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Match report
Football Elite
Division 1: Round 14 (setup 3, season 9)
Liverpool
v.
Benfica
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
22
Overall form:
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Michel VORM61EDUARDO dos Reis Carvalho
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
5
Overall form:
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Sime VRSALJKO72Victorio 'Maximiliano' PEREIRA Páez
Emiliano Adrián INSÚA38ELISEU Pereira dos Santos
Kevin NOLAN4Francisco Javier García Fernández, JAVI GARCÍA
Steven TAYLOR5RICARDO Alberto Silveira CARVALHO
Milan BADELJ66MAICON Pereira Roque
Nikola SARIC67Yoann GOURCUFF
Víctor Machín Pérez, VITOLO87CLEITON Ribeiro XAVIER
Andy CARROLL9Didier DROGBA
Thomas SØRUM106WELLITON Soares de Morais
Krisztián NÉMETH6116Óscar René CARDOZO Marín
Manager
Andriy PYATOV12Paulo CÉSAR da Silva PEIXOTO
David BALL13Luiz FELIPE Ventura dos Santos
Nathan ECCLESTON814José BOSINGWA da Silva
Will KEANE15AIRTON Ribeiro Santos
Danijel ALEKSIC16Rafael López Gómez, RAFA

Liverpool 1 Benfica 2
(Half-time: 1-2, Attendance: 35,092, Stadium: Anfield, Referee: Sandor PILLER 7, TV: highlights)
8 VitoloScorers27 Drogba, 45+2 Cleiton Xavier
61 Taylor <=> EcclestonSubstitutions
Sendings off
Bookings
2Corners1
9Fouls14
1Offsides0
5Shots on5
5Shots off10
10Total shots15
4Shots saved3
52%Possession48%
Man of the match: Francisco Javier García Fernández, JAVI GARCÍA
6EDUARDO did well to hold onto an amazing strike from VITOLO.
8GOAL!! A twenty yard free-kick was expertly fired into the net by VITOLO. (1-0 Liverpool)
12The Benfica 'keeper dived to his right to block a fierce drive from Liverpool's VITOLO.
14CLEITON XAVIER dummied SARIC but blasted the ball into the arms of the 'keeper.
15A pin-point pass bobbled toward NOLAN and his looping shot floated narrowly wide.
25CLEITON XAVIER made space on the right and dragged the ball to CARDOZO who touched the ball wide.
27GOAL!! A goalmouth meleé culminated with DROGBA blasting the ball into the net. (1-1)
28A good ball from INSÚA on the right found CARROLL who mishit his shot just beyond the near post.
33A good effort from CLEITON XAVIER scraped the upright.
35Uncertainty in the Benfica defence enabled INSÚA to fire an effort just wide.
37A deadly shot from INSÚA was blocked by the Benfica 'keeper.
39A weak strike from CARDOZO rolled agonisingly wide.
45+2GOAL!! After being forced wide CLEITON XAVIER managed to drive the ball in from the tightest of angles. (2-1 Benfica)
45+3A free-kick from CARROLL floated inches over.
 
47CLEITON XAVIER poked an easy chance past the near post.
51CARDOZO hit a left foot shot over the bar from thirty yards out.
53A cross from VITOLO left CARROLL in lots of space but he snapped at his shot.
65GOURCUFF chipped the ball to CARDOZO who forced it inches wide.
68A corner fell to CLEITON XAVIER who turned an effort wide.
70CLEITON XAVIER fired the ball through a crowd of players but the 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his left.
75A penalty box meleé resulted in CARDOZO cracking a low shot over.
76RICARDO CARVALHO's shot was well saved by the Liverpool 'keeper.
82A refined cross from NÉMETH, was shot goalbound by INSÚA only for the Benfica 'keeper to palm clear.
84CLEITON XAVIER kicked the ball wide from the edge of the box.
88The motionless Liverpool 'keeper was all agog as a backpass from SØRUM dropped just wide.