Liverpool 2009–10 football temper
The 2009–10 Premier League was Liverpool ‘s 118th season since their foundation, and their 48th straight year in the circus tent flight. They were sponsored for an eighteenth temper by Carlsberg, but this association would end at the end of the year. Rafael Benítez was the club ‘s director, this being his sixth season in charge. His affiliation with the club would besides end at the conclusion of the year, however.
Having finished second in the previous league campaign, Liverpool qualified automatically for the 2009–10 UEFA Champions League group stagecoach for the first time since the 2002–03 season. This season Liverpool made major moves in the transfer marketplace, selling important players such as Xabi Alonso and Sami Hyypiä, while signing Alberto Aquilani from Roma and Glen Johnson from Portsmouth. After a season of poor results and inconsistent play, angstrom good as injuries to main striker Fernando Torres, Liverpool finished 7th in the Premier League, their lowest finish in 11 years, and failed to progress beyond round 4 of either domestic cup. They were eliminated from the League Cup at the hands of Arsenal in the Fourth Round in a 2–1 get the better of at the Emirates Stadium on 26 October. They were then knocked out of the FA Cup on 13 January. After a 1–1 withdraw with Championship team Reading at the Madejski Stadium in the Third Round, Liverpool lost the replay at Anfield 2–1 after extra time. In addition to a poor domestic campaign, Liverpool failed to qualify for the knockout stage of the UEFA Champions League, finishing third in their group and entering the UEFA Europa League Round of 32 ; Liverpool were knocked out in the semi-finals by eventual winners Atlético Madrid. They lost the first leg at the Vicente Calderón Stadium 1–0, and despite forcing extra fourth dimension in the moment branch, and then going on to win 2–1, they were eliminated on the away goals rule. A week after the end of the Premier League season, Liverpool announced they had terminated Rafael Benítez ‘s compress by reciprocal consent .
Liverpool confirmed that long-serving centre-back Sami Hyypiä would be leaving the club after 10 years to join german club Bayer Leverkusen. [ 1 ] Liverpool besides confirmed that José Segura, the ex- Olympiacos coach, would be joining the baseball club as Academy technical director, starting on 1 June. [ 2 ] Liverpool announced their pre-season program on 6 May 2009, including a go of Asia and a friendly against Espanyol, as character of a article of the batch that brought Albert Riera to the club. Liverpool started their pre-season campaign against St. Gallen in Switzerland on 15 July, which ended 0–0, a bet on in which Rafael Benítez gave playing time to most of his players. Glen Johnson made his debut for Liverpool and earned himself the Fans Man of the Match award from Liverpool F.C. TV. They played their moment run into with Rapid Wien at the Ernst Happel Stadium on 19 July, which Liverpool lost 1–0 from a goal from midfielder Steffen Hofmann. The asian tour began with a match against Thailand on 22 July, which ended 1–1, with Liverpool ‘s early goal coming from Ryan Babel and the Thai ‘s from substitute Sutee Suksomkit. This was followed by a stumble to Kallang to play Singapore, a game which Liverpool won 5–0 with goals from Andriy Voronin, Albert Riera, two by Krisztián Németh and Fernando Torres. They then played Espanyol on 2 August, where they suffered a big 3–0 defeat thanks to two goals from Ben Sahar and one from Luis García. They then enjoyed their inaugural gain of the political campaign, against Lyn Oslo on 5 August, winning won 2–0 with goals from Voronin and David N’Gog. They ended the pre-season with a 1–2 passing against Atlético Madrid on 8 August at Anfield. Goals from Sergio Agüero and Diego Forlán put the Spaniards 0–2 up until Lucas pulled one back late on for the Reds .
team kit [edit ]
The team kit for the 2009–10 season was produced by Adidas. The dwelling kit remained the same as the former season. The away kit was black with gold trim. The third base kit changed in August 2009 to a new white kit. It was announced that longtime sponsor Carlsberg would be leaving the baseball club after 18 years to be replaced by British trust Standard Chartered, who commenced a four-year £ 80 million deal with the club in May 2010. [ 3 ] [ 4 ]
technical staff [edit ]
First-team squad [edit ]
As of 1 July 2009. [ 6 ] [ 7 ]
Squad statistics [edit ]
Source:
Ordered by
0 shown as blank last updated : 2 August 2014Source : BBC Sport Ordered by starting 11, then appearances, then games started0 shown as blank
- ^ Joined in January
- ^ On lend
Reserve squad [edit ]
Updated 23 March 2010 [ 8 ] Squad Numbers refer to players’ first team squad number (for season 2009–10), where applicable. Reserve and youth games are 1–11. See Liverpool F.C. Reserves and Academy
note : Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality .
