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Sunday August 19, 2007 Finished Anfield

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Liverpool

  • Torres 15’

Chelsea

  • Lampard 62’ (pen.)
  1. Controversy reigns in stormy draw

    Controversy reigns in stormy draw

    Chelsea hit back through a controversial second-half penalty to grab a 1-1 draw with Liverpool at Anfield. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Liverpool
    • Chelsea
    • 90+4' It's all over. A shame that the equaliser had to come in such a manner. 1-1.
    • 90+2' The tempo has dropped from the game. It seems to be petering out.
    • 90' Pizarro looks to force his way past Agger, but is crowded out by a host of swarm of red shirts.
    • 88' Ryan Babel strikes a fierce right foot shot that slams into the side-netting! Half the Kop thought it had gone in!
    • 85' Finnan swings it in to Crouch at the near post, Kuyt rises, and forces a fingertip save from Cech! But the referee has given a free-kick! Another mistake.
    • 82' Babel puts in a superb cross, it squirms through to Riise at the far post, he shoots, and Cech does superbly to narrow the angle and make the save!
    • 81' The balance of power has swung Chelsea's way now. They are dominating the possession.
    • 78' Malouda hits it, but it cannons off Cole and out for a goal kick.
    • 77' Chelsea awarded a free-kick after a foul on Joe Cole 30 yards from goal.
    • 75' The referee has now shown a yellow card in the direction of Essien. Now either it was to him, or to Ben Haim. In any case, they have both already been booked. So someone should have been sent off.
    • 73' Terry is booked for protesting after Styles penalises Ben Haim for a foul on Torres. This game has certainly had an edge to it.
    • 71' Drogba claps sarcastically as a free-kick is given against with him for a foul on Agger.
    • 68' Pennant cushions a long ball beautifully into the path of Riise, but for once his left foot is off target on the volley.
    • 65' Steven Gerrard nutmegs Cole perfectly, sets himself, and hammers a right foot shot over the bar while he was also fouled by Malouda, though the referee let that one go.
    • 62' Frank Lampard steps up, and finds the back of the net!! He sends Reina the wrong way.
    • 61' Penalty to Chelsea!!! Malouda left Wright-Phillips' pass for Drogba, Agger went in with the challenge and the referee pointed to the spot. Poor decision.
    • 58' Riise hammers his free-kick into the wall.
    • 56' Cole gets himself into trouble in his own half after being tackled by Pennant, and after being swarmed by Torres and Kuyt, concedes a free-kick to relieve the immediate danger.
    • 54' Gerrard plays another lovely exchange with Pennant before teeing it up for Kuyt, who can't keep his shot down.
    • 52' Gerrard tries to work himself an opening on the edge of the area after a pass from Pennant, and he sees his shot deflected out for a corner.
    • 51' Torres releases Pennant down the right, he crosses first time for Kuyt, but Ben Haim is there to head clear.
    • 49' Shaun Wright-Phillips whips in a cross to Pizarro at the back post, though he can't quite direct his header on target!
    • 46' Torres runs at the Chelsea defence, though a misunderstandin with Kuyt sees him sidefoot the ball straight to Ashley Cole
    • 46' Liverpool kick off the second half.
    • 45+2' Torres goes down injured, and the referee stops the game immediately. Mikel trod on his right foot. The Chelsea players are unhappy that the referee stopped the immediately, rather than waiting for the ball to go out of play. There's half-time.
    • 45' Wright-Phillips has been largely anonymous today. A real surprise, considering how effective he was against Birmingham City and Reading.
    • 44' Kuyt dummies it beautifully for Pennant, he tries to pick out Torres in the centre of the area, but the pass is too far behind the Spaniard. That was another real chance.
    • 42' Gerrard scythes down Mikel and is duly booked. A horrid challenge.
    • 40' Lampard swings in a pacy free-kick into the back post towards Terry who stole in behind Agger, and somehow fails to find the back of the net!!! That should have been the equaliser!
    • 36' Malouda makes a fantastic challenge to rob Torres as he ran at the Chelsea defence.
    • 34' Arbeloa under pressure from Kalou, he drops comically to the floor, and duly wins a free-kick.
    • 32' Kuyt now finds the upper tier with a wayward volley.
    • 30' Chelsea are struggling to string things together in attack, though they have plenty of possession.
    • 28' Wright-Phillips flies down the right wing and crosses for Drogba, but he can't keep his header down on the stretch.
    • 26' Drogba bulldozes his way through Agger. The Liverpool defence are in for a torrid afternoon. Now it falls to Kalou in the area, he takes a touch too many, and Gerrard nicks it from off his toes.
    • 24' Riise gets his head to Kuyt's cross, but was under heavy pressure from Ben Haim and could get no purchase on it.
    • 23' Drogba and Lampard are standing over it. Drogba hits it...and it deflects wide for a corner....which Liverpool clear.
    • 21' Malouda wins a free-kick off Alonso on the edge of the area. The Spaniard was keen to ensure he couldn't shoot.
    • 18' Torres now tangles with Ben Haim in the area, the Liverpool fans appeal for a penalty, but there's no way there getting that.
    • 17' The pass from Gerrard was a real gem, with the outside of his right foot. Torres then flew past Ben Haim on the outside, and fired a precise right foot shot in off the post.
    • 15' Gerrard finds Fernando Torres, skins Ben Haim, AND FINDS THE BOTTOM CORNER!!! 1-0 LIVERPOOL!
    • 15' Alonso loses the ball in midfield, Malouda picks it up, but is penalised for a foul on Agger.
    • 12' Riise lines up a trademark piledriver from distance, and Cech gathers it well.
    • 11' Essien scythes down Arbeloa, and picks up the first booking off the game.
    • 8' Torres tries to work himself an opening from distance, but somewhat scuffs his shot.
    • 6' Riise's cross works its way through to Gerrard outside the area, he lines up a shot, and Terry makes a vital block!
    • 5' Torres feeds Gerrard through the middle, he tries a half-volley from fully 45 yards, and it goes off for a throw-in. A slight rush of blood to the head there from the England man.
    • 2' Pennant finds Riise at the back post after Essien was caught out of position, he's through on goal, but his first touch is awful and Cech can come out to smother.
    • 1' Wright-Phillips wins an early challenge in midfield and feeds Drogba, who lashes a shot wide from long range.
    • 1' Drogba and Kalou kick off the first half for Chelsea
    • 15:30 Liverpool team: Reina, Finnan, Carragher, Agger, Arbeloa, Pennant, Gerrard, Alonso, Riise, Torres, Kuyt; Substitutes: Itandje, Hyypia, Crouch, Babel, Mascherano;
    • 15:30 Chelsea team: Cech, Essien, Ben-Haim, Terry, Ashley Cole, Kalou, Lampard, Wright-Phillips, Malouda, Obi, Drogba; Substitutes: Cudicini, Makelele, Joe Cole, Pizarro, Alex.
    • 15:00 Welcome to eurosport.yahoo.com's live text commentary of Liverpool v Chelsea.

