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Match report
Football Elite
Division 1: Round 5 (setup 3, season 8)
Liverpool
v.
Benfica
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
10
Overall form:
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Michel VORM51EDUARDO dos Reis Carvalho
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
3
Overall form:
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Pablo Javier ZABALETA72Victorio 'Maximiliano' PEREIRA Páez
Emiliano Adrián INSÚA73ELISEU Pereira dos Santos
Gnégnéri 'Yaya' TOURÉ84Yoann GOURCUFF
ALEX Rodrigo Dias da Costa757MAICON Pereira Roque
Steven TAYLOR666RICARDO Alberto Silveira CARVALHO
Milan BADELJ777Rodrigo Ferrante TADDEI
Nikola SARIC687CLEITON Ribeiro XAVIER
Klaas-Jan HUNTELAAR797Óscar René CARDOZO Marín
Andy CARROLL610Francisco Javier García Fernández, JAVI GARCÍA
Krisztián NÉMETH611Christian BENTEKE
Manager
Sime VRSALJKO12Rafael López Gómez, RAFA
Danijel ALEKSIC13Luiz FELIPE Ventura dos Santos
Thomas SØRUM14RUBEN Filipe Marques AMORIM
Nathan ECCLESTON15José BOSINGWA da Silva
Andriy PYATOV16Daniel Sánchez AYALA

Liverpool 1 Benfica 4
(Half-time: 0-3, Attendance: 43,046, Stadium: Anfield, Referee: James McCLUSKEY 7, TV: live)
54 TouréScorers9 Javi García, 16 Cardozo, 40 Gourcuff, 55 Cardozo
Substitutions
Sendings off
Bookings28 Eliseu
4Corners8
6Fouls4
13Offsides8
6Shots on8
9Shots off14
15Total shots22
5Shots saved3
46%Possession54%
Man of the match: Gnégnéri 'Yaya' TOURÉ
7The hapless 'keeper was a mere bystander as a backpass from PEREIRA dropped just over.
9GOAL!! A one-fisted punch from the Liverpool 'keeper enabled JAVI GARCÍA to glance the ball into the empty net. (1-0 Benfica)
15An outswinging corner was fired into the arms of the 'keeper by SARIC.
16GOAL!! A terrible goal-kick was intercepted by TADDEI who setup CARDOZO with an easy chance. (2-0 Benfica)
23A accurate pass bobbled toward BADELJ and his right foot shot floated narrowly over.
28The ref books ELISEU for a clinical tackle.
40GOAL!! An imaginative CLEITON XAVIER played a great ball down the middle to GOURCUFF who seemingly in an offside position went on to comfortably score. (3-0 Benfica)
45+1INSÚA shot wide.
45+2JAVI GARCÍA headed over the bar.
 
46ELISEU beat three Liverpool players and drove a shot just beyond the far post.
54GOAL!! A great twenty yard shot from SARIC shook the crossbar and in the ensuing scramble the ball was headed into the net by TOURÉ. (3-1 Benfica)
55GOAL!! A tackle from INSÚA gave Benfica a free-kick on the edge of the area which CARDOZO stroked past VORM. (4-1 Benfica)
62CLEITON XAVIER chipped the ball to BENTEKE who fired it wide.
65A cross from BADELJ left HUNTELAAR in plenty of space but he rushed his shot.
76TADDEI rifled an easy chance past the lefthand post.
78SARIC made space on the right and dragged the ball to HUNTELAAR who rasped the ball wide.
79The 'keeper saved a curling effort from HUNTELAAR.
83A penalty box meleé resulted in BENTEKE driving the ball over.
87CLEITON XAVIER waltzed away from TAYLOR and stabbed a weak shot past the post.
89A twenty yard drive from BADELJ caused the 'keeper no problem.
90PEREIRA was put clear by GOURCUFF and he raced past VORM but glanced his shot inches over.
90+1A mix up in the Benfica defence enabled HUNTELAAR to thump the ball inches over.