Cardiff City v Liverpool, 21 April 2019

Score2-0 to Liverpool
RefereeMartin Atkinson
CompetitionPremier League
VenueCardiff City Stadium
Attendance33,082

View Cardiff City v Liverpool head to head

Kick-off: 4.00pm Liverpool had now won all six meetings in all competitions since 1959. Premier League Head to Head Played: 4 Cardiff City won: 0 Drawn: 0 Liverpool won: 4 Cardiff City scored: 5 Liverpool scored: 15

0 Cardiff City

Manager: Neil Warnock

2 Liverpool

Manager: Jürgen Klopp

Goals:

Goals:

Georginio Wijnaldum 57 G
James Milner penalty 81 P

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Neil Etheridge
Defender Bruno Ecuélé Manga
Defender/Centre back Sean Morrison
Defender/Midfielder Lee Peltier
Defender/Left back Joe Bennett
Midfielder Víctor Camarasa
Midfielder Aron Gunnarsson
Midfielder Joe Ralls
Midfielder/Forward Junior Hoilett
Midfielder/Forward Nathaniel Mendez-Laing
Forward Oumar Niasse

Starting lineup:

Alisson Becker Goalkeeper
Virgil van Dijk Defender
Trent Alexander-Arnold Defender/Midfielder
Jordan Henderson Defender/Midfielder
Joël Matip Defender/Midfielder
Andy Robertson Defender/Midfielder
Naby Keïta Midfielder
Georginio Wijnaldum Midfielder
Roberto Firmino Midfielder/Forward
Sadio Mané Midfielder/Forward
Mohamed Salah Midfielder/Forward

Substitutions:

Kenneth Zohore for Oumar Niasse 66
Leandro Bacuna for Joe Ralls 78
Josh Murphy for Junior Hoilett 83

Substitutions:

Fabinho for Naby Keïta 71
James Milner for Fabinho 75
Joe Gomez for Trent Alexander-Arnold 86

Cards:

Aron Gunnarsson 80 Y

Cards:

James Milner 90 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Alex Smithies
Defender/Midfielder Leandro Bacuna
Defender/Midfielder Greg Cunningham
Defender/Midfielder/Forward Bobby Decordova-Reid
Midfielder Kadeem Harris
Forward Josh Murphy
Forward Kenneth Zohore

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Simon Mignolet
Defender Joe Gomez
Defender/Midfielder Fabinho
Defender/Midfielder James Milner
Midfielder/Forward Xherdan Shaqiri
Forward Divock Origi
Forward Daniel Sturridge

Comments:

League position: 18th Cardiff City had now failed to score in five of their last eight games in the Premier League. The Bluebirds had now lost 19 consecutive games in the Premier League against the big six opponents. Sean Morrison made his 300th career league appearance in this game.

Comments:

League position: 1st With three games still to play, Liverpool had now taken 88 points from their 35 games so far in this Premier League season; their most in a league season since 1987-88 in League Division One when they took 90 points from 40 games. The Reds had now won nine consecutive games in all competitions for the first time since April 2014. Georginio Wijnaldum scored his second goal in an away game in the Premier League. His other 19 goals in the competition had all been scored in home games.

0 Cardiff City

Manager: Neil Warnock

Goals:

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Neil Etheridge
Defender Bruno Ecuélé Manga
Defender/Centre back Sean Morrison
Defender/Midfielder Lee Peltier
Defender/Left back Joe Bennett
Midfielder Víctor Camarasa
Midfielder Aron Gunnarsson
Midfielder Joe Ralls
Midfielder/Forward Junior Hoilett
Midfielder/Forward Nathaniel Mendez-Laing
Forward Oumar Niasse

Substitutions:

Kenneth Zohore for Oumar Niasse 66
Leandro Bacuna for Joe Ralls 78
Josh Murphy for Junior Hoilett 83

Cards:

Aron Gunnarsson 80 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Alex Smithies
Defender/Midfielder Leandro Bacuna
Defender/Midfielder Greg Cunningham
Defender/Midfielder/Forward Bobby Decordova-Reid
Midfielder Kadeem Harris
Forward Josh Murphy
Forward Kenneth Zohore

Comments:

League position: 18th Cardiff City had now failed to score in five of their last eight games in the Premier League. The Bluebirds had now lost 19 consecutive games in the Premier League against the big six opponents. Sean Morrison made his 300th career league appearance in this game.

2 Liverpool

Manager: Jürgen Klopp

Goals:

Georginio Wijnaldum 57 G
James Milner penalty 81 P

Starting lineup:

Alisson Becker Goalkeeper
Virgil van Dijk Defender
Trent Alexander-Arnold Defender/Midfielder
Jordan Henderson Defender/Midfielder
Joël Matip Defender/Midfielder
Andy Robertson Defender/Midfielder
Naby Keïta Midfielder
Georginio Wijnaldum Midfielder
Roberto Firmino Midfielder/Forward
Sadio Mané Midfielder/Forward
Mohamed Salah Midfielder/Forward

Substitutions:

Fabinho for Naby Keïta 71
James Milner for Fabinho 75
Joe Gomez for Trent Alexander-Arnold 86

Cards:

James Milner 90 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Simon Mignolet
Defender Joe Gomez
Defender/Midfielder Fabinho
Defender/Midfielder James Milner
Midfielder/Forward Xherdan Shaqiri
Forward Divock Origi
Forward Daniel Sturridge

Comments:

League position: 1st With three games still to play, Liverpool had now taken 88 points from their 35 games so far in this Premier League season; their most in a league season since 1987-88 in League Division One when they took 90 points from 40 games. The Reds had now won nine consecutive games in all competitions for the first time since April 2014. Georginio Wijnaldum scored his second goal in an away game in the Premier League. His other 19 goals in the competition had all been scored in home games.