Transfers [edit ]
In [edit ]
First Team
last updated : 13 January
Reserves and Academy
last updated : 10 December
Out [edit ]
First Team
last updated : 10 January
Reserves and Academy
survive updated : 5 February
Loaned in [edit ]
Loaned out [edit ]
match results [edit ]
Premier League [edit ]
August [edit ]
The fixtures for the 2009–10 Premier League temper were announced on 17 June, with Liverpool being handed an away fixture to Tottenham Hotspur. [ 33 ] Spurs took the leash a minute before one-half meter when left back Benoît Assou-Ekotto scored from 30 yards, after Tom Huddlestone ‘s barren kick had been blocked. Liverpool showed more importunity after half time, and were awarded a penalty on 55 minutes when Glen Johnson ‘s test was ended by custodian Heurelho Gomes ‘ challenge. Steven Gerrard converted the penalty to equalise for Liverpool. however, Tottenham regained the lead on 64 minutes when cameroonian centre-half Sébastien Bassong headed home a Luka Modrić free kick. Liverpool seemed ineffective to respond, and fashioned few chances. They had a penalty appeal turned down on 84 minutes when Andriy Voronin seemed to be tripped by Assou-Ekotto in the box, but Spurs hung on for a 2–1 gain. [ 34 ] [ 35 ] Liverpool director Rafael Benítez late criticised referee Phil Dowd for his bankruptcy to award Liverpool a penalty, and was late charged with improper behave by the FA. [ 36 ] [ 37 ] Liverpool ‘s first home match was against Stoke City four days late. Liverpool took the lead after five minutes when Fernando Torres swept home Steven Gerrard ‘s cross. The leave was double moments before one-half time when Glen Johnson acrobatically finished after Dirk Kuyt ‘s header had been blocked off the line. good work from Gerrard on the right saw Kuyt make it 3–0 five minutes from clock time, before Frenchman David N’Gog headed a fourthly in arrest fourth dimension. [ 38 ] [ 39 ] Liverpool suffered their first home league kill since a 0–1 loss to Manchester United on 16 December 2007 against Aston Villa the adopt Monday. The away side took the go when Lucas unwittingly headed into his own web from an Ashley Young hybridization on 33 minutes. Villa doubled their lead in first half injury time when Curtis Davies headed home from a corner. Liverpool did manage to pull one back through Fernando Torres, but Gerrard ‘s ailing timed tackle on Nigel Reo-Coker led to a penalty, which Ashley Young converted to consign Liverpool to a 3–1 frustration. [ 40 ] [ 41 ] Manager Rafael Benítez criticised his elder players for the kill and demanded a better operation for the adjacent match, off at Bolton Wanderers. [ 42 ] At the Reebok Stadium, Liverpool had to twice come back from behind against Bolton. They took the spark advance on 33 minutes when inadequate grade from a corner saw Kevin Davies bundle the ball home from close range. Glen Johnson equalised four minutes before the break when a Liverpool corner was not by rights cleared, and he stroked home plate left-footed from twenty dollar bill yards. Bolton regained the run two minutes after the transgress when Davies headed down Jussi Jääskeläinen ‘s long irish pound for Tamir Cohen to smash home. The turning degree of the plot was Sean Davis ‘ sending off on 53 minutes for a second bookable discourtesy. Liverpool equalised fair a few minutes late when Fernando Torres finished tidily following good work from Dirk Kuyt. Liverpool continued to press and finally got the winner on 83 minutes, when Torres ‘ knockdown from a Glen Johnson was met by a stroke from Gerrard, who had earlier hit the bar. [ 43 ] Gerrard later felt he “ owed ” the performance after poor performances in the defeats to ‘Spurs and Villa. [ 44 ] [ 45 ]
September [edit ]
Liverpool ‘s future catch came after the international break, where they faced newly promoted Burnley at home. Despite comments made prior to the catch by goalkeeper Pepe Reina that the league title was ‘not a realistic ambition this season ‘, [ 46 ] Liverpool comfortably dispatched the East Lancashire club 4–0 to go up to fourth in the table, thanks to an inspire performance from Yossi Benayoun, who scored a hat-trick. [ 47 ] Liverpool director Rafael Benítez later praised Benayoun ‘s bring ethic, and stated that he was an ‘example to the respite of the squad ‘ [ 48 ] [ 49 ] Michael Shields, attended this equal as a particular node, his foremost since Istanbul, good three days after being released from prison. [ 50 ] Liverpool travelled to the Boleyn Ground the following workweek, a labor that they won 3–0 at the former season. They looked to be heading for a alike result when Fernando Torres ‘ goal put the visitors 1–0 up after thirteen minutes. however, Jamie Carragher brought young striker Zavon Hines down on the half-hour, and Alessandro Diamanti converted the spot kick back, which he appeared to touch twice. however, Dirk Kuyt put Liverpool back in front four minutes before the break, when he got a slight touch on a Steven Gerrard header. West Ham then equalised on half prison term through Carlton Cole after poor people defending from a corner kick. The irregular half was approached slenderly more cautiously by the home english, and ersatz Ryan Babel made the craved impact when his ball was headed home by Torres. Liverpool held on for the remaining 15 minutes for their second consecutive 3–2 away win. [ 51 ] Benítez praised Torres for his role in the win ; Torres had stated earlier that workweek that he felt he was not playing to standard. [ 52 ] [ 53 ] [ 54 ] The club ‘s final Premier League match of the month came at family on 26 September, against Hull City. Liverpool took the lead after Fernando Torres slotted past Boaz Myhill. Hull then equalised four minutes by and by, when defensive frailties were pounced upon by Geovanni. Liverpool retook the lead when Torres rounded Myhill, and the Spaniard completed his hat-trick with a alone effort on 47 minutes. Steven Gerrard made the game dependable when his cross unintentionally sailed in on the hour. Substitute Ryan Babel then came off the bench to tap in a fifth and he unwittingly deflected Albert Riera ‘s shoot in injury meter to make it 6–1. [ 55 ]
