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Liverpool 4-1 Chelsea - April 21, 1990 / Division 1 1989/1990

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Division 1 1989/1990 - Journée 36

Anfield - Liverpool - England

April 21, 1990

38 431

Liverpool

4 - 1

Chelsea

Ronny Rosenthal

25'

Steve Nicol

36'

Steve Nicol

80'

Ian Rush

82'

Kerry Dixon

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0' - Goal Kerry Dixon

25' - Goal Ronny Rosenthal25

36' - Goal Steve Nicol36

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46' - Substitution John Bumsteadis substituted by Clive Wilson photo David Lee

46' - Substitution Kevin Wilsonis substituted by David Lee

80' - Goal Steve Nicol80

81' - Substitution Gary Gillespieis substituted by Gary Ablett81

82' - Goal Ian Rush82

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Liverpool

4 - 1

Chelsea

Liverpool Chelsea

Team line-ups

Liverpool

Grobbelaar

Bruce Grobbelaar

Zimbabwe

B.date06/10/1957

Age32 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

Hansen

Alan Hansen

Scotland

B.date13/06/1955

Age34 years

H1m88

positionSweeper

Gillespie81

Gary Gillespie

Scotland

B.date05/07/1960

Age29 years

H1m88

positionDefender

Hysen

Glenn Hysen

Sweden

B.date30/10/1959

Age30 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Nicol8036

Steve Nicol

Scotland

B.date11/12/1961

Age28 years

H1m78

positionRight central defender

Burrows

David Burrows

England

B.date25/10/1968

Age21 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

Mölby

Jan Mölby

Denmark

B.date04/07/1963

Age26 years

H1m86

positionDefensive Midfielder

McMahon

Steve McMahon

England

B.date20/08/1961

Age28 years

H1m75

positionDefensive Midfielder

Barnes

John Barnes

England

B.date07/11/1963

Age26 years

H1m80

positionLeft Midfielder

Rosenthal25

Ronny Rosenthal

Israel

B.date04/10/1963

Age26 years

H1m80

positionLeft Winger

Rush82

Ian Rush

Wales

B.date20/10/1961

Age28 years

H1m83

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Bruce Grobbelaar		32	482	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alan Hansen		34	619	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Gillespie	81	29	176	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Glenn Hysen		30	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Nicol	8036	28	293	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Burrows		21	56	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jan Mölby		26	174	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve McMahon		28	220	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Barnes		26	134	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ronny Rosenthal	25	26	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ian Rush	82	28	408	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28 years

Average number of matches played for the team

237

Chelsea

Beasant

Dave Beasant

England

B.date20/03/1959

Age31 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

Johnsen

Erland Johnsen

Norway

B.date05/04/1967

Age23 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Hall

Gareth Hall

Wales

B.date20/03/1969

Age21 years

H1m73

positionRight central defender

Monkou

Ken Monkou

Netherlands

B.date29/11/1964

Age25 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

Dorigo

Tony Dorigo

England

B.date31/12/1965

Age24 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

Nicholas

Peter Nicholas

Wales

B.date10/11/1959

Age30 years

positionDefensive Midfielder

Bumstead46

John Bumstead

England

B.date27/11/1958

Age31 years

H1m70

positionCentre Midfield

Wilson46

Kevin Wilson

Northern Ireland

B.date18/04/1961

Age29 years

H1m70

positionStriker

Dixon0

Kerry Dixon

England

B.date24/07/1961

Age28 years

H1m83

positionStriker

Durie

Gordon Durie

Scotland

B.date06/12/1965

Age24 years

H1m78

positionStriker

McAllister

Kevin McAllister

Scotland

B.date08/11/1962

Age27 years

H1m65

positionRight Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Dave Beasant		31	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Erland Johnsen		23	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gareth Hall		21	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ken Monkou		25	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tony Dorigo		24	75	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Peter Nicholas		30	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Bumstead	46	31	146	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Kevin Wilson	46	29	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Kerry Dixon		28	193	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Gordon Durie		24	68	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Kevin McAllister		27	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Gary Ablett	81	24	91	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		David Lee	46	20	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	D		Clive Wilson	46	28	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Gary Gillespie

Steve Staunton

OUT

Jan Mölby

Ronnie Whelan

OUT

Ronny Rosenthal

Gary Ablett

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

John Bumstead

Damian Matthew

OUT

Kevin Wilson

Graeme Le Saux

OUT

Kevin McAllister

Graham Stuart

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Kenny Dalglish

270

Success rate in this team:

61 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

61 %

Dalglish vs Chelsea

6 victories

3 draws

0 loss

Latest figure on April 21, 1990

Dalglish vs Campbell

2 victories

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on April 21, 1990

Manager

Age

Match num

Bobby Campbell

113

Success rate in this team:

50 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

39 %

Campbell vs Liverpool

0 victory

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on April 21, 1990

Campbell vs Dalglish

0 victory

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on April 21, 1990

Referee

Roger Milford

4 victories	2 draws	2 losses	Liverpool8 matches	General total	Chelsea6 matches	2 victories	1 draw	3 losses
1 victory	1 draw	0 loss	Liverpool2 matches	Season total	Chelsea1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on January 22, 1994					Latest figure on April 13, 1994

