Liverpool 2-1 Blackburn Rovers: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 24 October 2010

Result

Liverpool 2-1 Blackburn Rovers

Premier League · Sunday 24 October 2010, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Liverpool 2-1 Blackburn Rovers: match report

Liverpool beat Blackburn Rovers 2-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 24 October 2010. The half-time score was 0-0.

Sotirios Kyrgiakos opened the scoring in the 48th minute. Liverpool's goals came from Sotirios Kyrgiakos (48') and Fernando Torres (54'). Blackburn Rovers scored through an own goal by Jamie Carragher (52').

Discipline: Liverpool received 2 yellow cards; Blackburn Rovers received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Liverpool were 18th on 6 points from 8 and Blackburn Rovers 17th on 9 points from 8. Liverpool went on to finish that season 6th with 58 points, and Blackburn Rovers 15th with 43.

Liverpool lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Blackburn Rovers in a 4-5-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Liverpool wins, 3 draws and 1 for Blackburn Rovers.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 28'Yellow card · Martin OlssonBlackburn Rovers
  • 30'Yellow card · Gaël Givet-ViarosBlackburn Rovers
  • 48'Goal · Sotirios KyrgiakosLiverpool · 1-0
  • 52'Own goal · Jamie CarragherBlackburn Rovers · 1-1
  • 54'Goal · Fernando TorresLiverpool · 2-1
  • 67'Yellow card · Maxi RodríguezLiverpool
  • 82'Yellow card · Raul MeirelesLiverpool
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Vince GrellaBlackburn Rovers

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Liverpool 6, draws 3, Blackburn Rovers 1.

Team news

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

Pepe Reina, Paul Konchesky, Sotirios Kyrgiakos, Jamie Carragher, Raúl Meireles, Lucas Leiva, Fernando Torres, Steven Gerrard, Joe Cole, Maxi Rodríguez, Martin Škrtel

Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-5-1)

Paul Robinson, Martin Olsson, Gaël Givet-Viaros, Míchel Salgado, Phil Jones, Brett Emerton, Morten Gamst Pedersen, Steven Nzonzi, Nikola Kalinić, El-Hadji Diouf, David Dunn