Alberto Gilardino
Head-to-head
Team news
Liverpool line-up (4-2-3-1)
Diego Cavalieri, Daniel Agger, Javier Mascherano, Emiliano Insúa, Stephen Darby, Andrea Dossena, Alberto Aquilani, Yossi Benayoun, Dirk Kuyt, Steven Gerrard, Martin Škrtel
Fiorentina line-up (4-2-3-1)
Sébastien Frey, Per Billeskov Krøldrup, Cesare Natali, Manuel Pasqual, Gianluca Comotto, Lorenzo De Silvestri, Marco Donadel, Riccardo Montolivo, Lars Jørgensen, Mario Santana, Alberto Gilardino