October [edit ]
liverpool lost their beginning big four game 2–0 to Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. The match was grade until Nicolas Anelka guided the ball over Pepe Reina on the hour mark. With Liverpool pouring ahead in search of an equalizer, Liverpool were left stretched at the back. With Chelsea attempting to kill meter in the corner, Didier Drogba outmuscled Emiliano Insúa and squared back for Florent Malouda to double Chelsea ‘s lead in lend fourth dimension. [ 56 ] then, Liverpool lost their following peer to Sunderland, falling out 1–0. The lone, controversial finish was scored by Darren Bent. Andy Reid picked out Bent in the box and he directed it straight to Reina. however, a beach ball, thrown onto the field by a spectator deflected the ball into the web. [ 57 ] Liverpool were not able to react to the shock finish, and Sunderland held on for the gain. [ 58 ] On 25 October, Liverpool prepared to face off with Manchester United. Manager Rafa Benítez was under press following four heterosexual defeats, but he was calm as he spoke to the crusade. [ 59 ] Fábio Aurélio had a opportunity when his header was saved by Edwin van five hundred Sar. Liverpool sustained their pressure throughout the second half. They ultimately took the lead on 65 minutes when Fernando Torres outmuscled Rio Ferdinand and fired his shot into the top corner of the net income. [ 60 ] United finally reacted after the finish, but were not able to manner any clear cut chances. Antonio Valencia hit the crossbar, but that was the closest the visitors came to an counterweight. [ 61 ] Their betroth was not helped by Nemanja Vidić ‘s sending off for a second bookable discourtesy on 90 minutes. [ 62 ] Javier Mascherano was besides sent off for two bookings on 95 minutes, when he tackled avant-garde five hundred Sar. David N’Gog finally secured the three points for Liverpool when he broke away and slotted by van five hundred Sar to secure victory, Liverpool ‘s third consecutive victory over their rivals. [ 63 ] Liverpool ‘s final peer of the calendar month came away to Fulham. Liverpool fell behind after 24 minutes when Bobby Zamora tapped home. Liverpool equalised three minutes before half time, when Fernando Torres finished from 20 yards. After the demote, Fulham started to put Liverpool under pressure, and when Torres was taken off on the hour, they lost their main assaultive menace. Fulham retook the leash on 73 minutes, when another breakaway resulted in Erik Nevland finishing off a Paul Konchesky intersect. [ 64 ] Liverpool were left chasing the plot at this indicate, and they lost two men in three minutes ; Philipp Degen was sent off for a tackle on Zamora, and Jamie Carragher was later sent off for a professional cruddy. This was Liverpool ‘s fifth get the better of in 11 matches, and it left them 9 points behind Chelsea at the top. [ 65 ]
November [edit ]
Liverpool ‘s first equal of the month was home to Birmingham City. Liverpool took the lead on 13 minutes, when David N’Gog finished off after respective saves from Joe Hart. Birmingham fought back, however, and equalised on 26 minutes, when a harmless free kick resulted in Christian Benítez heading home. Birmingham took the lead in the third minute of beginning half arrest clock, when Cameron Jerome netted from 35 yards. Liverpool brought on Steven Gerrard at the fail, and he converted Liverpool ‘s counterweight on 71 minutes, from the penalty position, after N’Gog had adjudged to be fouled by Lee Carsley. television receiver replays showed that N’Gog had dived. [ 66 ] Liverpool could not find the achiever, but this would have been harsh on Birmingham, who had defended well throughout. [ 67 ] Liverpool ‘s following match after the international fracture was another home game, this time to Manchester City. Liverpool took the lead five minutes into the second half when Martin Škrtel got the full of life affect from a Gerrard dislodge kick. City got back into the game on 69 minutes ; poor mark from Craig Bellamy ‘s corner left Emmanuel Adebayor with a free heading from six yards. City then silenced Anfield when they took the head on 76 minutes ; Shaun Wright-Phillips turned Sotirios Kyrgiakos and crossed for Stephen Ireland to finish from close range. however, City could not hold on to their lead, and Yossi Benayoun was left to tap home barely 72 seconds after Ireland ‘s goal. [ 68 ] Liverpool headed into the Merseyside bowler hat having exited the Champions League, and with equitable one gain in 10. Everton were besides in poor form, though they started the bright of the two teams. [ 69 ] Liverpool were capacity to soak up the pressure, and took the run on 12 minutes, when Javier Mascherano ‘s 30-yard shoot was deflected in by Joseph Yobo. Everton ‘s Jo had two goals ruled out for offside, and though Everton had the monomania, they could not convert this into goals. Everton were left chasing the game late into the irregular half, and Yobo ‘s defensive erroneousness allowed Gerrard to tee up Albert Riera, whose herculean shoot Tim Howard could not hold, allowing Dirk Kuyt to tap in with ten minutes remaining. Liverpool had further chances to add to their goal score, but 2–0 flatter Liverpool, who had taken their chances, and defended good. [ 70 ]
December [edit ]
