• Date: Sun 11 May 2008
  • Venue: White Hart Lane
  • Ref: Rennie, U
  • Attendance: 36,063
0 - 2
Liverpool

Liverpool

Voronin (69)

Torres (74)

Tottenham Hotspur vs Liverpool

Team Lineups

Tottenham Hotspur

Radek Cerny
Jonathan Woodgate
Da Silva Melo Gilberto
Alan Hutton
Michael Dawson (Darren Bent, 75)
Didier Zokora
Jamie O'Hara (Teemu Tainio, 46)
Jermaine Jenas (Tom Huddlestone, 46)
Steed Malbranque
Robbie Keane
Dimitar Berbatov

Liverpool

Jose Manuel Reina
Emiliano Insua
Alvaro Arbeloa
Martin Skrtel
Jamie Carragher
Steven Gerrard
Javier Mascherano
Ryan Babel (Yossi Benayoun, 59)
Dirk Kuyt (Leiva Lucas, 80)
Fernando Torres
Andriy Voronin (Steve Finnan, 71)


Live Text Commentary
Full time
 

The final whistle goes, and Liverpool end the season with victory over a Spurs side that have now failed to beat them in 9 Premier League encounters.

90

The game goes into stoppage time, and it looks like Spurs will finish in the bottom half of the table.

86

Both sides have been relatively equal throughout the game, but since the goals, Spurs seem to have crumbled.

83

Liverpool have almost wrapped this game up now, and 2 goals in 5 minutes has seemingly finished this game.

81
Substitution
 

Lucas replaces Kuyt.

80

Liverpool are certainly in party mood now as Torres tries the sublime with a cheeky chip that bounces of the Spurs bar.

78

Woodgate makes a world class tackle on Gerrard as the Liverpool man was in full flow and about to pull the trigger.

77

Hutton is a very relieved man as he almost puts the ball into his own net with a header whilst defending a Liverpool attack.

76
Substitution
 

Bent replaces Dawson.

74
Goal
 

Fernando Torres scores! The Spanish striker turned Dawson and cut inside into the box, he then struck the ball past Cerny to give Liverpool a two goal lead.

71
Substitution
 

Finnan replaces Andriy Voronin.

71

Berbatov brings out a great save from Reina as he struck the ball on the volley, and that was a great chance for Spurs there.

69
Goal
 

Andriy Voronin scores! Not the best goal he'll score all season, but the Liverpool player pokes the ball pass an advancing Cerny to give Liverpool the lead.

65

Alvaro Arbeloa puts in a dangerous cross that deflects of a Spurs defender, however Cerny gratefully collects the ball.

62
Yellow Card
 

Alan Hutton is booked for dissent.

62

Liverpool scramble the ball away as the Reds then break, the game has certainly perked up in the last few minutes, and the crowd respond are currently in full voice.

60

Keane is fed the ball from Steed Malbranque, he drives the ball from range, but the effort is wide.

58
Substitution
 

Yossi Benayoun replaces Ryan Babel.

58
Yellow Card
 

Emiliano Insua receives the first booking of the day after he fouls Teemu Tainio.

57

Robbie keane receives a beautifully chipped through ball, however his first touch lets him down, and Liverpool are able to clear

53

An unbeat start to the second half, with both sets of strikers showing more promise in the opening stages.

49

Cerny makes a great save with his legs from a Torres strike after a good passing move between him and Gerrard.

48

The game was stopped for a couple of minutes as Didier Zokora was down injured, he's back up again and looking like he's recovered.

46
Substitution
 

Tom Huddlestone and Teemu Tainio replace Jermaine Jenas and Jamie O'Hara in a half-time double subsitution.

Second half
 

The second half gets underway, and if the game continues in the same vein as the first half, then there's potentially an entertaining last 45 of the season to follow.

Half time
 

The whistle goes, and a relatively open game of football ends with no goals as both defences seem to be on top form.

44

Both sides seem content with a goalless game going into the break as the tempo of the game slows.

41

Berbatov shows a great piece of skill in the midfield area, though for his troubles he is brought down and Spurs win a free-kick.

39

Jenas commences loud groans from the home crowd as he misplaces a pass that was meant for Keane who had found himself in a dangerous position.

35

Both defences are holding steady as both sets of strikers are still finding difficulty in creating many note-worthy chances.

32

The ball is driven low across the box, Hutton dangerously decides to leave it, and he was lucky as a lurking Kuyt was only yards away from getting his head on the ball to steer it goalwards.

30

Dawson makes another good tackle on Torres, but as Torres goes down, he appeals that he was fouled, the referee however is having none of it and waves play on.

27

Javier Mascherano makes a bit of a rash challenge on Hutton, however Uriah Rennie decides that it isn't worthy of a booking.

25

Berbatov heads towards goal from a Spurs corner, Reina however makes a great save and tips it wide.

22

Liverpool are finding it hard to break down the Spurs back line at the present time, but with dangerman Torres in such fine form, they will have to be if they want to keep the Reds at bay.

18

With not much to play for on either side, both Spurs and Liverpool are certainly putting on a decent show of football so far, the fans will be hoping that this can continue.

14

Reina makes a great save from Keane at the back post, the move leading up to it was a good one as Berbatove orchestrated.

12

Cerny makes the save from a Babel shot after gerrard neatly played him through when it looked like he would strike the ball from distance.

11

Both sides are playing very open football, however neither side have yet to create many noticable chances from this.

8

Robbie Keane attempts to play in Steed Malbranque, however Carragher defends well and clears the ball.

5

Gerrard makes his 400th start for Liverpool today, and will the influential captain mark the occassion with another pinnacle display for the Reds.

2

Dawson makes a great sliding tackle on Torres as the Spanish Striker attempted to turn the defender on the edge of the box.

Kickoff
 

Uriah Rennie is taking charge of the game today, and it was he who was in charge when Spurs last beat Liverpool some four years ago.

Awaiting Kickoff
 

Liverpool make multiple changes as Arbeloa, Skrtel and Voronin start ahead of Finnan, Hyypia and Lucas as Liverpool begin with: Reina, Arbeloa, Carragher, Skrtel, Insua, Kuyt, Gerrard, Mascherano, Babel, Torres, Voronin

Awaiting Kickoff
 

Berbatov returns from injury and starts, as does O'Hara, who play in favour of Huddlestone and Bent, who drop to the bench as Spurs start with: Cerny, Hutton, Dawson, Woodgate, Gilberto, Malbranque, Jenas, Zokora, O'Hara, Berbatov, Keane