Liverpool 1-0 Sunderland: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 20 August 2005
Result
Liverpool 1-0 Sunderland
Premier League · Saturday 20 August 2005, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Liverpool 1-0 Sunderland: match report
Liverpool won against Sunderland 1-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 20 August 2005. It was 1-0 at half-time.
The only goal came from Xabi Alonso of Liverpool in the 24th minute.
Discipline: Liverpool received 2 yellow cards; Sunderland received 3 yellow cards.
Liverpool went on to finish that season 3rd with 82 points, and Sunderland 20th with 15.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Liverpool wins, 3 draws and 1 for Sunderland.
Key events
- 11'Yellow card · Gary Breen
- 21'Yellow card · Steven Gerrard
- 24'Goal · Xabi Alonso
- 24'Yellow card · Carl Robinson
- 35'Yellow card · Mohamed Sissoko
- 88'Yellow card · Nyron Nosworthy
Head-to-head
Team news
Liverpool line-up
Pepe Reina, Steve Finnan, Jamie Carragher, Stephen Warnock, Mohamed Sissoko, Boudewijn Zenden, Djibril Cissé, Morientes, Sami Hyypia, Steven Gerrard, Xabi Alonso
Sunderland line-up
Gary Breen, Nyron Nosworthy, Liam Lawrence, Dean Whitehead, Julio Arca, Andy Gray, Kelvin Davis, Carl Robinson, Andy Welsh, Tommy Miller, Alan Stubbs