On a high after the bowler hat win, The Reds travelled to Ewood Park as they faced Blackburn Rovers in what was Steven Gerrard ‘s five-hundredth game for Liverpool. Rovers director Sam Allardyce has a good record against Liverpool, and he managed to contain the Reds in a scoreless string. Chances were few and far between, with the best chance falling to the young Frenchman David N’Gog former on ; his scuff shot hit the bar. Liverpool ‘s adjacent plot was at home to Arsenal. The home side started well, dominating Arsenal in the early stages. Their pressure paid off four minutes before the break when Dirk Kuyt tapped home from close compass. Cesc Fàbregas late revealed that director Arsène Wenger had given his players the hairdryer treatment at one-half time, making it clear in no unsealed terms that they had played terribly in the first menstruation. [ 71 ] Arsenal returned invigoured after the second half, and put Liverpool under a period of intense atmospheric pressure in the unfold exchanges of the moment half. Arsenal equalised when Samir Nasri ‘s cross was unwittingly deflected into his own net by Glen Johnson. Buoyed by the finish, Arsenal pushed on and took the tip five minutes former through a goal from Andrey Arshavin which gave Reina no prospect at his near post. Arsenal held on for their first succeed at Anfield since October 2003. Liverpool managed to regain the winning touch with a 2–1 acquire over Wigan Athletic at Anfield three days late. The off english gave a estimable report of themselves, and digression from David N’Gog ‘s early finish, matched Liverpool for spells. Liverpool wrapped up the win 11 minutes from clock with Fernando Torres ‘ 11th goal of the season. Wigan got a late consolation through Charles N’Zogbia, which was more than deserved. Liverpool travelled to Fratton Park to face buttocks of the table Portsmouth in what was seen as an easy game. Liverpool director Rafa Benítez had made an eyebrow-raising team choice upon his team ‘s visit the former temper, [ 72 ] and he besides raised questions about his choice as he picked out-of-favour Andrea Dossena on the leave. [ 73 ] Daniel Agger ‘s close-range header was the visitors ‘ best opportunity of the half, but it was Portsmouth who took the lead six minutes from the end, algerian Nadir Belhadj rifling in a shoot from what seemed an impossible angle. Javier Mascherano was sent off in first-half wound time after a bipedal lunge on Tal Ben Haim. The away english pressured for an counterweight in the second half, with Asmir Begović pulling off a colossal write from Steven Gerrard ‘s heavily deflected shoot. The home side sealed the winnings with seven minutes to go when Frédéric Piquionne volleyed home from 10 yards by sealing Portsmouth ‘s first victory over Liverpool since April 2007. many fans called for Benítez ‘s die after the game, despite his ‘guarantee ‘ of a fourth-place finish. [ 74 ] The box day fastness saw Liverpool host Wolves. An tied beginning one-half saw Kevin Doyle miss the away side ‘s best gamble as he headed over from six yards, but Stephen Ward ‘s controversial bolshevik poster early in the second half proved a turn point. Steven Gerrard powered in a header equitable after the hour, and Yossi Benayoun added a second deflect shot eight minutes former. Liverpool ‘s last match of the ten was a crunch peer for 4th place with Aston Villa at Villa Park. The game turned out to be quite poor, with both teams cancelling each early out. villa missed good chances through Gabriel Agbonlahor and John Carew, but with the game heading for a draw, Fernando Torres slotted past Brad Friedel in the third minute of blockage time to give Liverpool a full of life three points .
January [edit ]
Liverpool ‘s first Premier League match of the calendar year pitted them against Stoke City at the Britannia Stadium, good days after they had been knocked out of the FA Cup by Championship side Reading at Anfield. The away side were weakened by injuries, but still put in a creditable performance. Lucas appeared to be tripped by Danny Higginbotham in the penalty area on 26 minutes, but referee Lee Mason booked the brazilian for diving. Stoke were content to sit back and let Liverpool have monomania, and the away side lacked a cut boundary that would have killed the game. They did take the lead on 57 minutes, with greek defender Sotirios Kyrgiakos knock in after Thomas Sørensen had dropped Fábio Aurélio ‘s unblock kick. Stoke put Liverpool under heavy pressure in the last quarter of an hour, and made the discovery when Robert Huth scrambled home. Dirk Kuyt missed a fortunate opportunity to win the game in the sixth moment of injury time, but his header hit the mail. Liverpool faced another significant confrontation with Tottenham at Anfield. Spurs director Harry Redknapp felt that his side could get a resultant role at Anfield, with Liverpool missing key players and in poor shape. Liverpool, however, started strongly, taking the lead in the sixth minute through Dirk Kuyt ‘s 6th-minute strike. Tottenham were off-par, and despite the ruling out of Jermain Defoe ‘s goal, failed to test Reina. The home side earned a penalty in injury-time when substitutes Maxi Rodríguez and David N’Gog combined, with the latter being tripped in the corner. Kuyt was made to re-take his penalty, but still sent Heurelho Gomes the wrong way to secure Liverpool ‘s third acquire in four. Despite their impressive class, Liverpool were disappointing once more, as they failed to break down Wolves at Molineux. Albert Riera ‘s early attempt was comfortably saved by Marcus Hahnemann, but the away side failed to create any clear chances, and the best opportunities in a olive-drab game fell to Wolves ‘ Kevin Doyle, whose goalbound tear was cleared by Emiliano Insúa. Liverpool ‘s following game was at home plate to Bolton. They failed to impress, but still managed to grind out a 2–0 win, with Dirk Kuyt grabbing his third finish in american samoa many games as he toe-poked in from close range. Emiliano Insúa ‘s long-range mint was deflected into his own net by Kevin Davies for the second. David N’Gog should have added a late third, but missed a sitter, hitting the crossbar from five yards out with the goal goggle. Rafael Benítez praised The Reds ‘ defense, as they kept a third consecutive clean sheet, and a fifth in the survive six games .
