• Date: Sat 20 September 2008
  • Venue: Anfield
  • Ref: Marriner, A
  • Attendance: 43,931

Liverpool vs Stoke City

Team Lineups

Liverpool

Jose Manuel Reina
Alvaro Arbeloa
Andrea Dossena
Martin Skrtel
Jamie Carragher
Albert Riera (Ryan Babel, 65)
Steven Gerrard
Xabi Alonso
Dirk Kuyt
Robbie Keane (Yossi Benayoun, 73)
Fernando Torres

Stoke City

Thomas Sorensen
Andy Griffin
Abdoulaye Diagne-Faye
Danny Higginbotham
Ibrahima Sonko (Leon Cort, 22)
Seyi Olofinjana
Salif Diao
Liam Lawrence (Richard Cresswell, 66)
Rory Delap
Dave Kitson (Ricardo Fuller, 78)
Mamady Sidibe


Live Text Commentary
Full time
 

Full-Time: LIVERPOOL 0-0 DERBY. Liverpool wasted several good chances but Stoke defended brilliantly to claim an unlikely point.

90

Gerrard's shot is over with time almost up

90
Yellow Card
 

Fuller fouls Carragher and is booked

90

Gerrard drags a shot wide, Stoke are two minutes away from a draw

90

Intense Liverpool pressure as three minutes of injury time is added

88

Liverpool win two corners but still they can't find the breakthrough

87

Stoke are closing in on securing a famous draw with just three minutes left

85
Yellow Card
 

Martin Skrtel becomes the first man to be booked.

85

Torres wastes a decent opening after creating a bit of space for himself in the box

82

Delap fires in another long throw but Liverpool just about deal with it

80

Another Gerrard shot is wide, Liverpool really running out of time now

78
Substitution
 

Kitson goes off for Ricardo Fuller

77

Dossena's cross flies over after another period of Liverpool possession deep in the Stoke half

76

Gerrard's shot is deflected wide for a corner but Stoke clear it

74
Substitution
 

Keane goes off and Yossi Benayoun is on

72

Carragher curls a shot just wide as the pressure grows on Stoke

72

Liverpool are doing all the attacking but still they can't find a way past the Potters defence

69

Torres wins a free-kick but Gerrard's delivery sees the ball fly wide

68

Kuyt drills a shot on goal but Sorensen beats it away

67
Substitution
 

Richard Cresswell is on in place of Lawrence for Stoke

66
Substitution
 

Ryan Babel is on in place of Riera

65

Torres blazes over from close range as Liverpool waste another great chance

63

Arbeloa's cross is well claimed by Sorensen

60

There's the first signs of frustration from the home fans with an hour played and still it's 0-0

58

Riera's cross is poor as the Reds waste another promising position

57

Liverpool are camped in the Stoke half as Torres tries to get behind the defence but runs the ball out of play

54

Arbeloa's cross is headed inches wide by Torres as Liverpool press again

52

Delap's long throw causes panic in the Liverpool box and Stoke win a corner but Reina catches it well

51

Arbeloa does well on the right before crossing for Keane but his shot is well held by Sorensen

49

Torres runs at the Potters defence and wins a corner from which Riera turns the ball well over the bar

48

Liverpool win their first corner of the second half but Stoke clear it well

47

Liam Lawrence is caught offside as he stabs a shot wide

46

Sidibe breaks into the Liverpool half but Martin Skrtel slides in to win the ball

Second half
 

Liverpool get the second half underway, kicking towards The Kop end

Half time
 

Half-Time: LIVERPOOL 0-0 STOKE. It's goalless at the break and Stoke have defended well to restrict Liverpool who had an early Gerrard effort disallowed.

45

Delap's trademark long throw is caught well by Reina

45

Two minutes of stoppage time will be played

44

Delap blocks another cross for another Liverpool corner, more pressure from the home side

42

Andy Griffin blocks Riera's cross with his arm and Liverpool win a free-kick but Sorensen punches it clear

41

Alonso wastes a free-kick as he completely overhits it and the ball flies into the Anfield Road stand

39

Liam Lawrence's cross is too close to Reina

37

Liverpool are having plenty of possession still but without a cutting edge at the minute as Alonso blasts a shot over

35

Arbeloa tries to feed the ball in for Torres but the pass is overhit

34

Jose Reina has to be quick out of his goal to claim the ball before Gerrard drags a shot wide

32

Kuyt's shot from distance is well wide. Liverpool have been restricted to shots from distance so far

31

Gerrard breaks forward again but Stoke's defence work hard to win the ball off him

29

Delap puts the ball behind for a corner and from it Alonso's shot is brilliantly saved by Sorensen for another corner

27

Riera's strike is just a few yards wide as Liverpool stretch the Stoke defence again

26

Dirk Kuyt is penalised for a foul but Reina easily gathers the free-kick

25

Cort does well to cover as Torres almost gets clear

23

Riera's cross is cleared after the new signing does well down the left initiallly

21
Substitution
 

Ibrahima Sonko is forced to limp off after picking up a knock and Leon Cort is on in his place

19

Gerrard's shot from at least 35 yards is well high and wide as Liverpool continue to dominate possession

17

Gerrard's shot is blocked as Alvaro Arbeloa is fouled by Delap but Liverpool waste the free-kick

15

Torres goes down under a challenge but doesn't get a free-kick as Sidibe is caught offside

13

Gerrard play a one-two with Torres before finding Alonso but his shot is poor and it flies high and wide

12

Dossena does well at left-back to clear as Stoke launch a rare attack early on

12

Gerrard's free-kick is well held by Sorensen

10

Thomas Sorensen has to rush out to clear a through ball as Liverpool attack again

8

Rory Delap is penalised for a foul throw

5

It's been a very lively start at Anfield as Dave Kitson fires the ball high over the bar for the Potters

3

Stoke immediately go up the other end and win a corner of their own but Liverpool clear

2

Steven Gerrard looks like he's given Liverpool the lead direct from a corner but it's been ruled out for a foul. That would have been his 100th Liverpool goal

Kickoff
 

The match is underway at Anfield

Awaiting Kickoff
 

Robbie Keane, Xabi Alonso and Albert Riera all come in for Liverpool while Mamady Sidibe and Abdoulaye Faye return to the Stoke side who also include former Liverpool midfielder Salif Diao.