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Match report
English Footie
Premier League: Round 21 (setup 1, season 26)
Liverpool
v.
Rochdale
Formation:
4-4-2
League position:
3
Overall form:
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Manuel NEUER71Roman WEIDENFELLER
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
16
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Branislav IVANOVIC2Benedikt HÖWEDES
Daniele DE ROSSI837Álvaro ARBELOA Coca
Javier Alejandro MASCHERANO46Adil RAMI
THIAGO Emiliano da SILVA75DAVID LUIZ Moreira Marinho
Juan Manuel MATA García766Lars BENDER
Daniel Alves da Silva, DANI ALVES76Arturo Erasmo VIDAL Pardo
Cristiano RONALDO dos Santos Aveiro786Wesley SNEIJDER
Zlatan IBRAHIMOVIC796Klaas-Jan HUNTELAAR
Andrés INIESTA Luján7107Antonio DI NATALE
Lionel Andrés MESSI7117Santiago Cazorla González, SANTI CAZORLA
Chris PlaceManager
Sébastien HALLER12Holger BADSTUBER
Salvatore SIRIGU13Valon BEHRAMI
ÁLVARO VADILLO Cifuentes146Ezequiel Iván LAVEZZI
Marcel SABITZER15ADRIANO Correia Claro
Layvin KURZAWA16Kevin VOLLAND

Liverpool 3 Rochdale 1
(Half-time: 2-0, Attendance: 86,458, Stadium: Anfield, Referee: Martin ATKINSON 7)
3 Ibrahimovic, 37 Ibrahimovic, 68 IbrahimovicScorers84 Vidal
Substitutions66 Di Natale <=> Lavezzi, 66 Santi Cazorla <=> Adriano
Sendings off
46 Ibrahimovic, 54 IvanovicBookings13 Huntelaar, 48 Santi Cazorla, 82 Lavezzi
5Corners5
4Fouls13
5Offsides0
4Shots on5
13Shots off8
17Total shots13
0Shots saved4
53%Possession47%
Man of the match: Daniele DE ROSSI
3GOAL!! DANI ALVES made space for IBRAHIMOVIC who, after an interchange of passes just outside the area, rammed the ball past the Rochdale 'keeper. (1-0 Liverpool)
5IBRAHIMOVIC poked a simple chance past the righthand post.
13The ref books HUNTELAAR for a high foul.
14A pin-point pass was collected by MATA and his right foot effort went narrowly wide.
15MATA shot over.
23DI NATALE beat a number of Liverpool players and stroked a shot over the bar.
28RONALDO placed a left foot shot over from thirty yards out.
29HUNTELAAR clipped the ball through a ruck of players but NEUER was a match for it as he dived to his left.
32A cross from RONALDO left IBRAHIMOVIC in lots of space but he snapped at his shot.
34A tame strike from MATA rolled agonisingly wide.
34MASCHERANO fluffed an easy chance.
37GOAL!! A hefty goal-kick from THIAGO SILVA caught the Rochdale defence square and IBRAHIMOVIC raced through to round the 'keeper and score. (2-0 Liverpool)
38A header by HUNTELAAR at the far post was easily collected by NEUER.
42Uncertainty in the Rochdale defence enabled MESSI to hit an effort just beyond the far post.
 
46IBRAHIMOVIC receives a yellow card by the referee.
48The referee cautions SANTI CAZORLA.
54IVANOVIC booked.
60The 'keeper stopped a refined shot from HÖWEDES.
68GOAL!! A goalmouth scramble culminated with IBRAHIMOVIC firing the ball in off the post. (3-0 Liverpool)
82A poor challenge on MESSI by LAVEZZI results in a booking.
84GOAL!! VIDAL hit a glorious twenty yard shot past the stunned Liverpool 'keeper. (3-1 Liverpool)
87A useful ball from THIAGO SILVA on the right found INIESTA who mishit his effort over the bar.