February [edit ]
liverpool train to renew rivalries with Everton on 6 February at Anfield. The Toffees were in scintillating shape, earning impressive draws at The Emirates and at Stamford Bridge in their nine-game unbeaten run. The game turned out to be more of a physical battle than a football match, with Jamie Carragher ‘s undertake on Steven Pienaar within the first 10 seconds setting the case law. Sotirios Kyrgiakos was sent off on 34 minutes for a lunge on Marouane Fellaini, but the away side failed to capitalise on his absence, peculiarly in the air. The best casual of the one-half fell to Everton ‘s Tim Cahill, but his close range header went fair over. Liverpool took the moderate 10 minutes into the second half, Dirk Kuyt heading in from finale image from Steven Gerrard ‘s corner. The home side then had to defend as Everton pinned them back for periods. Liverpool threatened on the break, but could not find a second. Everton disappointed, and despite the presentation of Yakubu and Victor Anichebe, could not create a clear opening. Liverpool held on to complete a second base double over Everton in three seasons. Liverpool ‘s second gear game of February was aside to title contenders Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium. Liverpool lost the game 1–0 thanks to Abou Diaby ‘s header. Liverpool ‘s penultimate game of February was aside to besides top 4 challengers Manchester City at Eastlands. The game finished 0–0. liverpool players Fernando Torres & Yossi Benayoun both made cameo appearances on their rejoinder from injuries, but neither could swing the game in Liverpool ‘s fortunes. Liverpool ‘s third gear and final bet on of February was against to Blackburn Rovers at Anfield. Liverpool had captain Steven Gerrard and Fernando Torres on the same scoresheet for merely the one-third time in the Barclays Premier League this season. Steven Gerrard scored after 20 minutes and Fernando Torres netted 2 minutes before one-half fourth dimension after Rovers had equalised from the punishment spot after Jamie Carragher ‘s foul in the box .
March [edit ]
liverpool opened March with a 1–0 loss to Wigan Athletic at the DW Stadium. Dirk Kuyt gifted the goal to Wigan, attempting to pass it back to Pepe Reina, but Hugo Rodallega skipped past Javier Mascherano and chipped the ball over the oncoming Reina to ultimately win the game for the Latics ten minutes before half-time. Glen Johnson came on as a substitute for Liverpool on his return from injury. Liverpool ‘s second game of March was at home to near relegated Portsmouth. Portsmouth were in the hunt to do the ‘double ‘ over Liverpool after their morale-boosting 2–0 victory spinal column in December. Fernando Torres opened the score for Liverpool with his 14th goal of the temper after 28 minutes. Ryan Babel doubled Liverpool ‘s advantage on the half-hour sign. italian Alberto Aquilani scored his first finish in English football to make it 3–0 on 32 minutes. Fernando Torres scored his second gear of the night and Liverpool ‘s one-fourth on 77 minutes. Portsmouth grabbed a sole consolation in the stopping point minute thanks to Nadir Belhadj, but Liverpool ran out comfortable winners. Liverpool ‘s third gear game of March saw them renew rivalries with honest-to-god foes manchester United at Old Trafford. Liverpool took the lead after equitable five minutes after Dirk Kuyt released captain Steven Gerrard, who fed in Fernando Torres. Torres shot with excellent ability which left United goalkeeper Edwin van five hundred Sar with no prospect. [ 75 ] Controversy flared when Liverpool ‘s argentine midfielder Javier Mascherano appeared to have fouled Antonio Valencia in the penalty box. television replays intelligibly showed that the fetid was outside of the box. [ 76 ] Wayne Rooney took the penalty and scored the recoil after Pepe Reina ‘s save. United continued to pour advancing in numbers, and finally got the goal their play deserved, [ 75 ] [ 77 ] when veteran winger Ryan Giggs crossed. The ball missed everyone apart from Ji Sung Park, who scored despite the close care from the Liverpool right rear Glen Johnson. The 2–1 win for United was Sir Alex Ferguson ‘s hundredth home Barclays Premier League succeed. Liverpool wrapped up March with an impressive 3–0 acquire over Sunderland at Anfield. Liverpool took the lead with lone 6 minutes on the clock. Great workplace [ 78 ] [ 79 ] [ 80 ] from in-form Spaniard Fernando Torres on the forget resulted in him cutting inside two defenders before a high, curling shot flew into the top right-hand corner. Liverpool cruised into a 2–0 lead when a corner broke lax to right back Glen Johnson, who skipped past a Sunderland defender before unleashing a left-foot strike that took a deflection. Sunderland rarely exerted any imperativeness to force Liverpool into defensive gambling in the second gear half, which meant Liverpool could counter-attack without worrying about numbers at the back. During one of these counterattacks, Liverpool scored their third and concluding goal, with Johnson fooling everyone by releasing the ball through to Fernando Torres. Torres scored into an evacuate net to give Liverpool three goals and three points .
