Liverpool 3-1 Blackburn Rovers: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 13 April 2008

Result

Liverpool 3-1 Blackburn Rovers

Premier League · Sunday 13 April 2008, 12:30 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Liverpool 3-1 Blackburn Rovers: match report

Liverpool defeated Blackburn Rovers 3-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 13 April 2008. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Steven Gerrard opened the scoring in the 60th minute. Liverpool's goals came from Steven Gerrard (60'), Fernando Torres (82') and R. Santa Cruz (90'). Blackburn Rovers did not score.

Discipline: Liverpool received 1 yellow card; Blackburn Rovers received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Liverpool were 4th on 63 points from 33 and Blackburn Rovers 9th on 51 points from 33. Liverpool went on to finish that season 4th with 76 points, and Blackburn Rovers 7th with 58.

Liverpool lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Blackburn Rovers in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Liverpool wins, 5 draws and 1 for Blackburn Rovers.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 60'Goal · Steven GerrardLiverpool · 1-0
  • 73'Yellow card · Martin ŠkrtelLiverpool
  • 82'Goal · Fernando TorresLiverpool · 2-0
  • 90'Goal · R. Santa CruzBlackburn Rovers · 3-1
  • 90'Goal · Andriy VoroninLiverpool · 3-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Liverpool 4, draws 5, Blackburn Rovers 1.

Team news

Liverpool line-up (4-2-3-1)

Pepe Reina, Fábio Aurélio, Álvaro Arbeloa, Jamie Carragher, Lucas Leiva, Fernando Torres, Dirk Kuyt, Ryan Babel, Steven Gerrard, Xabi Alonso, Martin Škrtel

Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-4-2)

Stephen Warnock, Christopher Samba, Steven Reid, Brett Emerton, Daniel Bentley, Morten Gamst Pedersen, Roque Santa Cruz, Jason Roberts, Brad Friedel, Ryan Nelsen, Johann Vogel