Portsmouth 2-3 Liverpool: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 7 February 2009
Result
Portsmouth 2-3 Liverpool
Premier League · Saturday 7 February 2009, 17:30 UTC · half-time 0-0
Portsmouth 2-3 Liverpool: match report
Portsmouth were beaten by Liverpool 2-3 in the Premier League on Saturday 7 February 2009. It was 0-0 at half-time.
David Nugent opened the scoring in the 62nd minute. Portsmouth's goals came from David Nugent (62') and H. Hreiðarsson (78'). Liverpool scored through Fábio Aurélio (70'), Dirk Kuyt (85') and Fernando Torres (90').
Discipline: Portsmouth received 1 yellow card; Liverpool received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Portsmouth were 16th on 24 points from 23 and Liverpool 2nd on 51 points from 24. Portsmouth went on to finish that season 14th with 41 points, and Liverpool 2nd with 86.
Portsmouth 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 1 Portsmouth win, 3 draws and 6 for Liverpool.
Going into the match Portsmouth's last five read L-L-D-L-L and Liverpool's W-D-D-D-W.
Key events
- 62'Goal · David Nugent
- 70'Goal · Fábio Aurélio
- 78'Goal · H. Hreiðarsson
- 85'Goal · Dirk Kuyt
- 88'Yellow card · H. Hreiðarsson
- 90'Goal · Fernando Torres
Head-to-head
Team news
Portsmouth line-up (4-4-2)
Glen Johnson, Sylvain Distin, Sean Davis, Angelos Basinas, Nadir Belhadj, Peter Crouch, David Nugent, David James, Hayden Mullins, Hermann Hreidarsson, Sulzeer Campbell
Liverpool line-up (4-2-3-1)
Pepe Reina, Andrea Dossena, Daniel Agger, Fábio Aurélio, Álvaro Arbeloa, Javier Mascherano, Jamie Carragher, Yossi Benayoun, Ryan Babel, David N'Gog, Martin Škrtel