  • Team Stats

    Liverpool Stats Chelsea
    44% Possession 55%
    17 Shots 8
    3 Shots on target 1
    0 Saves 0
    5 Corners 2
    16 Fouls 11
    3 Offsides 1
    4 Yellow cards 5
    0 Red cards 0
    29 Tackles 17
    268 Accurate passes 356
    64 Bad passes 38

  • Player Stats

    G =
    Goals
    S =
    Shots
    SoT =
    Shot on Target
    F =
    Fouls
    FW =
    Fouls Won
    O =
    Offsides
    A =
    Assists
    AP =
    Accurate Passes
    BP =
    Bad Passes
    T =
    Tackles
    • Liverpool
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      25 Jose Reina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 2 0
      23 Jamie Carragher 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 16 3 2
      17 Alvaro Arbeloa 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 25 13 4
      3 Steve Finnan 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 27 1 3
      6 John Arne Riise 0 5 2 0 2 1 0 21 14 2
      5 Daniel Agger 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 30 7 1
      8 Steven Gerrard 0 5 0 1 0 0 1 27 4 5
      14 Xabi Alonso 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 42 12 4
      16 Jermaine Pennant 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 20 1 3
      18 Dirk Kuyt 0 3 0 4 1 1 0 29 2 2
      9 Fernando Torres 1 2 1 2 2 0 0 12 4 2
      19 Ryan Babel 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 0
      15 Peter Crouch 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1
      4 Sami Hyypia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      30 Charles Itandje 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      20 Javier Mascherano 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • Chelsea
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Petr Cech 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 2 0
      22 Tal Ben Haim 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 39 0 1
      3 Ashley Cole 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 31 10 2
      26 John Terry 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 54 7 0
      12 John Obi Mikel 0 1 0 4 2 0 0 58 2 6
      8 Frank Lampard 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 43 3 2
      24 Shaun Wright-Phillips 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 14 0 2
      5 Michael Essien 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 50 0 2
      15 Florent Malouda 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 27 9 0
      21 Salomon Kalou 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 7 0 0
      11 Didier Drogba 0 3 0 4 0 1 0 10 2 1
      14 Claudio Pizarro 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 7 2 0
      10 Joe Cole 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 1
      4 Claude Makelele 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      33 Alex da Dias Costa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      23 Carlo Cudicini 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 62' Frank Lampard steps up, and finds the back of the net!! He sends Reina the wrong way.
    • 61' Penalty to Chelsea!!! Malouda left Wright-Phillips' pass for Drogba, Agger went in with the challenge and the referee pointed to the spot. Poor decision.
    • 15' Gerrard finds Fernando Torres, skins Ben Haim, AND FINDS THE BOTTOM CORNER!!! 1-0 LIVERPOOL!
    • 2' Pennant finds Riise at the back post after Essien was caught out of position, he's through on goal, but his first touch is awful and Cech can come out to smother.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Rob Styles

  • Liverpool

    Manager: Rafa Benitez

    On the Field

    • Reina
    • Finnan
    • Agger
    • Carragher
    • Arbeloa
    • Pennant
    • Gerrard
    • Xabi Alonso
    • Riise
    • Torres
    • Kuijt

    Subs

    • Hyypia
    • Crouch
    • Itandje
    • Mascherano
    • Babel

    Injured

    • Aurelio

    Suspended

    None

  • Chelsea

    Manager: Jose Mourinho

    On the Field

    • Cech
    • Essien
    • Terry
    • Ben Haim
    • Cole
    • Wright-Phillips
    • Lampard
    • Mikel
    • Malouda
    • Drogba
    • Kalou

    Subs

    • Pizarro
    • Cudicini
    • Cole
    • Makelele
    • Alex

    Injured

    • Ballack
    • Bridge
    • Shevchenko

    Suspended

    None