Real Betis 1-2 Liverpool: result and report

Champions League · Tuesday 13 September 2005

Result

Real Betis 1-2 Liverpool

Champions League · Tuesday 13 September 2005, 18:45 UTC · half-time 0-2

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Real Betis 1-2 Liverpool: match report

Real Betis lost to Liverpool 1-2 in the Champions League on Tuesday 13 September 2005. The half-time score was 0-2.

Florent Sinama-Pongolle opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Real Betis's goal came from Arzu (51'). Liverpool scored through Florent Sinama-Pongolle (2') and Luis García (14').

Discipline: Real Betis received no yellow cards; Liverpool received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Real Betis were 28th on 4 points from 2 and Liverpool 1st on 15 points from 6. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 2'Goal · Florent Sinama-PongolleLiverpool · 0-1
  • 14'Goal · Luis GarcíaLiverpool · 0-2
  • 48'Yellow card · Jamie CarragherLiverpool
  • 51'Goal · ArzuReal Betis · 1-2
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Pepe ReinaLiverpool

Team news

Real Betis line-up

Toni Doblas, David Rivas, Óscar López, Melli, Fernando Varela, Arzu, Marcos Assunção, Ricardo Oliveira, Joaquín, Juanito, Fernando

Liverpool line-up

Pepe Reina, Josemi, Djimi Traoré, Jamie Carragher, Luis García, Mohamed Sissoko, Boudewijn Zenden, Peter Crouch, Florent Sinama-Pongolle, Sami Hyypia, Xabi Alonso