April [edit ]
Liverpool started off their top 4 battle hunt in with a 1–1 draw against Birmingham City at St Andrew ‘s. Liverpool took the run just two minutes into the second half, when a corner on the leave side on the edge of the 18-yard box fell short to Steven Gerrard, who curled an feat past City goalkeeper Joe Hart. Birmingham equalised near the end of the game to deal Liverpool ‘s acme four ambitions another blow. Liverpool ‘s second game of April was a drab home game against Europea League -contending Fulham at Anfield. Liverpool were without striker Fernando Torres for this game because he was in Spain seeing a specialist about his late knee injury. Mark Schwarzer was Fulham ‘s hero, shutting out Liverpool all day retentive with a string of brilliant saves to keep Fulham ‘s Europa League dream alive. Liverpool were nowadays three points off the top four, having played a game more than Tottenham and Manchester City. Liverpool ‘s third base game of April was a Monday nox regular to relegation threatened West Ham United at Anfield. Liverpool took three points from this game, but needed to beat Chelsea to keep their hope of a Champions League rate alive. Steven Gerrard ‘s back-pass allowed Chelsea to score, and after that, Chelsea pressed home their advantage. The passing for Liverpool meant they failed to qualify for the Champions League. Liverpool ended their campaign with a 0–0 draw at the KC Stadium against Hull City, in which child Jack Robinson made his debut for the reds .
League table [edit ]
- ^ Since Manchester United won the League Cup and then qualified for the Champions League, their descry in the Europa League was passed polish to the 6th-placed team. The 6th-placed Aston Villa was coincidentally besides the League Cup runner-up .
- ^ in the first place Portsmouth qualified for the third base qualifying round of the Europa League as the FA Cup runner-up, replacing the winners, Champions League-qualified Chelsea. however, they failed to apply for a UEFA license. consequently, Liverpool as the best place team not qualified for the european competitions took their place .
Results compendious [edit ]
| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 38 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 61 | 35 | +26 | 63 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 43 | 15 | +28 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 20 | −2 |
Games against Top Six [edit ]
| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 16 | −5 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | −4 |
Results by round [edit ]
| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ground | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | W | L | W | W | W | W | L | L | W | L | D | D | W | D | L | W | L | W | W | D | W | D | W | W | L | D | W | L | W | L | W | D | D | W | W | L | D |
| Position | 12 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
A
= Away;
H
= Home;
W
= Win;
D
= Draw;
L
= Loss Updated to match ( vitamin e ) played on 24 April 2010. source : Matches
Matches [edit ]
Liverpool v Burnley
| 12 September 2009 5 | 4–0 | Liverpool | ||
| 15:00 | Benayoun  27
‘ , 61 ‘ , 82 ‘ Read more: Ex on the Beach (British series 6) Kuyt 41
‘ |
MR | Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 43,817 Referee: Lee Mason |
Liverpool v Arsenal
| 13 December 2009 16 | 1–2 | Liverpool | ||
| 16:00 | Kuyt 41
‘ |
MR | Johnson ‘ (o.g.) 50 Arshavin 58
‘ |
Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 43,853 Referee: Howard Webb |
Liverpool v Everton
| 6 February 2010 25 | 1–0 | Liverpool | ||
| 12:45 | Kuyt  21 ‘, 55
‘ Carragher 30 ‘Kyrgiakos  34 ‘Gerrard 85 ‘ |
MR | Pienaar 29 ‘  90+6 ‘Heitinga 56 ‘Anichebe 85 ‘ |
Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 44,216 Referee: Martin Atkinson |
Liverpool five Portsmouth
| 15 March 2010 30 | 4–1 | Liverpool | ||
| 20:00 | Torres 26
‘ , 77 ‘ Babel 28
‘ Aquilani 32
‘ |
MR | Belhadj 88
‘ |
Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 40,316 Referee: Stuart Attwell |
Liverpool volt Sunderland
| 28 March 2010 32 | 3–0 | Liverpool | ||
| 16:00 | Torres 3
‘ , 60 ‘ Johnson 32
‘ |
MR | Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 43,121 Referee: Phil Dowd |
Liverpool five Fulham
| 11 April 2010 34 | 0–0 | Liverpool | ||
| 15:00 | MR | Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 42,331 Referee: Andre Marriner |
Liverpool five Chelsea
| 1 May 2010 37 | 0–2 | Liverpool | ||
| 15:00 | MR | Drogba 33
‘ Lampard 54
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Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 44,375 Referee: Alan Wiley |
UEFA Champions League [edit ]
The draw for the group stagecoach of the UEFA Champions League was made on 27 August 2009 in Monaco. As Liverpool were seeded in Pot 1, this mean that they could not be drawn with teams from the same pot, such as Barcelona, Milan or Bayern Munich. however, they faced the possibility of being drawn in the same group as Real Madrid, Internazionale or Juventus. [ 81 ] Liverpool were drawn into Group E with 7-times Ligue 1 champions Lyon, hungarian champions and Champions League debutants Debrecen and italian side Fiorentina. Their first match was at home to Debrecen, on 16 September. [ 82 ] [ 83 ] Liverpool ‘s managing director Christian Purslow said that the club was “ reasonably felicitous ” with the reap. [ 83 ] Liverpool ‘s first game was at Anfield, where they faced Debreceni. The hungarian champions had chances to score in the first gear half. however, in the last hour of the first half, Fernando Torres ‘ inject was parried by Vukašin Poleksić ; however, Dirk Kuyt was on hand to score the undoer. In the second half, Liverpool only concisely threatened to score, while the visitors never actually had a free burning period of blackmail. Rafa Benítez was frustrated by his team ‘s failure to take the many chances they created throughout the match, and was relieved precisely to get the three points. [ 84 ] [ 85 ] Liverpool ‘s next group game was away to Fiorentina. Liverpool were two goals devour in the first half after Montenegrin player Stevan Jovetić scored a stimulate. The Reds raised their game after half