Real Madrid 0-1 Liverpool: result and report
Champions League · Wednesday 25 February 2009
Result
Real Madrid 0-1 Liverpool
Champions League · Wednesday 25 February 2009, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-0
Real Madrid 0-1 Liverpool: match report
Real Madrid lost to Liverpool 0-1 in the Champions League on Wednesday 25 February 2009. The half-time score was 0-0.
The only goal came from Yossi Benayoun of Liverpool in the 82nd minute.
Discipline: Real Madrid received 2 yellow cards; Liverpool received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Real Madrid were 17th on 12 points from 6 and Liverpool 10th on 16 points from 8. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.
Real Madrid lined up in a 4-3-3 and Liverpool in a 4-2-3-1.
Going into the match Real Madrid's last five read W-W-L-L-W and Liverpool's W-W-D-D-W.
Key events
- 47'Yellow card · Fabio Cannavaro
- 56'Yellow card · Fernando Torres
- 67'Yellow card · J. Mascherano
- 82'Goal · Yossi Benayoun
- 83'Yellow card · Riera
- 87'Yellow card · Fernando Gago
Team news
Real Madrid expected line-up (4-3-3)
Iker Casillas, Marcelo, Pepe, Sergio Ramos, Mahamadou Diarra, Wesley Sneijder, Guti, Fabio Cannavaro, Gonzalo Higuaín, Raúl
Liverpool line-up (4-2-3-1)
Pepe Reina, Fábio Aurélio, Álvaro Arbeloa, Javier Mascherano, Jamie Carragher, Albert Riera, Yossi Benayoun, Fernando Torres, Dirk Kuyt, Xabi Alonso, Martin Škrtel