Liverpool 4-0 Blackburn Rovers: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 11 April 2009

Result

Liverpool 4-0 Blackburn Rovers

Premier League · Saturday 11 April 2009, 11:45 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Liverpool 4-0 Blackburn Rovers: match report

Liverpool defeated Blackburn Rovers 4-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 11 April 2009. The half-time score was 2-0.

Fernando Torres opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Liverpool's goals came from Fernando Torres (5'), Fernando Torres (33'), Daniel Agger (83') and David N'Gog (90'). Blackburn Rovers did not score.

Discipline: Liverpool received 2 yellow cards; Blackburn Rovers received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Liverpool were 2nd on 67 points from 31 and Blackburn Rovers 14th on 34 points from 31. Liverpool went on to finish that season 2nd with 86 points, and Blackburn Rovers 15th with 41.

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

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

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Goal · Fernando TorresLiverpool · 1-0
  • 7'Yellow card · Daniel AggerLiverpool
  • 33'Goal · Fernando TorresLiverpool · 2-0
  • 33'Yellow card · Keith AndrewsBlackburn Rovers
  • 75'Yellow card · Xabi AlonsoLiverpool
  • 83'Goal · Daniel AggerLiverpool · 3-0
  • 90'Goal · David N'GogLiverpool · 4-0

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Pepe Reina, Daniel Agger, Álvaro Arbeloa, Javier Mascherano, Emiliano Insúa, Jamie Carragher, Albert Riera, Yossi Benayoun, Fernando Torres, Dirk Kuyt, Xabi Alonso

Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-4-1-1)

Paul Robinson, Andre Ooijer, Stephen Warnock, Christopher Samba, Aaron Mokoena, Gaël Givet-Viaros, Tugay Kerimoglu, Keith Andrews, Keith Treacy, Ryan Nelsen, David Dunn