Liverpool 1-3 Chelsea: result and report

Champions League · Wednesday 8 April 2009

Result

Liverpool 1-3 Chelsea

Champions League · Wednesday 8 April 2009, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Liverpool 1-3 Chelsea: match report

Liverpool lost to Chelsea 1-3 in the Champions League on Wednesday 8 April 2009. The half-time score was 1-1.

Fernando Torres opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Liverpool's goal came from Fernando Torres (6'). Chelsea scored through Branislav Ivanović (39'), Branislav Ivanović (62') and Didier Drogba (67').

Discipline: Liverpool received 1 yellow card; Chelsea received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Liverpool were 2nd on 22 points from 10 and Chelsea 13th on 15 points from 8. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

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

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Liverpool wins, 5 draws and 2 for Chelsea.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Goal · Fernando TorresLiverpool · 1-0
  • 31'Yellow card · S. KalouChelsea
  • 39'Goal · Branislav IvanovićChelsea · 1-1
  • 61'Yellow card · John TerryChelsea
  • 62'Goal · Branislav IvanovićChelsea · 1-2
  • 67'Goal · Didier DrogbaChelsea · 1-3
  • 74'Yellow card · Fábio AurélioLiverpool

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Liverpool 3, draws 5, Chelsea 2.

Team news

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

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

Chelsea expected line-up (4-1-4-1)

Petr Čech, Alex, Ashley Cole, John Terry, Michael Ballack, Florent Malouda, Michael Essien, John Mikel Obi, Nicolas Anelka, Joe Cole