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LIVERPOOL FC
v Chelsea

08.05.2012 Kick-off 8.00pm ........

Season 2011/12

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Liverpool FC

Glen JOHNSON 2
Jos ENRIQUE 3
Daniel AGGER 5
Fabio AURELIO 6
Luis SUREZ 7
Steven GERRARD 8
Andy CARROLL 9
Maxi RODRIGUEZ 11
Jordan HENDERSON 14
Sebastian COATES 16
Dirk KUYT 18
Stewart DOWNING 19
Jay SPEARING 20
Lucas LEIVA21
Danny WILSON 22
Jamie CARRAGHER 23
Pepe REINA25
Charlie ADAM 26
Alexander DONI 32
Martin KELLY 34
Martin SKRTEL 37
Jon FLANAGAN 38
Craig BELLAMY 39
Jack ROBINSON 49

Chelsea FC

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Petr ECH
Branislav IVANOVIC
Ashley COLE
David Luis
Michael Essien
Oriol ROMEU
ramires
Frank Lampard
Fernando TORRES
Juan MATA
Didier Drogba
John OBI MIKEL
Florent MALOUDA
Raul MEIRELES
Jos BOSINGWA
Romelu LUKAKU
Paulo FERREIRA
Salomon KALOU
Ross TURNBULL
Daniel STURRIDGE
Gary CAHILL
John TERRY
Sam HUTCHINSON
Ryan BERTRAND

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LIVERPOOL FC v CHELSEA FC

At Anfield: Liverpool 45 wins, 14 draws, Chelsea 9 wins.

Overall: Liverpool 63 wins, 28 draws, Chelsea 46 wins.
1.

Earlier this season Liverpool won 2-1 in the league

at Stamford Bridge. Maxi Rodriguez opened the
scoring on 33 minutes with Daniel Sturridge
equalising on 55 minutes. Glen Johnson scored the
winner three minutes from time.

2.

Last season Liverpool recorded their second

Premier League double over Chelsea. Today they
go for their third, all within the last four seasons.

3.

The Reds win at Stamford Bridge in November

meant they recorded back-to-back league wins at
Chelsea for the first time since 1974-75.

4.

All of Liverpools goals against the Londoners last

season were scored by current Chelsea players.
Fernando Torres scored both in the 2-0 Anfield win
while Raul Meireles netted the only goal of the game
at Stamford Bridge.

5.

Both sides have won 16 of the 39 Premier League

meetings with Chelsea scoring 47 and Liverpool 43.

6.

Both Steven Gerrard in 2003 and Pepe Reina in 2006

have been sent off against Chelsea in the league,
both times at Stamford Bridge.

7.

Glen Johnson made his Chelsea debut against

Liverpool in 2003. He went on to appear on 72
occasions for Chelsea in all competitions from 20032007 scoring four times.

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9.

Prior to last Saturdays Cup Final Steven Gerrard

had scored once for Liverpool in 32 appearances
against Chelsea. His strike in October 2005 came in
a 4-1 defeat at Anfield.
Liverpool are looking to record a fourth successive
league win over Chelsea home and away for the first
time since August 1974.

10. Jordan Henderson made his career league debut

against Chelsea in November 2008. His Sunderland
team lost 5-0 at Stamford Bridge.
11.

Kenny Dalglish has never lost to Chelsea as

Liverpool manager in 11 league meetings with eight
wins and three draws.

12. Patrik Berger scored Liverpools last hat trick

against Chelsea at Anfield in October 1997 in a 4-2
win. Roberto Di Matteo was in the visitors line-up
that day.
13. Patrik Berger is one of four Liverpool hat-trick
scorers in the league against the Londoners. The
others were James Stewart (1910), Fred Pagnam
(1915) and Gordon Hodgson (1930).
14. Liverpools biggest league victory over Chelsea
here came in April 1935 when they won 6-0.
15. There has only ever been one goalless draw
between the sides in the league on this ground in
68 league meetings. It came on 9th October 1971.
16. The Reds have failed to score in only two of the last
31 home league meetings with Chelsea.

THE LAST FOUR LEAGUE MEETINGS

BETWEEN THE SIDES
20th November 2011

Chelsea 1

6TH FebRUARY 2011

Chelsea 0

7TH November 2010

liverpool 2
2ND May 2010

LIVERPOOL 0

LIVERPOOL 2
LIVERPOOL 1

Chelsea 0
Chelsea 2

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LIVERPOOL FC v CHELSEA FC

17. Liverpool are looking to record a second successive

home league win over Chelsea for the first time since
2002-03.

29. Of Chelseas five away league defeats this season

three have come in the North-West at Manchester
United, Everton and Manchester City.

18. Prior to the F.A. Cup Final, Jamie Carragher had made
more appearances for Liverpool against Chelsea than
any other Reds player (42), while Frank Lampard has
made the most for Chelsea (35) against Liverpool.

30. They have kept clean sheets in two of their last 11

away league games.

19. Fernando Torres returns to Anfield for the first time

since signing for Chelsea in January of last year. He
scored seven goals in eight appearances for Liverpool
against his current club.
20. Chelsea have won nine times on this ground in the
league with four of those victories coming in the last
eight years.
21. Prior to Saturdays Wembley clash Didier Drogba had
scored 10 times in 27 appearances against Liverpool
for Marseilles and Chelsea.
22. Salomon Kalou, John Obi Mikel, Fernando Torres
and David Luiz all made their Chelsea debuts against
Liverpool.
23. Raul Meireles scored five goals in 44 games for
Liverpool while Fernando Torres 142 games for the
Reds saw him net 81 goals.
24. The Blues have scored six times against Liverpool in
the last ten league meetings home and away.
25. Chelseas last hat-trick against the Reds was scored by
George Mills in August 1937 at Stamford Bridge.
26. The two draws in the 2007-08 league season are the
only ones that have been played out between the sides
in the last 21 Premiership meetings.
27. This will be the 32nd meeting between the clubs,
including last Saturdays Cup Final, since the start of
the 2004-05 season.
28. Chelsea are unbeaten in their last three away league
games since losing at Manchester City in March. They
won 4-2 at Aston Villa and drew 1-1 at Fulham and 0-0
at Arsenal.

The Barclays Premier League Table as of 02/05/2012