Blackburn Rovers 3-1 Liverpool: result and report
Premier League · Wednesday 5 January 2011
Result
Blackburn Rovers 3-1 Liverpool
Premier League · Wednesday 5 January 2011, 20:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Blackburn Rovers 3-1 Liverpool: match report
Blackburn Rovers defeated Liverpool 3-1 in the Premier League on Wednesday 5 January 2011. It was 2-0 at half-time.
Martin Olsson opened the scoring in the 32nd minute. Blackburn Rovers's goals came from Martin Olsson (32'), Benjamin Mwaruwari (38') and Benjamin Mwaruwari (57'). Liverpool scored through Steven Gerrard (81').
Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received 2 yellow cards; Liverpool received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 12th on 25 points from 21 and Liverpool 10th on 25 points from 19. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 15th with 43 points, and Liverpool 6th with 58.
Blackburn Rovers lined up in a 4-4-2 and Liverpool in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Blackburn Rovers win, 3 draws and 6 for Liverpool.
Going into the match Blackburn Rovers's last five read L-W-L-D-L and Liverpool's W-L-L-W-L.
Key events
- 32'Goal · Martin Olsson
- 38'Goal · Benjamin Mwaruwari
- 50'Yellow card · David Dunn
- 57'Goal · Benjamin Mwaruwari
- 77'Yellow card · Lucas Leiva
- 81'Goal · Steven Gerrard
- 86'Missed penalty · Steven Gerrard
- 86'Yellow card · Míchel Salgado
Head-to-head
Team news
Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-4-2)
Mark Bunn, Martin Olsson, Christopher Samba, Gaël Givet-Viaros, Míchel Salgado, Morten Gamst Pedersen, Benjamin Mwaruwari, Junior Hoilett, Mame Diouf, Ryan Nelsen, David Dunn
Liverpool line-up (4-4-2)
Pepe Reina, Glen Johnson, Paul Konchesky, Sotirios Kyrgiakos, Lucas Leiva, Fernando Torres, David N'Gog, Steven Gerrard, Joe Cole, Maxi Rodríguez, Martin Škrtel