time, but ultimately were not able to finish off the chances that they created. [ 86 ] Rafa Benítez was irate after the match, vowing that Liverpool will “ ‘never again ‘ be american samoa bad as they were during the first base half. ” [ 87 ] Fábio Aurélio, who had played under Benítez for the last nine years, at Valencia and Liverpool, said that he had never seen Benítez so angry as he was at half-time at Stadio Artemio Franchi. [ 88 ] Liverpool suffered a second consecutive get the better of, at dwelling to Lyon. Although the home side took the lead after 41 minutes through Yossi Benayoun, they struggled to maintain the conduct, and the visitors scored an equalizer on 72 minutes through Maxime Gonalons. [ 89 ] César Delgado scored the achiever for Lyon from stopping point compass in the first minute of injury fourth dimension. [ 90 ] Liverpool ‘s following group bet on was away at group leaders Lyon. Although Liverpool were missing several beginning team players through injury, they managed to create several chances, the best of which was spurned by Andriy Voronin. Liverpool dominated the game without always truly posing a potent menace to the master of ceremonies ‘s goal. Substitute Ryan Babel last opened the seduce for Liverpool with seven minutes to go, with a “ stunning ” strike from long range. [ 91 ] It looked as if Liverpool were going to hang on to the three points, and keep their hopes alive, but in the 90th minute, Liverpool failed to clear a high ball, and Lisandro López guided the ball past Pepe Reina to inflict Liverpool ‘s worst run in 22 years. [ 92 ] This left Liverpool relying on Lyon to defeat Fiorentina at the Stadio Artemio Franchi in their adjacent group game to stay in the competition. [ 93 ] With Rafa Benitez ‘s men needing nothing less than three points to keep their Champions League hopes alive, they got off to the arrant begin inside three minutes. Fábio Aurélio dangle over a ball from the right, Jamie Carragher headed it back across finish and David N’Gog reacted quickest to poke it in from a few yards out. [ 94 ] Liverpool did all they could to keep their Champions League hopes animated, but in the end it just was n’t adequate. A lonely goal gave the Reds all three points on the night against Debrecen but thanks to Fiorentina ‘s succeed in Lyon, the 2005 champions were eliminated from the competition at the group stages for the very first base meter under knob Rafael Benítez. [ 95 ] Alberto Aquilani made a cameo appearance with seconds to spare but the game finished 1–0. [ 96 ] After the win in Hungary, Liverpool director Rafael Benítez said, “ We did our depart and we did our separate well. Obviously we can not control the other bet on, but this win will give us assurance. ” Liverpool ended their fail Champions League campaign in frustration as they were beaten 2–1 by Fiorentina which inflicted Liverpool ‘s second consecutive home frustration in this european competition and besides they had the worst points count in their european history .
Group stage [edit ]
| Team | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Fiorentina
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6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 7 | +7 | 15 |
 Lyon
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6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | +9 | 13 |
 Liverpool
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6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 7 |
 Debrecen
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6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 19 | −14 | 0 |
Being unable to finish higher than third in the 2009–10 Champions League group stage, Liverpool appeared in the Europa League for the first time since the 2003–04 season. Liverpool were drawn to play romanian side Unirea Urziceni, playing the first leg at Anfield. The dates for the two legs were 18 February 2010 for the inaugural leg and 25 February 2010 for the second gear leg. Liverpool made 3 changes for the first leg, with Fábio Aurélio coming in for Emiliano Insúa, Jamie Carragher being drafted back into the team to replace Sotirios Kyrgiakos, and Dirk Kuyt being placed on the rightist, with David N’Gog the lone striker. Liverpool started brilliantly, with Steven Gerrard having a shot kept out by the Unirea custodian after 60 seconds and Fábio Aurélio placing a free-kick broad after three minutes. Liverpool continued to press throughout the respite of the inaugural half and for all but ten-spot minutes of the second-half. Unirea were proving to be firm in defense, but in the 81st minute, Liverpool ultimately scored, utility Ryan Babel crossing into the path of mate utility Daniel Pacheco, who produced a down header into David N’Gog, and he headed into an empty net. This mean Liverpool would take a slender 1–0 leave to Romania. In the second leg, Liverpool cruised through to the concluding 16, winning the tie 3–1 and winning on aggregate 4–1. The game did not start brilliantly for Liverpool, conceding on 18 minutes after failing to clear their lines. Liverpool equalised on the half-hour score, Javier Mascherano with a herculean abject blastoff into the bottom left hand corner. From there on in, Liverpool scored two more goals courtesy of Ryan Babel and Steven Gerrard goals to send Liverpool into the final 16. Liverpool faced sturdy opposition for the last 16, being handed two legged ties with Lille. Liverpool did not play well on the night, and it was no surprise that they conceded in the 85th moment after an Eden Hazard detached kick was swing trench into the penalty area and went over Jamie Carragher ‘s and Pepe Reina ‘s heads and into the back of the web. In the second peg, Liverpool cruised by Lille, with the home side completely dominating the first-half. Liverpool opened the grade in only the eighth minute of the game, with brazilian Lucas being hauled down in the penalty area after an impressive tend from just inside the visitors ‘ half. Captain Steven Gerrard calmy slotted home the penalty in the bottom left hand corner. Back in human body hitter Fernando Torres doubled Liverpool ‘s lead on the nox in the 49th minute with a