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Match report
English Footie
Premier League: Round 33 (setup 4, season 34)
Liverpool
v.
Darlington
Formation:
4-4-2
League position:
1
Overall form:
Home form:
Jan OBLAK18Hugo LLORIS
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
10
Overall form:
Home form:
Daniel CARVAJAL Ramos26Gregory VAN DER WIEL
Giorgio CHIELLINI836Jan VERTONGHEN
Sergio BUSQUETS Burgos4Jordan HENDERSON
Leonardo BONUCCI75Fábio Henrique Tavares, FABINHO
Virgil VAN DIJK766Joël MATIP
Sadio MANÉ77Pierre LEES-MELOU
NGolo KANTÉ78Danny WELBECK
Lionel Andrés MESSI9Mario Barwuah BALOTELLI
Mohamed SALAH106Matt RITCHIE
Raheem STERLING116Stevan JOVETIC
Georgie BoyManager
Raphaël VARANE12Christian GENTNER
Tino LIVRAMENTO13Jon FLATT
SON Heung-min14Federico MACHEDA
Luka MODRIC15John BOSTOCK
Cristiano RONALDO dos Santos Aveiro16Yasser LAROUCI

Liverpool 3 Darlington 0
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 73,243, Stadium: Anfield, Referee: Mick RUSSELL 6½)
34 Salah, 50 Salah, 84 SalahScorers
Substitutions
Sendings off
28 Kanté, 90 BusquetsBookings11 Welbeck
6Corners4
14Fouls21
4Offsides2
5Shots on5
17Shots off7
22Total shots12
2Shots saved4
56%Possession44%
Man of the match: Hugo LLORIS
7HENDERSON steamed through the Liverpool defence but shot straight at the 'keeper.
11WELBECK receives a yellow card for a clumsy tackle on BUSQUETS.
13OBLAK was able to claw away a poor shot from JOVETIC.
21STERLING beat three Darlington players and fired a shot over.
25KANTÉ knocked the ball to MESSI who flicked it wide.
28The ref yellow cards KANTÉ.
32SALAH rifled an easy chance past the righthand post.
34GOAL!! An exceptional ball from STERLING left MESSI in the clear, he made the 'keeper commit himself before nudging the ball to SALAH to score. (1-0 Liverpool)
45A twenty-five yard shot from MESSI caused the 'keeper little difficulty.
 
48A free-kick from JOVETIC went wide.
49A good effort from JOVETIC scraped the outside of the lefthand post.
50GOAL!! An inswinging corner was kicked clear only for SALAH to crack the ball into the back of the net. (2-0 Liverpool)
52BALOTELLI was put clear by FABINHO and he turned the 'keeper but thrust his shot wide.
64LEES-MELOU nodded the ball wide from just inside the area.
65The motionless 'keeper could only watch as a backpass from LEES-MELOU fell just wide.
76A accurate pass found BUSQUETS and his deadly shot went narrowly wide.
79A corner bobbled toward KANTÉ who touched the ball inches over.
81MESSI ran onto a great ball from STERLING but hit his shot wide.
84GOAL!! A great twenty-five yard shot from MANÉ struck the crossbar and in the ensuing scramble the ball was nodded into the net by SALAH. (3-0 Liverpool)
85A good ball from MESSI on the left fell to SALAH who sliced his shot just beyond the far post.
89KANTÉ beat RITCHIE and flicked the ball to SALAH who toe-poked his shot wide.
90RUSSELL books BUSQUETS for a poor challenge.