Liverpool 0-2 Chelsea: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 2 May 2010
Result
Liverpool 0-2 Chelsea
Premier League · Sunday 2 May 2010, 12:30 UTC · half-time 0-1
Liverpool 0-2 Chelsea: match report
Liverpool lost to Chelsea 0-2 in the Premier League on Sunday 2 May 2010. The half-time score was 0-1.
Didier Drogba opened the scoring in the 33rd minute. Liverpool did not score. Chelsea scored through Didier Drogba (33') and Frank Lampard (54').
Discipline: Liverpool received 1 yellow card; Chelsea received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Liverpool were 7th on 62 points from 36 and Chelsea 1st on 80 points from 36. Liverpool went on to finish that season 7th with 63 points, and Chelsea 1st with 86.
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 3 Liverpool wins, 2 draws and 5 for Chelsea.
Going into the match Liverpool's last five read W-W-D-D-W and Chelsea's W-L-W-W-W.
Key events
- 26'Yellow card · Florent Malouda
- 33'Goal · Didier Drogba
- 40'Yellow card · Michael Ballack
- 54'Goal · Frank Lampard
- 87'Yellow card · J. Mascherano
Head-to-head
Team news
Liverpool line-up (4-2-3-1)
Pepe Reina, Daniel Agger, Sotirios Kyrgiakos, Javier Mascherano, Jamie Carragher, Alberto Aquilani, Yossi Benayoun, Lucas Leiva, Dirk Kuyt, Steven Gerrard, Maxi Rodríguez
Chelsea expected line-up (4-3-3)
Petr Čech, John Terry, Branislav Ivanović, Ashley Cole, Alex, Florent Malouda, John Mikel Obi, Michael Essien, Michael Ballack, Nicolas Anelka, Didier Drogba