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Liverpool 2-3 Chelsea - February 27, 2005 / League Cup 2004/2005

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League Cup 2004/2005 - Final

Millennium Stadium - Cardiff - Wales

February 27, 2005

78 000

Liverpool

2 - 3

After extra time

Chelsea

John Arne Riise

Antonio Núñez

113'

79'

Steven Gerrard (o.g)

107'

Didier Drogba

112'

Mateja Kezman

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1' - Goal John Arne Riise1

45' - Substitution Jiri Jarosikis substituted by Eidur Gudjohnsen

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56' - Substitution Harry Kewellis substituted by Antonio Núñez56

67' - Substitution Djimi Traoréis substituted by Igor Biscan67

74' - Substitution Fernando Morientesis substituted by Milan Baros74

74' - Substitution William Gallasis substituted by Mateja Kezman

79' - Own goal Steven Gerrard

81' - Substitution Joe Coleis substituted by Glen Johnson

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107

107' - Goal Didier Drogba

112

112' - Goal Mateja Kezman

113' - Goal Antonio Núñez113

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match

Liverpool

2 - 3

Chelsea

Liverpool Chelsea

Team line-ups

Liverpool

1 Dudek

Jerzy Dudek

Poland

B.date23/03/1973

Age31 years

H1m87

positionGoalkeeper

23 Carragher

Jamie Carragher

England

B.date28/01/1978

Age27 years

H1m82

positionCentral defender

Hyypiä

Sami Hyypiä

Finland

B.date07/10/1973

Age31 years

H1m96

positionCentral defender

21 Traoré67

Djimi Traoré

Mali

B.date01/03/1980

Age24 years

H1m90

positionLeft full-back

6 Riise1

John Arne Riise

Norway

B.date24/09/1980

Age24 years

H1m88

positionLeft full-back

3 Finnan

Steve Finnan

Republic of Ireland

B.date24/04/1976

Age28 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

16 Hamann

Dietmar Hamann

Germany

B.date27/08/1973

Age31 years

H1m89

positionDefensive Midfielder

8 Gerrard79

Steven Gerrard

England

B.date30/05/1980

Age24 years

H1m83

positionRight central midfielder

Kewell56

Harry Kewell

Australia

B.date22/09/1978

Age26 years

H1m80

positionPlaymaker

10 Luis García

Luis García

Spain

B.date24/06/1978

Age26 years

H1m76

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

19 Morientes74

Fernando Morientes

Spain

B.date05/04/1976

Age28 years

H1m86

positionCentre forward

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Jerzy Dudek		31	162	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	D	Jamie Carragher		27	343	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	D	Sami Hyypiä		31	302	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	D	Djimi Traoré	67	24	107	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	John Arne Riise	1	24	187	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Steve Finnan		28	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	Dietmar Hamann		31	243	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Steven Gerrard	79	24	268	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M	Harry Kewell	56	26	74	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Luis García		26	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	F	Fernando Morientes	74	28	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