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Key figures

Ian Rush scored 7 goals vs in his professional career with

Ian Rush scored 7 goals vs Chelsea in his professional career

Ian Rush played his game number 10 vs Chelsea in his professional career

Read the next 21 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VLiverpool 3-0 Southampton17/02/1990

VLiverpool 1-0 Millwall03/03/1990

VLiverpool 1-0 Queens Park Rangers14/03/1990

VLiverpool 3-2 Southampton31/03/1990

VLiverpool 2-1 Wimbledon FC03/04/1990

DLiverpool 2-2 Nottingham Forest14/04/1990

Overall

VLiverpool 3-2 Southampton31/03/1990

VLiverpool 2-1 Wimbledon FC03/04/1990

LCrystal Palace 4-3 Liverpool08/04/1990

VCharlton 0-4 Liverpool11/04/1990

DLiverpool 2-2 Nottingham Forest14/04/1990

DArsenal 1-1 Liverpool18/04/1990

Current form

Away

DNottingham Forest 1-1 Chelsea17/02/1990

VCrystal Palace 0-2 Chelsea21/02/1990

VSouthampton 2-3 Chelsea03/03/1990

VArsenal 0-1 Chelsea17/03/1990

DManchester City 1-1 Chelsea21/03/1990

LAston Villa 1-0 Chelsea14/04/1990

Overall

DManchester City 1-1 Chelsea21/03/1990

VChelsea 1-0 Middlesbrough25/03/1990

DChelsea 1-1 Derby County31/03/1990

VChelsea 1-0 Luton Town07/04/1990

LAston Villa 1-0 Chelsea14/04/1990

VChelsea 3-0 Crystal Palace16/04/1990

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	15	3
Winless streak	1	2
Scoring streak	12	6
Conceding streak	3	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	2	0
Drawless streak	1	3
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	2	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

34	Number of games (Competition total)	35
16	Number of games (Home / Away)	17
19	Victories (Competition total)	14
10	Victories (Home / Away)	7
10	Draws (Competition total)	12
5	Draws (Home / Away)	5
5	Losses (Competition total)	9
1	Losses (Home / Away)	5

Goals

65	Goals scored (Competition total)	52
31	Goals scored (Home / Away)	23
34	Goals conceded (Competition total)	44
13	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	21
1.91	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.49
1.94	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.35
1	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.26
0.81	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.24

Betting aid

20	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	17
9	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	7
11	Clean sheets (Competition total)	14
6	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	6
7	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	7
3	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	4
20	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	17
9	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	8
2-1 (4 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-0 (4 times)

Bookings

0	Yellow cards (Competition total)	0
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	0
1	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

John Barnes	18 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	14 goals	Kerry Dixon
John Barnes	8 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	6 goals	Kevin Wilson
John Barnes	4 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	2 penalties	Graham Roberts
John Aldridge	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
John Barnes	8 goals during the last 14 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 4 matches	Kevin Wilson

Historical head to head

Home

51 matches

34 v

11 d

6 l

111 gf

54 ga

Away

50 matches

15 v

9 d

26 l

59 gf

92 ga

Total

101 matches

49 v

20 d

32 l

170 gf

146 ga

Historical head to head

Home

50 matches

26 v

9 d

15 l

92 gf

59 ga

Away

51 matches

6 v

11 d

34 l

54 gf

111 ga

Total

101 matches

32 v

20 d

49 l

146 gf

170 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	April 20, 1935
Home	6 - 0	April 20, 1935

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	August 28, 1937
Away	4 - 1	December 25, 1907

Latest head to head

December 16, 1989 - Division 1 1989/1990

Chelsea

2 - 5

Liverpool

April 30, 1988 - Division 1 1987/1988

Chelsea

1 - 1

Liverpool

December 06, 1987 - Division 1 1987/1988

Liverpool

2 - 1

Chelsea

May 09, 1987 - Division 1 1986/1987

Chelsea

3 - 3

Liverpool

December 14, 1986 - Division 1 1986/1987

Liverpool

3 - 0

Chelsea

Best historical scorers against Chelsea

Roger Hunt	8 goals	1963 - 1969
Ian Rush	6 goals	1985 - 1989
Kenny Dalglish	5 goals	1977 - 1986
Berry Nieuwenhuys	5 goals	1935 - 1935
Ian St-John	4 goals	1963 - 1969
Geoff Strong	3 goals	1965 - 1969

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/10/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Liverpool

Robert Tambling	6 goals	1965 - 1969
Richard Spence	4 goals	1934 - 1934
Gordon Durie	4 goals	1987 - 1989
Steve Finnieston	3 goals	1975 - 1978
David Speedie	3 goals	1984 - 1987
Kerry Dixon	3 goals	1984 - 1989

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/10/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Chelsea

Ian Callaghan	27 matches	1963 - 1978
Tommy Smith	25 matches	1965 - 1978
Chris Lawler	22 matches	1964 - 1973
Peter Thompson	19 matches	1963 - 1971
Emelyn Hughes	19 matches	1967 - 1979
Ray Clemence	17 matches	1970 - 1979

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/10/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Liverpool

Ron Harris	29 matches	1963 - 1979
John Hollins	23 matches	1965 - 1975
Peter Bonetti	20 matches	1963 - 1978
Peter Houseman	16 matches	1966 - 1974
Eddie McCreadie	15 matches	1963 - 1972
Peter Osgood	14 matches	1965 - 1973