English Premier League

FT Saturday, January 10, 2015
Liverpool DWWDW 1
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Sunderland WLDLW 0
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Stadium of Light · 45,369 att.

Match Report

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Liverpool make hard work of victory as Lazar Markovic nets first goal

Sunderland 0-1 Liverpool

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
12
4
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
1
0
Offsides
2
6
Corner Kicks
6
1
Saves
3
52.6
Possession
47.4
21
SHOTS
5
4
ON GOAL
1
0.2
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
445
Accurate Passes
363
508
Passes
447
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
5
Accurate Crosses
5
13
Crosses
20
0.4
Cross %
0.3
44
Long Balls
48
21
Accurate Long Balls
20
0.5
Long Balls %
0.4
7
Blocked Shots
2
21
Effective Tackles
10
26
Tackles
13
0.8
Tackle %
0.8
9
Interceptions
15
28
Effective Clearances
14
28
Clearances
14

Head to Head

LIV leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

SUN · 4-1-4-1

  1. 1Costel PantilimonG
  2. 5Wes BrownCD-L
  3. 16John O'SheaCD-R
  4. 4Liam BridcuttDM
  5. 3Patrick van AanholtLB
  6. 27Santiago VerginiRB
  7. 14Jordi GómezCM-L
  8. 7Sebastian LarssonCM-R
  9. 23Emanuele GiaccheriniLM
  10. 11Adam JohnsonRM
  11. 10Connor WickhamF

Substitutes

  1. 2Billy JonesSUB
  2. 25Vito MannoneSUB
  3. 38Mikael MandronSUB
  4. 30William BuckleySUB
  5. 19Danny GrahamSUB
  6. 42Liam AgnewSUB
  7. 20Ricardo AlvarezSUB

LIV · 3-4-3

  1. 22Simon MignoletG
  2. 37Martin SkrtelCD
  3. 17Mamadou SakhoCD-L
  4. 23Emre CanCD-R
  5. 21Lucas LeivaCM-L
  6. 14Jordan HendersonCM-R
  7. 18Alberto MorenoLM
  8. 50Lazar MarkovicRM
  9. 29Fabio BoriniF
  10. 10Philippe CoutinhoCF-L
  11. 8Steven GerrardCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 3José EnriqueSUB
  2. 45Mario BalotelliSUB
  3. 52Danny WardSUB
  4. 6Dejan LovrenSUB
  5. 46Jordan RossiterSUB
  6. 9Rickie LambertSUB
  7. 19Javier ManquilloSUB

Timeline

  1. 8' Goal! Sunderland 0, Liverpool 1. Lazar Markovic (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Fabio Borini.
  2. 17' Fabio Borini (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 28' Santiago Vergini (Sunderland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 35' Liam Bridcutt (Sunderland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 36' Philippe Coutinho (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card.
  6. 45' Substitution, Liverpool. Dejan Lovren replaces Steven Gerrard because of an injury.
  7. 49' Second yellow card to Liam Bridcutt (Sunderland) for a bad foul.
  8. 54' Jordan Henderson (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 55' Dejan Lovren (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 67' Substitution, Liverpool. Mario Balotelli replaces Fabio Borini.
  11. 77' Substitution, Sunderland. William Buckley replaces Emanuele Giaccherini.
  12. 77' Substitution, Sunderland. Danny Graham replaces Connor Wickham.
  13. 86' Substitution, Sunderland. Mikael Mandron replaces Adam Johnson.

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