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Match report
English Footie
Premier League: Round 34 (setup 1, season 25)
Liverpool
v.
Portsmouth
Formation:
4-4-2
League position:
2
Overall form:
Home form:
Manuel NEUER1Fabian GIEFER
Formation:
3-5-2
League position:
8
Overall form:
Home form:
Daniel Alves da Silva, DANI ALVES2Thomas VERMAELEN
Jan VERTONGHEN73RAUL José Trindade MEIRELES
Javier Alejandro MASCHERANO747Jérémy TOULALAN
Branislav IVANOVIC57JUAN Guilherme Nunes Jesus
Daniele DE ROSSI76Neven SUBOTIC
Franck RIBÉRY77Ángel Fabián DI MARÍA
Cristiano RONALDO dos Santos Aveiro886Miralem PJANIC
Zlatan IBRAHIMOVIC9Aleksandr KERZHAKOV
Andrés INIESTA Luján710Marco REUS
Lionel Andrés MESSI711Roberto SOLDADO Rillo
Chris PlaceManagerNigel Beck
Diego CONTENTO126Javier HERNÁNDEZ Balcázar
Salvatore SIRIGU13Jeroen ZOET
ALEX Rodrigo Dias da Costa614Emiliano MORETTI
Marcel SABITZER15Ilkay GÜNDOGAN
Nigel DE JONG616Osvaldo 'Nicolás' Fabián GAITÁN

Liverpool 3 Portsmouth 0
(Half-time: 2-0, Attendance: 73,333, Stadium: Anfield, Referee: Keith HILL 6½)
6 Messi, 30 Ronaldo, 56 MessiScorers
88 Ivanovic <=> Alex, 89 Mascherano <=> De JongSubstitutions85 Reus <=> Hernández
Sendings off
Bookings21 Kerzhakov
1Corners15
3Fouls19
5Offsides2
4Shots on4
12Shots off6
16Total shots10
1Shots saved4
59%Possession41%
Man of the match: Daniel Alves da Silva, DANI ALVES
4MESSI flicked an easy chance past the righthand post.
6GOAL!! A short corner was knocked out to MESSI who tapped the ball into the net. (1-0 Liverpool)
17A deadly effort from TOULALAN was blocked by NEUER.
17An exceptional effort from MASCHERANO scraped the outside of the post.
21The referee cautions KERZHAKOV for an off-the-ball incident against INIESTA.
28TOULALAN made space on the left and pulled the ball to PJANIC who clipped the ball wide.
30GOAL!! A glorious outswinging corner was nodded in at the near post by RONALDO. (2-0 Liverpool)
31MESSI headed over the bar.
37The stunned Portsmouth 'keeper could only watch as a backpass from TOULALAN dropped just over.
38RONALDO beat VERMAELEN and placed the ball to IBRAHIMOVIC who dragged his shot wide.
42IBRAHIMOVIC was put clear by DE ROSSI and he raced past the Portsmouth 'keeper but glanced his shot wide.
 
46KERZHAKOV's shot beat NEUER but rebounded off the Liverpool crossbar.
48PJANIC brought the ball round RIBÉRY and rattled a tame shot over.
53RIBÉRY flicked a right foot shot just beyond the far post from long range.
56GOAL!! RONALDO drove an amazing shot against the upright with MESSI tapping in the rebound. (3-0 Liverpool)
59REUS's shot was well saved by the Liverpool 'keeper.
64PJANIC knocked the ball to RAUL MEIRELES who fired it wide.
68A penalty box scramble resulted in MESSI cracking the ball wide.
71A weak strike from IBRAHIMOVIC rolled agonisingly wide.
76DANI ALVES fluffed a simple chance.
77SOLDADO shot over.
83A free-kick from MESSI went inches over.