163

Chelsea

Cech

Petr Cech

Czech Republic

B.date20/05/1982

Age22 years

H1m96

positionGoalkeeper

Jarosik45

Jiri Jarosik

Czech Republic

B.date27/10/1977

Age27 years

H1m94

positionRight central defender

Carvalho

Ricardo Carvalho

Portugal

B.date18/05/1978

Age26 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Terry

John Terry

England

B.date07/12/1980

Age24 years

H1m87

positionLeft central defender

Gallas74

William Gallas

France

B.date17/08/1977

Age27 years

H1m81

positionLeft full-back

Paulo Ferreira

Portugal

B.date18/01/1979

Age26 years

H1m83

positionRight full-back

Makélélé

Claude Makélélé

France

B.date18/02/1973

Age32 years

H1m74

positionDefensive Midfielder

Lampard

Frank Lampard

England

B.date20/06/1978

Age26 years

H1m84

positionCentre Midfield

Duff

Damien Duff

Republic of Ireland

B.date02/03/1979

Age25 years

H1m75

positionMidfield

Cole81

Joe Cole

England

B.date08/11/1981

Age23 years

H1m76

positionPlaymaker

Drogba107

Didier Drogba

Ivory Coast

B.date11/03/1978

Age26 years

H1m89

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Petr Cech		22	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jiri Jarosik	45	27	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ricardo Carvalho		26	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Terry		24	208	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	William Gallas	74	27	168	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paulo Ferreira		26	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Claude Makélélé		32	81	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Frank Lampard		26	201	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Damien Duff		25	75	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Joe Cole	81	23	79	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Didier Drogba	107	26	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
25	D	Igor Biscan	67	26	105	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M	Antonio Núñez	11356	26	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	F	Milan Baros	74	23	93	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Glen Johnson	81	20	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Eidur Gudjohnsen	45	26	209	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mateja Kezman	11274	25	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Fernando Morientes

Milan Baros

OUT

Steven Gerrard

Igor Biscan

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Jiri Jarosik

Tiago

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Rafa Benítez

Success rate in this team:

51 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

45 %

Benítez vs Chelsea

0 victory

0 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on February 27, 2005

Benítez vs Mourinho

0 victory

0 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on February 27, 2005

Manager

Age

Match num

José Mourinho

Success rate in this team:

74 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

69 %

Mourinho vs Liverpool

3 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on February 27, 2005

Mourinho vs Benítez

3 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on February 27, 2005

Referee

Steve Bennett

18 victories	8 draws	8 losses	Liverpool34 matches	General total	Chelsea37 matches	25 victories	7 draws	5 losses
0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Liverpool1 match	Season total	Chelsea2 matches	2 victories	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on January 30, 2010					Latest figure on April 25, 2010

Videos

February 22, 2024

Comments

Key figures

End of streak for Liverpool after 5 consecutive matches without a loss in League Cup (since 26/10/2004). It was the best streak for the club since 22/09/1993-25/10/1995 (16 matches).

End of streak for Liverpool after 3 matches with only one goal conceded at most vs Chelsea (since 07/01/2004). It was the best streak for the club since 05/09/1992-18/12/1994 (6 matches).

It's the first time Mateja Kezman scores 1 goal vs Liverpool in his professional career

Read the next 34 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Neutral ground

VArsenal 1-2 Liverpool12/05/2001

VLiverpool 5-4 Alavés16/05/2001

VLiverpool 2-1 Manchester United12/08/2001

VBayern Munich 2-3 Liverpool24/08/2001

LArsenal 1-0 Liverpool11/08/2002

VLiverpool 2-0 Manchester United02/03/2003

Overall

LSouthampton 2-0 Liverpool22/01/2005

VWatford 0-1 Liverpool25/01/2005

VCharlton 1-2 Liverpool01/02/2005

VLiverpool 3-1 Fulham05/02/2005

LBirmingham City 2-0 Liverpool12/02/2005

VLiverpool 3-1 Bayer Leverkusen22/02/2005

Current form

Neutral ground

VNewcastle United 1-2 Chelsea09/04/2000

VAston Villa 0-1 Chelsea20/05/2000

VChelsea 2-0 Manchester United13/08/2000

VFulham 0-1 Chelsea14/04/2002

LArsenal 2-0 Chelsea04/05/2002

Overall

VChelsea 2-0 Birmingham City30/01/2005

VBlackburn 0-1 Chelsea02/02/2005

DChelsea 0-0 Manchester City06/02/2005

VEverton 0-1 Chelsea12/02/2005

LNewcastle United 1-0 Chelsea20/02/2005

LFC Barcelona 2-1 Chelsea23/02/2005

Running streaks

	Neutral ground	Total
Winning streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	1	1
Drawless streak	7	14
Scoring streak	1	1
Conceding streak	0	4
Invincibility streak	1	0

Running streaks

	Neutral ground	Total
Loosing streak	1	2
Winless streak	1	2
Drawless streak	5	3
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	1	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

5	Number of games (Competition total)	5
4	Victories (Competition total)	4
1	Draws (Competition total)	1
0	Losses (Competition total)	0

