Liverpool 4-0 Real Madrid: result and report
Champions League · Tuesday 10 March 2009
Result
Liverpool 4-0 Real Madrid
Champions League · Tuesday 10 March 2009, 19:45 UTC · half-time 2-0
Liverpool 4-0 Real Madrid: match report
Liverpool won against Real Madrid 4-0 in the Champions League on Tuesday 10 March 2009. The half-time score was 2-0.
Fernando Torres opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Liverpool's goals came from Fernando Torres (16'), Steven Gerrard (28', penalty), Steven Gerrard (47') and A. Dossena (88'). Real Madrid did not score.
Discipline: Liverpool received 3 yellow cards; Real Madrid received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Liverpool were 4th on 19 points from 9 and Real Madrid 18th on 12 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 Real Madrid in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Liverpool win, 0 draws and 0 for Real Madrid.
Going into the match Liverpool's last five read W-W-W-D-D and Real Madrid's L-W-W-L-L.
Key events
- 16'Goal · Fernando Torres
- 19'Yellow card · Pepe
- 26'Yellow card · Steven Gerrard
- 27'Yellow card · Iván Heinze
- 28'Penalty goal · Steven Gerrard
- 42'Yellow card · J. Mascherano
- 47'Goal · Steven Gerrard
- 62'Yellow card · Marcelo
- 85'Yellow card · A. Dossena
- 88'Goal · A. Dossena
Head-to-head
Team news
Liverpool line-up (4-2-3-1)
Pepe Reina, Fábio Aurélio, Álvaro Arbeloa, Javier Mascherano, Jamie Carragher, Fernando Torres, Dirk Kuyt, Ryan Babel, Steven Gerrard, Xabi Alonso, Martin Škrtel
Real Madrid expected line-up (4-3-3)
Iker Casillas, Marcelo, Pepe, Sergio Ramos, Mahamadou Diarra, Wesley Sneijder, Guti, Fabio Cannavaro, Gonzalo Higuaín, Raúl