delicate chip over Lille ‘keeper Landreau. Liverpool secured their identify in the last eight when Fernando Torres scored his second base of the night and his fourth in two games. The draw for the quarter-finals pitted Liverpool against 31-time portuguese champions Benfica. The beginning leg was played on 1 April at the Estádio district attorney Luz. The render leg was held on 8 April at Anfield. Liverpool started off the foremost leg well enough to score after eight minutes. Steven Gerrard earned a loose gripe right on the border of the penalty area and rolled it into the way of danish international Daniel Agger. Agger produced a brash back heel from 9 yards out that slightly deflected of a Benfica defender and into the bottom left hand corner to leave the ‘keeper Júlio César stranded. Benfica were now pressing for periods which forced Liverpool into defensive looseness. On 31 minutes, Fernando Torres was fouled by Luisão on the far byline. Ryan Babel appeared to have put his hand over Luisão ‘s mouth after calling Torres a “ dive f****** take down. ” Luisão was in the first place sent off for his part in the matter, but then it was Babel who was sent off for putting his hand over Luisão ‘s mouth. Both players missed the come back stage at Anfield on 8 April. From there on in, Benfica started to in truth play, with the visitors rarely threatening on the crack. Benfica were awarded a punishment when Jamie Carragher incidentally handballed on the far byline and the striker Óscar Cardozo tucked the penalty away in the bottom correct pass corner. Benfica were then awarded a second penalty when a Liverpool defender hauled down Cardozo just inside the punishment area. Cardozo was again the penalty taker and scored straightaway down the middle. Liverpool have a critical aside finish going into the second leg back at Anfield adjacent workweek. Any doubts that Liverpool were heading out of Europe ‘s top two european competitions in the same season were soon washed away with an outstanding performance at Anfield. Liverpool took the go after 27 minutes after a corner by Steven Gerrard was headed into the bottomland right hand corner by Dirk Kuyt for his 11th finish of the season. Celebrations soon turned to anguish when the linesman ruled out Kuyt ‘s header as he appeared to be in an offside position. The referee rightly gave the goal as you can not be offside from a corner. Liverpool doubled their lead just 7 minutes later when Steven Gerrard federal in brazilian Lucas, who smartly rounded Júlio César and finished from seven yards out for his one-fifth goal in a Liverpool shirt. Liverpool continued to dominate matters in the irregular half besides, with deadly Spaniard Fernando Torres netting 14 minutes into the second one-half. First stage hero Cardozo netted a rejoinder goal for Benfica to set up a nail bitting finale. however, Fernando Torres netted his second of the night and his 22nd in all competitions for the reds this season eight minutes from time. The goal came in alike fashion to the one he scored against Sunderland on 28 March. Liverpool were drawn with Atlético Madrid over two legs in the semifinal finals. The first leg was at the Vicente Calderón Stadium in Madrid on 22 April and the second leg was at Anfield on 29 April. Coincidentally, Atlético Madrid is both Fernando Torres ‘ and Maxi Rodríguez ‘s old club, thus both can not play the rest of the competition, with Torres sidelined for the stay of the season with a knee injury and Rodríguez already played for Atlético earlier on in the season in the UEFA Champions League. In the inaugural leg, Atlético finished with a specialize 1–0 leash, and at Anfield in the second leg, Liverpool beat Atletico 2–1 after extra-time. But due to Atlético ‘s off goal at Anfield, they progressed to the final examination .
Round of 32 [edit ]
Round of 16 [edit ]
The draw for the 3rd round was made on 29 August 2009. Liverpool were drawn off to Leeds United. [ 97 ] [ 98 ] The League One side raised their game for the occasion, and Elland Road saw a bumper 38,168 herd. Leeds more than matched Liverpool throughout the first half, and had a Luciano Becchio attempt ruled out for offside ; however, Liverpool showed their defensive heart. They scored the game ‘s merely goal on 66 minutes, when Javier Mascherano ‘s cross-cum-shot was trapped excellently by David N’Gog, who turned and finished expertly past goalkeeper Shane Higgs. [ 99 ] Liverpool received a catchy away fastness to Arsenal for the fourthly beat. [ 100 ] The Reds fielded a cut side, but silent managed to match Arsenal ‘s youngsters. Philipp Degen had an early find on 14 minutes, which he failed to put away. Arsenal punished this five minutes subsequently. Andriy Voronin failed to clear, and was dispossessed by Mérida, who turned and smacked the ball from 25 yards, which flew past Diego Cavalieri. Liverpool ‘s Emiliano Insúa levelled the scores with an even better strike on 26 minutes. The ball ricocheted off David N’Gog, and the ball sat up for the young Argentinean to smash a dip photograph over Łukasz Fabiański. Both teams were evenly matched for the respite of the first gear half. Five minutes into the second gear half, Nicklas Bendtner put Arsenal back into the lead, when he guided the ball into the ceiling of the final from close rate. Liverpool failed to rouse themselves to react, and despite the presentation of Alberto Aquilani with 15 minutes to go, the visitors could not find the equalizer, and thus were eliminated from the contest. [ 101 ] This was the fifth consecutive class that Liverpool had been knocked out at this stage in the capital, and completed a North London double over the Merseyside clubs, following Tottenham Hotspur ‘s 2–0 victory over Everton the previous night .
Liverpool were given a adieu to the third round of the FA Cup, where they were drawn away to Championship strugglers Reading. Liverpool drew the tie at the Madejski Stadium 1–1, with Steven Gerrard saving Liverpool ‘s blushes with an equalising goal. The subsequent replay at Anfield did not go to plan ; Liverpool lost 2–1 in extra time .
References [edit ]
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