Liverpool 1-1 Chelsea: result and report

Champions League · Tuesday 22 April 2008

Result

Liverpool 1-1 Chelsea

Champions League · Tuesday 22 April 2008, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Liverpool 1-1 Chelsea: match report

Liverpool drew with Chelsea 1-1 in the Champions League on Tuesday 22 April 2008. The half-time score was 1-0.

Dirk Kuyt opened the scoring in the 43rd minute. Liverpool's goal came from Dirk Kuyt (43'). Chelsea scored through an own goal by J. Riise (90+4').

Discipline: Liverpool received no yellow cards; Chelsea received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Liverpool were 1st on 26 points from 12 and Chelsea 7th on 19 points from 10. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

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

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

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 43'Goal · Dirk KuytLiverpool · 1-0
  • 90+3'Yellow card · John TerryChelsea
  • 90+4'Own goal · J. RiiseChelsea · 1-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Liverpool 1, draws 5, Chelsea 4.

Team news

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

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

Chelsea expected line-up (4-3-3)

Petr Čech, Alex, Juliano Haus Belletti, Ashley Cole, Michael Ballack, Florent Malouda, Nicolas Anelka, Claude Makélélé, Ricardo Carvalho