FMFA Champions Cup Final, Liverpool vs. Sunderland (Sun Apr 14) Liverpool | Sunderland 5-1-2-2 P | 5-3-2 P Thomas Edvardsen | Tony Ayre | B_Leno GK | GK M_Neuer K_Walker DF | DF P_Retsos L_Shaw DF | DF J_Tah L_Mai DF | DF N_Sule L_Hernandez DF | DF A_Grimaldo E_Dier DF | DF Maicon L_Suarez FW | MF S_Berge C_Fabregas MF | MF J_Sherman G_Simeone FW | MF Paulinho Coutinho MF | FW M_Icardi V_Wanyama DM | FW D_Mertens | S_Mignolet SUB | SUB M_Vorm M_Alonso SUB | SUB Gabriel J_Rodriguez SUB | SUB Silvio M_Keane SUB | SUB L_Gooch B_Woodburn SUB | SUB A_Nelson Min. 3 :(sun) S_Berge looks up for support for support ... He spots his team mate making a run now ... He plays it across to his team mate and runs forward now! ... D_Mertens receives the pass and heads towards the goal ... K_Walker forces him off the ball Min. 5 :(sun) J_Sherman pulls it back to D_Mertens ... But V_Wanyama comes away with the ball ... Excellent defending there! Min. 6 :(liv) G_Simeone with a neat pass into L_Suarez ... N_Sule steals the ball of off him Min. 20 :(sun) S_Berge looks up for support for support ... He spots his team mate making a run now ... He plays it across to his team mate and runs forward now! ... His team mate plays the through ball for him! ... E_Dier with a nasty foul ... I don't think he meant anything other than trying to get the ball ... That will be a booking ... YELLOW CARD!! Min. 28 :(liv) Coutinho plays it to his team mate for a one-two ... G_Simeone decides to go for goal instead! ... Paulinho with a nasty foul ... The fans are chanting "OFF!!! OFF!!! ... He's warned for that one ... Anymore like that and he will find himself in the book Min. 30 :(sun) P_Retsos with a one-touch layoff to D_Mertens ... V_Wanyama gets to the ball first Min. 31 :(sun) M_Icardi sidesteps his marker ... L_Shaw with an ugly foul ... The fans are chanting "OFF!!! OFF!!! Min. 33 :(liv) Coutinho threads the through ball to L_Suarez ... A vicious shot by L_Suarez ! ... M_Neuer makes a comfortable save ... He makes it look so easy Min. 43 :(REF) The board goes up indicating that there are 3 minutes of time to be added on Min. 48 :(liv) C_Fabregas leaps into the air ... He wins the header ... He heads it across to G_Simeone ... J_Tah anticipates the pass and cuts it out Min. 48 :(liv) L_Shaw moves out wide ... He plays the ball through to C_Fabregas ... Paulinho with the dive ... There's no room in the game for that! ... The Referee calls him over ... The Referee tells him he has had enough warnings ... YELLOW CARD!! ************* HALF TIME **************** Half Time Score: Liverpool 0-0 Sunderland Min. 52 :(liv) G_Simeone with the dribble ... Maicon is easily beaten ... G_Simeone lobs M_Neuer! ... GOAL !! ... He runs off and does a somersault ... That’s put Liverpool ahead! ... Liverpool 1-0 Sunderland ... Min. 54 :(sun) Paulinho looks around for some movement ... He knocks the ball across to M_Icardi ... But he steps on the ball and falls over! ... K_Walker looks embarrassed to take the ball off him! Min. 55 :(sun) L_Gooch will replace Paulinho and play MF Min. 55 :(sun) A_Nelson is coming on and D_Mertens is being brought off ... Looks likely he will go and play FW Min. 56 :(liv) V_Wanyama with the nod to G_Simeone ... An audacious effort from G_Simeone ! ... Looks like it should be M_Neuer's ... Oh he's let it go through his legs ... But drifts inches wide !! ... M_Neuer looks embarrassed! ... He was relieved to see it go wide! ... CORNER! ... Coutinho hits it into the box! ... L_Hernandez gets a shot in ... M_Neuer with the acrobatic save ... He must have spotted the TV cameras! Min. 60 :(liv) M_Alonso is being prepared to come on ... L_Hernandez is leaving the pitch ... Looks like the substitute will play DF Min. 60 :(liv) J_Rodriguez replaces C_Fabregas to play as a MF Min. 60 :(sun) Gabriel is coming on for J_Tah and playing DF Min. 60 :(sun) P_Retsos kills the ball dead ... He sees a team mate in space! ... He plays the ball in to him! ... A_Nelson gets on the end of the pass ... A_Nelson hits it ... This one could go anywhere ! ... B_Leno with the save ... He holds onto it as well! Min. 69 :(liv) G_Simeone with the mazy dribble ... He takes it past P_Retsos ... But Gabriel with the fine tackle Min. 70 :(liv) B_Woodburn is coming on for G_Simeone and playing FW Min. 72 :(sun) N_Sule moves out wide ... He plays the ball through to M_Icardi ... M_Icardi lobs B_Leno! ... B_Leno parries it ... The defender clears it Min. 75 :(liv) Liverpool made the switch to a D strategy Min. 75 :(liv) L_Suarez will now play as AM Min. 81 :(sun) A_Nelson has it now ... He takes on L_Mai ... He gets past him! ... He puts in M_Icardi! ... J_Rodriguez with the foul ... YELLOW CARD!! Min. 86 :(liv) L_Suarez reads the run of