Liverpool 4-2 Arsenal: result and report

Champions League · Tuesday 8 April 2008

Result

Liverpool 4-2 Arsenal

Champions League · Tuesday 8 April 2008, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Liverpool 4-2 Arsenal: match report

Liverpool beat Arsenal 4-2 in the Champions League on Tuesday 8 April 2008. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Abou Diaby opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Liverpool's goals came from Sami Hyypia (30'), Fernando Torres (69'), Steven Gerrard (86', penalty) and R. Babel (90+2'). Arsenal scored through Abou Diaby (13') and Emmanuel Adebayor (84').

Discipline: Liverpool received no yellow cards; Arsenal received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Liverpool were 3rd on 23 points from 11 and Arsenal 1st on 24 points from 11. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

Liverpool lined up in a 4-4-2 and Arsenal in a 4-4-1-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Liverpool wins, 3 draws and 4 for Arsenal.

Going into the match Liverpool's last five read D-W-W-W-W and Arsenal's D-W-D-W-L.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 13'Goal · Abou DiabyArsenal · 0-1
  • 16'Yellow card · Philippe SenderosArsenal
  • 30'Goal · Sami HyypiaLiverpool · 1-1
  • 69'Goal · Fernando TorresLiverpool · 2-1
  • 84'Goal · Emmanuel AdebayorArsenal · 2-2
  • 85'Yellow card · Kolo TouréArsenal
  • 86'Penalty goal · Steven GerrardLiverpool · 3-2
  • 90+2'Goal · R. BabelLiverpool · 4-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Liverpool 3, draws 3, Arsenal 4.

Team news

Liverpool line-up (4-4-2)

Pepe Reina, Fábio Aurélio, Javier Mascherano, Jamie Carragher, Fernando Torres, Peter Crouch, Dirk Kuyt, Sami Hyypia, Steven Gerrard, Xabi Alonso, Martin Škrtel

Arsenal line-up (4-4-1-1)

Almunia, Kolo Touré, Philippe Senderos, William Gallas, Gaël Clichy, Emmanuel Eboué, Abou Diaby, Cesc Fàbregas, Alexander Hleb, Mathieu Flamini, Emmanuel Adebayor