English Premier League

Liverpool vs Sunderland 2025-26 English Premier League

  • 81': Nordi Mukiele (OG)
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1 - 1
  • 67': Chemsdine Talbi

Sunderland stay ahead of Liverpool in Anfield draw

Florian Wirtz waltzed past a couple of defenders before firing home via a deflection nine minutes from time to secure Liverpool a 1-1 draw with Sunderland and spare head coach Arne Slot more scrutiny.

Match Commentary

  • 45'+2': First Half ends, Liverpool 0, Sunderland 0.
  • 45': Substitution, Liverpool. Mohamed Salah replaces Cody Gakpo.
  • 45': Second Half begins Liverpool 0, Sunderland 0.
  • 54': Enzo Le Fée (Sunderland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 55': Joe Gomez (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 62': Substitution, Sunderland. Wilson Isidor replaces Brian Brobbey.
  • 65': Substitution, Liverpool. Curtis Jones replaces Joe Gomez.
  • 67': Goal! Liverpool 0, Sunderland 1. Chemsdine Talbi (Sunderland) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Enzo Le Fée.
  • 74': Substitution, Liverpool. Hugo Ekitiké replaces Alexis Mac Allister.
  • 79': Substitution, Sunderland. Lutsharel Geertruida replaces Enzo Le Fée.
  • 81': Own Goal by Nordi Mukiele, Sunderland. Liverpool 1, Sunderland 1.
  • 86': Substitution, Liverpool. Federico Chiesa replaces Alexander Isak.
  • 86': Substitution, Liverpool. Milos Kerkez replaces Andy Robertson.
  • 90'+1': Substitution, Sunderland. Luke O'Nien replaces Chemsdine Talbi.
  • 90'+9': Second Half ends, Liverpool 1, Sunderland 1.

Game Information

Competition: English Premier League

Venue: Anfield
Location: Liverpool, England
Attendance: 60,414

English Premier League Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
+20 Arsenal 16 36 2
+22 Manchester City 16 34 4
+8 Aston Villa 16 33 3
+12 Chelsea 16 28 4
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Statistics

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5 Fouls 10
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
2 Offsides 2
3 Corner Kicks 7
4 Saves 4
32 Possession 68
9 SHOTS 23
6 ON GOAL 4
0.7 On Target % 0.2
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
218 Accurate Passes 554
304 Passes 638
0.7 Pass Completion % 0.9
3 Accurate Crosses 6
12 Crosses 34
0.3 Cross % 0.2
73 Long Balls 41
24 Accurate Long Balls 15
0.3 Long Balls % 0.4
1 Blocked Shots 11
7 Effective Tackles 9
15 Tackles 12
0.5 Tackle % 0.8
9 Interceptions 6
47 Effective Clearances 26
47 Clearances 26

Line-Ups

LIV Liverpool (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
1 Alisson Becker (GK)
4 Virgil van Dijk
5 Ibrahima Konaté
26 Andrew Robertson
2 Joe Gomez Yellow Card
7 Florian Wirtz
10 Alexis Mac Allister
38 Ryan Gravenberch
9 Alexander Isak
18 Cody Gakpo
8 Dominik Szoboszlai

SUN Sunderland (4-4-2)

No. Name
22 Robin Roefs (GK)
15 Omar Alderete
5 Danny Ballard
17 Reinildo Mandava
20 Nordi Mukiele
27 Noah Sadiki
34 Granit Xhaka
7 Chemsdine Talbi
32 Trai Hume
9 Brian Brobbey
28 Enzo Le Fée Yellow Card

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