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Commentary
5¹MASCHERANO knocked the ball to SANTI who touched it wide.
8¹VAN PERSIE rushed through the Lazio defence but shot straight at the Lazio 'keeper.
14¹DROGBA was put clear by MARCELO and he dummied the 'keeper but drilled his shot over the bar.
22¹A weak shot from MESSI trickled agonisingly wide.
27¹EVRÀ snapped at a simple chance.
31¹MONTOLIVO made space on the left and touched the ball to SANTI who rasped the ball over.
37¹GOAL!! A delightful bit of skill enabled VAN PERSIE to run through the Lazio defence and score. (1-0 Liverpool)
40¹VAN PERSIE kicked the ball wide of the goal from just inside the area.
46¹A corner was collected by MESSI who fired the ball just wide.
1²GOAL!! A shot from MESSI bobbled through a crowd of players and rolled past the unsighted Liverpool 'keeper. (1-1)
5²A useful ball from MONTOLIVO on the right bobbled toward SERGIO RAMOS who scuffed his shot over the bar.
7²A cross from ESSIEN left MARCELO in lots of space but he rushed his shot.
8²GOAL!! A short goal-kick was intercepted by ESSIEN who setup SERGIO RAMOS with an easy chance. (2-1 Lazio)
9²Uncertainty in the Lazio defence enabled BENZEMA to fire the ball just beyond the near post.
11²CHARALAMBOUS books BENZEMA for an off-the-ball incident against ESSIEN.
12²HIGUAÍN's header was well saved by KAMENI.
20²A drive from ANYUKOV seemed a certain goal but the 'keeper managed to fist the ball clear.
21²CAMBIASSO headed over.
25²A lovely effort from BENZEMA scraped the top of the crossbar.
28²ANYUKOV beat two Lazio players and slammed a shot over.
34²KAMENI dived to his right to block a lovely shot from Lazio's DROGBA.
42²The motionless 'keeper stared in disbelief as a backpass from PEPE dropped just over.

 
Lazio
 
League position: 3
Home league form: WWWW
Overall league form: LWLWLWWW
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
VÍCTOR VALDÉS Arribas7 16½Idriss KAMENI
MAICON Douglas7 26½Cristian ZAPATA
MARCELO Vieira7½36½Patrice EVRÀ
(c)Javier MASCHERANO7½47 Frank LAMPARD(c)
SERGIO RAMOS García6½57 PEPE
NALDO6½67 Carlos MARCHENA
Riccardo MONTOLIVO6 76½Aleksandr ANYUKOV
Michael ESSIEN7 86½Robin VAN PERSIE
Didier DROGBA8 96½Karim BENZEMA(p)
(p,f)Lionel MESSI6 106 Esteban CAMBIASSO(f)
SANTI6 116½Daniel PACHECO
Dean MikellidesManager
Gonzalo HIGUAÍN6½12  Philippe MEXÈS
José REINA  13  Piet VELTHUIZEN
Nacho MONREAL  14  Eliaquim MANGALA
Jesús NAVAS  15  Edin DZEKO
Rafael VAN DER VAART  16  CANER Erkin
 
Liverpool
 
League position: 6
Away league form: LLWL
Overall league form: WLWWXLXW
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Lazio 2 Liverpool 1
(Half-time: 0-1, Attendance: 80,375, Stadium: Olimpico, Referee: Ilias Charalambous 8)

Messi 1², Sergio Ramos 8²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
van Persie 37¹
SantióHiguaín 0² 
  
 Benzema 11²
78
1112
105
63
89
1412
42
43%57%
Man of the match: Didier Drogba