Newcastle United 1-5 Liverpool: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 28 December 2008
Result
Newcastle United 1-5 Liverpool
Premier League · Sunday 28 December 2008, 12:00 UTC · half-time 1-2
Newcastle United 1-5 Liverpool: match report
Newcastle United were beaten by Liverpool 1-5 in the Premier League on Sunday 28 December 2008. It was 1-2 at half-time.
Steven Gerrard opened the scoring in the 31st minute. Newcastle United's goal came from David Edgar (45+2'). Liverpool scored through Steven Gerrard (31'), Sami Hyypiä (36'), Ryan Babel (50'), Steven Gerrard (66') and Xabi Alonso (77').
Discipline: Newcastle United received 2 yellow cards; Liverpool received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Newcastle United were 12th on 22 points from 19 and Liverpool 1st on 42 points from 19. Newcastle United went on to finish that season 18th with 34 points, and Liverpool 2nd with 86.
Newcastle United lined up in a 4-4-2 and Liverpool in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Newcastle United wins, 2 draws and 6 for Liverpool.
Going into the match Newcastle United's last five read L-W-W-D-D and Liverpool's W-D-D-W-D.
Key events
- 31'Goal · Steven Gerrard
- 36'Goal · Sami Hyypiä
- 45+2'Goal · David Edgar
- 50'Goal · Ryan Babel
- 59'Yellow card · Javier Mascherano
- 66'Goal · Steven Gerrard
- 75'Yellow card · Steven Taylor
- 77'Goal · Xabi Alonso
- 90'Yellow card · Shay Given
Head-to-head
Team news
Newcastle United line-up (4-4-2)
Shay Given, Damien Duff, José Enrique, Steven Taylor, David Edgar, Danny Guthrie, Charles N'Zogbia, Jonás Gutiérrez, Michael Owen, Fabricio Coloccini, Nicky Butt
Liverpool line-up (4-2-3-1)
Pepe Reina, Daniel Agger, Javier Mascherano, Emiliano Insúa, Jamie Carragher, Yossi Benayoun, Lucas Leiva, Dirk Kuyt, Ryan Babel, Sami Hyypia, Steven Gerrard