Liverpool 4-0 Fulham (2012-13 Premier League)

Sat 22 Dec 2012 17:30	Liverpool	(2) 4-0 (0)	Fulham	Anfield, Liverpool, Merseyside Attendance: 44,570 Referee: Mark Clattenburg
	Škrtel  8' Gerrard  36' Downing  51' Suárez  90+2'	Report

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LIVERPOOL (4-2-3-1) GK 25 Pepe Reina DR 2 Glen Johnson 53' DC 37 Martin Škrtel DC 5 Daniel Agger DL 3 José Enrique DM 21 Lucas Leiva 83' DM 8 Steven Gerrard (c) AMR 19 Stewart Downing AMC 33 Jonjo Shelvey 74' AML 30 Suso 71' ST 7 Luis Suárez Substitutes: GK 1 Brad Jones DF 23 Jamie Carragher 83' DF 47 Andre Wisdom MF 4 Nuri Şahin MF 14 Jordan Henderson MF 24 Joe Allen 74' FW 31 Raheem Sterling 71' Manager: Brendan Rodgers

FULHAM (4-5-1) GK 1 Mark Schwarzer DR 27 Sascha Riether DC 18 Aaron Hughes DC 4 Brede Hangeland (c) DL 3 John Arne Riise MR 24 Ashkan Dejagah 78' MRC 6 Chris Baird MC 14 Giorgos Karagounis 85' MLC 15 Kieran Richardson 54' ML 31 Alex Kačaniklić 46' ST 9 Dimitar Berbatov Substitutes: GK 13 David Stockdale DF 4 Philippe Senderos DF 17 Matthew Briggs MF 8 Pajtim Kasami MF 21 Kerim Frei 54' MF 25 Mickaël Tavares FW 20 Hugo Rodallega 46' Manager: Martin Jol

Assistant referees: Stephen Child Simon Beck Fourth official: Andre Marriner Previous Meeting: Liverpool 0-1 Fulham (2011-12 Premier League) (1 May 2012) Following Meeting: Fulham 1-3 Liverpool (2012-13 Premier League) (12 May 2013) Trivia Fulham's poor record at Anfield returns to conformity after their victory last season Mickaël Tavares makes his first appearance in a matchday squad Statistics Liverpool Fulham Possession 56% 44% Shots on target 9 4 Shots off target 9 2 Shots blocked 5 2 Corner kicks 8 2 Fouls committed 13 6 Offsides 2 0 Yellow cards 1 2 Red cards 0 0 Total passes 553 431 Passing success 87% 84% Tackles 24 18 Tackles success 88% 83% Total crosses 22 10 Lost balls 125 131 Recoveries 61 58 Images 1-0: Martin Škrtel makes amends for his own goal in this fixture last season by firing Liverpool ahead on 8 minutes, after a lose ball allowed him to smash a volley through a crowd of players 2-0: Captain Steven Gerrard was played through beautifully to finish past Schwarzer and make it 2-0 on 36 minutes 3-0: Man-of-the-match Stewart Downing made it three after he jinxed inside from the right and smashed a left-footed shot in the near post 4-0: Luis Suárez polished off a miserable evening for Fulham when he tucked away a simple tap-in 2012-13 season Pre-season: HB Køge (n) • Lokomotive Leipzig (a) • Kaiserslautern (n) Wycombe (a) • Nice (a) • MK Dons (a) • Charlton (h) Premier League: Norwich (h) • Man Utd (a) • West Ham (a) • West Brom (h) • Wigan (a) • Man City (h) • Southampton (a) Aston Villa (h) • Reading (a) • Everton (h) • Arsenal (a) • Sunderland (h) • Stoke (a) • Chelsea (a) • Tottenham (h) Newcastle (h) • QPR (a) • Liverpool (a) • Southampton (h) • Swansea (h) • West Brom (a) • Wigan (h) • Man City (a) West Ham (h) • Man Utd (h) • Norwich (a) • Stoke (h) • Sunderland (a) • Tottenham (a) • QPR (h) • Newcastle (a) Aston Villa (a) • Chelsea (h) • Arsenal (h) • Everton (a) • Reading (h) • Liverpool (h) • Swansea (a) FA Cup: 3rd round: Blackpool (h) • Replay: Blackpool (a) | 4th round: Man Utd (a) League Cup: 2nd round: Sheff Wed (a)