English Premier League

FT Wednesday, December 3, 2025
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Match Report

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Sunderland stay ahead of Liverpool in Anfield draw

Florian Wirtz waltzed past a couple of defenders before firing home via a deflection nine minutes from time to secure Liverpool a 1-1 draw with Sunderland and spare head coach Arne Slot more scrutiny.

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Team Stats

5
Fouls
10
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
2
3
Corner Kicks
7
4
Saves
4
32
Possession
68
9
SHOTS
23
6
ON GOAL
4
0.7
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
218
Accurate Passes
554
304
Passes
638
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
3
Accurate Crosses
6
12
Crosses
34
0.3
Cross %
0.2
73
Long Balls
41
24
Accurate Long Balls
15
0.3
Long Balls %
0.4
1
Blocked Shots
11
7
Effective Tackles
9
15
Tackles
12
0.5
Tackle %
0.8
9
Interceptions
6
47
Effective Clearances
26
47
Clearances
26

Highlights

01:38 Is Virgil van Dijk to blame for Sunderland's goal vs. Liverpool? Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

LIV leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

LIV · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Alisson BeckerG
  2. 4Virgil van DijkCD-L
  3. 5Ibrahima KonatéCD-R
  4. 26Andy RobertsonLB
  5. 2Joe GomezRB
  6. 7Florian WirtzAM
  7. 10Alexis Mac AllisterLM
  8. 38Ryan GravenberchRM
  9. 9Alexander IsakF
  10. 18Cody GakpoAM-L
  11. 8Dominik SzoboszlaiAM-R

SUN · 4-4-2

  1. 22Robin RoefsG
  2. 15Omar AldereteCD-L
  3. 5Danny BallardCD-R
  4. 17Reinildo MandavaLB
  5. 20Nordi MukieleRB
  6. 27Noah SadikiCM-L
  7. 34Granit XhakaCM-R
  8. 7Chemsdine TalbiLM
  9. 32Trai HumeRM
  10. 9Brian BrobbeyCF-L
  11. 28Enzo Le FéeCF-R

Timeline

  1. 45' Substitution, Liverpool. Mohamed Salah replaces Cody Gakpo.
  2. 54' Enzo Le Fée (Sunderland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 55' Joe Gomez (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 62' Substitution, Sunderland. Wilson Isidor replaces Brian Brobbey.
  5. 65' Substitution, Liverpool. Curtis Jones replaces Joe Gomez.
  6. 67' Goal! Liverpool 0, Sunderland 1. Chemsdine Talbi (Sunderland) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Enzo Le Fée.
  7. 74' Substitution, Liverpool. Hugo Ekitiké replaces Alexis Mac Allister.
  8. 79' Substitution, Sunderland. Lutsharel Geertruida replaces Enzo Le Fée.
  9. 81' Own Goal by Nordi Mukiele, Sunderland. Liverpool 1, Sunderland 1.
  10. 86' Substitution, Liverpool. Federico Chiesa replaces Alexander Isak.
  11. 86' Substitution, Liverpool. Milos Kerkez replaces Andy Robertson.
  12. 90'+1' Substitution, Sunderland. Luke O'Nien replaces Chemsdine Talbi.

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