B_Woodburn ... But Gabriel wins the ball Min. 88 :(REF) The 4th referee signals that there are 3 minutes of time to be added on Min. 89 :(liv) J_Rodriguez hits the ball through the heart of the defence ... K_Walker latches onto it! ... But Gabriel spotted the danger and cleans up the play Min. 90 :(liv) L_Suarez jumps over the defender's challenge ... Oh, beautiful nutmeg ... He's clean through ... L_Gooch with a well timed tackle ... The Referee didn't like it though ... The Referee tells him to calm his game down a bit Min. 93 :(liv) L_Suarez barges N_Sule off the ball ... Maicon brings him down in the area ... There can only be one outcome surely! ... But The Referee waves play on!!! ************* FULL TIME **************** Match Details ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Venue : Stamford Bridge Attendance : 41,368 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Liverpool Match Info ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Best player : G_Simeone (Man of the Match) Scorers : G_Simeone (52) Sent Off : N/A Booked : E_Dier (20), J_Rodriguez (81) Injured : N/A ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sunderland Match Info ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Best player : Gabriel Scorers : N/A Sent Off : N/A Booked : Paulinho (48) Injured : N/A ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Match Statistics ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Liverpool | Sunderland Attempts on Goal : 4 | 2 Off target : 1 | 0 On target : 3 | 2 Possession : 61 | 39 Corners : 1 | 0 Red Cards : 0 | 0 Yellow Cards : 2 | 1 Subs Used : 3 | 3 Fouls : 4 | 6 Key Tackles : 4 | 6 Key Passes : 8 | 7 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Final Score : Liverpool 1 - 0 Sunderland ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Player Statistics - Liverpool Name Pos St Tk Ps Sh Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- B_Leno GK 29 2 2 1 22 | 96 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 K_Walker DF 1 25 14 8 26 | 96 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 8 8 L_Shaw DF 2 26 14 4 28 | 96 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 L_Mai DF 1 27 13 2 23 | 96 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 L_Hernandez DF 1 25 10 2 25 | 63 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 E_Dier DF 2 24 13 3 28 | 96 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 -3 -3 L_Suarez AM 2 4 14 29 46 | 96 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 3 C_Fabregas MF 2 11 27 11 25 | 63 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 18 8 G_Simeone FW 2 3 9 26 21 | 73 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 10 24 Coutinho MF 2 4 27 13 25 | 96 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 V_Wanyama DM 2 12 25 3 27 | 96 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 10 0 S_Mignolet GK 27 2 3 2 28 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 M_Alonso DF 2 25 10 4 23 | 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 J_Rodriguez MF 2 3 26 11 25 | 33 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 -3 7 -3 M_Keane DF 2 25 10 2 26 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 B_Woodburn FW 2 2 3 24 23 | 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Player Statistics - Sunderland Name Pos St Tk Ps Sh Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- M_Neuer GK 29 2 3 3 24 | 96 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -9 0 0 0 P_Retsos DF 1 27 13 2 24 | 96 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 J_Tah DF 2 25 3 3 24 | 63 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 N_Sule DF 1 25 9 3 27 | 96 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 10 0 A_Grimaldo DF 2 24 2 3 24 | 96 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Maicon DF 2 24 2 3 22 | 96 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 S_Berge MF 1 6 26 3 25 | 96 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 J_Sherman MF 2 1 24 5 24 | 96 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 Paulinho MF 2 3 25 2 24 | 58 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 -3 7 -3 M_Icardi FW 1 2 4 26 24 | 96 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 D_Mertens FW 1 2 4 25 22 | 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 M_Vorm GK 24 2 3 4 23 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Gabriel DF 3 23 4 2 25 | 33 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 39 0 0 Silvio DF 2 23 5 2 25 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 L_Gooch MF 2 3 25 3 23 | 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A_Nelson FW 2 2 3 24 21 | 38 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 3 1555267280 Produced from ESMS+ V3.35