Liverpool v Watford, 02 April 2022

Score2-0 to Liverpool
RefereeStuart Attwell
CompetitionPremier League
VenueAnfield
Attendance53,104

View Liverpool v Watford head to head

Kick-off: 12.30pm Premier League Head to Head Played: 16 Liverpool won: 12 Drawn: 1 Watford won: 3 Liverpool scored: 42 Watford scored: 13 Watford had now lost on 13 of their 14 league visits to Anfield (won one).

2 Liverpool

Manager: Jürgen Klopp

0 Watford

Manager: Roy Hodgson

Goals:

Diogo Jota 22 G
Fabinho penalty 89 P

Goals:

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Alisson Becker
Defender Joe Gomez
Defender Virgil van Dijk
Defender/Midfielder Jordan Henderson
Defender/Midfielder Joël Matip
Defender/Midfielder Andy Robertson
Midfielder Curtis Jones
Midfielder Thiago Alcántara
Midfielder/Forward Diogo Jota
Midfielder/Forward Roberto Firmino
Midfielder/Forward Mohamed Salah

Starting lineup:

Ben Foster Goalkeeper
Christian Kabasele Defender
Hassane Kamara Defender
Samir Defender
Kiko Femenía Defender/Midfielder
Juraj Kucka Midfielder
Imran Louza Midfielder
Moussa Sissoko Midfielder
Cucho Hernández Midfielder/Forward
Ismaïla Sarr Midfielder/Forward
João Pedro Forward

Substitutions:

Fabinho for Curtis Jones 62
Sadio Mané for Mohamed Salah 69
James Milner for Thiago Alcántara 90

Substitutions:

Tom Cleverley for Imran Louza 78
Emmanuel Dennis for Cucho Hernández 78
Josh King for João Pedro 78

Cards:

Joe Gomez 45 Y

Cards:

Cucho Hernández 59 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher
Defender Ibrahima Konaté
Defender/Midfielder Trent Alexander-Arnold
Defender/Midfielder Fabinho
Defender/Midfielder James Milner
Defender/Midfielder Kostas Tsimikas
Midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain
Midfielder/Forward Luis Díaz
Midfielder/Forward Sadio Mané

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Dan Bachmann
Defender Craig Cathcart
Defender Adam Masina
Defender Jeremy Ngakia
Midfielder Tom Cleverley
Midfielder Edo Kayembe
Midfielder Ken Sema
Forward Emmanuel Dennis
Forward Josh King

Comments:

League position: 2nd Liverpool became the second team to win ten consecutive games in the Premier League five times after Manchester City. The Reds had now taken 50 points from their last 19 games in the Premier League. They had now kept a clean sheet in five consecutive games in the Premier League for the first time since January 2020. Liverpool were awarded a penalty in the 88th minute following a VAR review for a foul.

Comments:

League position: 18th Watford had now lost 13 of their last 18 games in the Premier League (won two). The Hornets had now failed to score in 12 of their last 24 games in the Premier League. They failed in their attempt to win consecutive away games in the Premier League for the first time since September 2017.

2 Liverpool

Manager: Jürgen Klopp

Goals:

Diogo Jota 22 G
Fabinho penalty 89 P

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Alisson Becker
Defender Joe Gomez
Defender Virgil van Dijk
Defender/Midfielder Jordan Henderson
Defender/Midfielder Joël Matip
Defender/Midfielder Andy Robertson
Midfielder Curtis Jones
Midfielder Thiago Alcántara
Midfielder/Forward Diogo Jota
Midfielder/Forward Roberto Firmino
Midfielder/Forward Mohamed Salah

Substitutions:

Fabinho for Curtis Jones 62
Sadio Mané for Mohamed Salah 69
James Milner for Thiago Alcántara 90

Cards:

Joe Gomez 45 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher
Defender Ibrahima Konaté
Defender/Midfielder Trent Alexander-Arnold
Defender/Midfielder Fabinho
Defender/Midfielder James Milner
Defender/Midfielder Kostas Tsimikas
Midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain
Midfielder/Forward Luis Díaz
Midfielder/Forward Sadio Mané

Comments:

League position: 2nd Liverpool became the second team to win ten consecutive games in the Premier League five times after Manchester City. The Reds had now taken 50 points from their last 19 games in the Premier League. They had now kept a clean sheet in five consecutive games in the Premier League for the first time since January 2020. Liverpool were awarded a penalty in the 88th minute following a VAR review for a foul.

0 Watford

Manager: Roy Hodgson

Goals:

Starting lineup:

Ben Foster Goalkeeper
Christian Kabasele Defender
Hassane Kamara Defender
Samir Defender
Kiko Femenía Defender/Midfielder
Juraj Kucka Midfielder
Imran Louza Midfielder
Moussa Sissoko Midfielder
Cucho Hernández Midfielder/Forward
Ismaïla Sarr Midfielder/Forward
João Pedro Forward

Substitutions:

Tom Cleverley for Imran Louza 78
Emmanuel Dennis for Cucho Hernández 78
Josh King for João Pedro 78

Cards:

Cucho Hernández 59 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Dan Bachmann
Defender Craig Cathcart
Defender Adam Masina
Defender Jeremy Ngakia
Midfielder Tom Cleverley
Midfielder Edo Kayembe
Midfielder Ken Sema
Forward Emmanuel Dennis
Forward Josh King

Comments:

League position: 18th Watford had now lost 13 of their last 18 games in the Premier League (won two). The Hornets had now failed to score in 12 of their last 24 games in the Premier League. They failed in their attempt to win consecutive away games in the Premier League for the first time since September 2017.