Goals

8	Goals scored (Competition total)	7
1	Goals conceded (Competition total)	2
1.6	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.4
0.2	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.4

Betting aid

1	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	2
4	Clean sheets (Competition total)	3
0	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	1
1	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	2

Bookings

5	Yellow cards (Competition total)	5
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0

Key players

Milan Baros	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	2 goals	Damien Duff
Florent Sinama-Pongolle	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Steven Gerrard	2 goals during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 3 matches	Damien Duff

Historical head to head

Home

68 matches

46 v

13 d

9 l

145 gf

70 ga

Away

66 matches

16 v

13 d

37 l

71 gf

124 ga

Total

134 matches

62 v

26 d

46 l

216 gf

194 ga

Historical head to head

Home

66 matches

37 v

13 d

16 l

124 gf

71 ga

Away

68 matches

9 v

13 d

46 l

70 gf

145 ga

Total

134 matches

46 v

26 d

62 l

194 gf

216 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	April 20, 1935
Neutral ground	No success yet

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	August 28, 1937
Neutral ground	No success yet

Latest head to head

January 01, 2005 - Premier League 2004/2005

Liverpool

0 - 1

Chelsea

October 03, 2004 - Premier League 2004/2005

Chelsea

1 - 0

Liverpool

January 07, 2004 - Premier League 2003/2004

Chelsea

0 - 1

Liverpool

August 17, 2003 - Premier League 2003/2004

Liverpool

1 - 2

Chelsea

May 11, 2003 - Premier League 2002/2003

Chelsea

2 - 1

Liverpool

Best historical scorers against Chelsea

Ian Rush	10 goals	1985 - 1994
Roger Hunt	8 goals	1963 - 1969
Robbie Fowler	7 goals	1994 - 2000
Steve Nicol	6 goals	1985 - 1990
Berry Nieuwenhuys	5 goals	1935 - 1935
Michael Owen	5 goals	1999 - 2003

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

Kerry Dixon	6 goals	1984 - 1991
Robert Tambling	6 goals	1965 - 1969
Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink	5 goals	2000 - 2003
Gordon Durie	5 goals	1987 - 1991
Richard Spence	4 goals	1934 - 1934
Gianfranco Zola	3 goals	1997 - 2000

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
Emelyn Hughes	19 matches	1967 - 1979
Peter Thompson	19 matches	1963 - 1971
Ian Rush	19 matches	1982 - 1994

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
Dennis Wise	19 matches	1990 - 2001
Peter Houseman	16 matches	1966 - 1974
Gianfranco Zola	15 matches	1997 - 2003

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

They played in both sides

Joey Jones

100 matches

24 matches

1975 - 1985

Nigel Spackman

63 matches

194 matches

1983 - 1996

Tony Hateley

56 matches

33 matches

1966 - 1968

David Speedie

14 matches

96 matches

1983 - 1991

Total : 4 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/10/1966. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Nigel Spackman

63 matches

194 matches

1983 - 1996

David Speedie

14 matches

96 matches

1983 - 1991

Tony Hateley

56 matches

33 matches

1966 - 1968

Joey Jones

100 matches

24 matches

1975 - 1985

Total : 4 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/10/1966. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

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Liverpool 2-3 Chelsea - February 27, 2005 / League Cup 2004/2005

Liverpool

2 - 3

Chelsea

Team line-ups

First 11

First 11

Substitutes

Substitutes

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Manager

Benítez vs Chelsea

Benítez vs Mourinho

Manager

Mourinho vs Liverpool

Mourinho vs Benítez

Referee

Videos

Comments

Key figures

Pre-match

Current form

Current form

Running streaks

Running streaks

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

Goals

Betting aid

Bookings

Key players

Historical head to head

Historical head to head

Largest victory

Largest victory

Latest head to head

Best historical scorers against Chelsea

Best historical scorers against Liverpool

Players with most games played vs Chelsea

Players with most games played vs Liverpool

They played in both sides

They played in both sides