2011–12 Liverpool F.C. season

Liverpool began their pre-season schedule with a fixture against Guangdong Sunray Cave on 13 July as part of their tour of China, with Liverpool narrowly winning 4–3. Christian Poulsen scored his first Reds' goal, David Ngog and Andy Carroll grabbed one each and 18-year-old debutant Conor Coady also got a goal, with the new signing Charlie Adam featuring for 45 minutes.^[2] On 16 July 2011, they continued their tour of Asia when they played the Malaysia All-Stars XI team. They won the game 6–3 despite a number of defensive errors. Charlie Adam scored his first goal from the penalty spot, Maxi Rodríguez and David Ngog both got braces and Dirk Kuyt also scored to round off the victory. On 23 July, they travelled to the KC Stadium to play Hull City where they lost 3–0. The game saw other summer recruits Jordan Henderson, Stewart Downing and Doni make their debuts. They later played against Galatasaray in Istanbul on 28 July and lost 3–0 again. Next, they played Vålerenga away on 1 August and drew the game 3–3. Daniel Agger hit a brace and Andy Carroll scored the other. They played their final pre-season game on 6 August at Anfield against Valencia, winning 2–0. Andy Carroll and Dirk Kuyt were on the scoresheet, although the latter's shot appeared to take a deflection off Sotiris Kyrgiakos before rolling into the net.^[3][4]

Liverpool started their Premier League campaign on 13 August, at home to Sunderland. The match finished 1–1, the Liverpool goal coming in the 12th minute from Luis Suárez from a Charlie Adam free kick. Suárez had missed an early penalty which he had won after being brought down by Kieran Richardson, firing the ball over the bar from the spot.^[5] Andy Carroll had a goal ruled out before Sunderland equalised in the 57th minute with a volley from Sebastian Larsson.^[6] Jordan Henderson made his full Liverpool debut against his former club, with Charlie Adam, Stewart Downing and José Enrique also making their debuts, despite the latter signing just the day before.^[7]

Liverpool played their second league match against Arsenal on 20 August at the Emirates Stadium. Liverpool won the match 2–0, taking advantage of Arsenal's worries on and off the pitch. The first half saw Henderson and Carroll go close for Liverpool with headers, with Pepe Reina not even troubled by the hosts. In the second half, Arsenal midfielder Emmanuel Frimpong received a second yellow card after a dangerous tackle on Lucas. The visitors' first goal came in the 78th minute after Arsenal's young centre-back Ignasi Miquel's attempted to clear the ball, only for it to strike Aaron Ramsey in the chest and looped over Wojciech Szczęsny. Substitute Luis Suárez wrapped up the points in the 90th minute, when Raul Meireles squared the ball to him to tuck it under the oncoming Szczęsny. The 2–0 win was Liverpool's first victory at Arsenal since 2000, when a Titi Camara goal won the game for Liverpool.

Liverpool then faced a League Cup tie at Exeter City. Liverpool won 3–1, Suárez scoring in the 23rd minute and unselfishly setting up other two for Maxi Rodríguez in the 55th minute and substitute Andy Carroll in the 58th.

Liverpool faced Bolton Wanderers at Anfield. Liverpool won by the same margin of 3–1 with Henderson and Adam scoring their first goals for the club, Martin Škrtel also scoring with a header from a corner by Adam. This win saw Liverpool as overnight leaders of the Premier League for the first time since 2009.

Liverpool suffered their first defeat of the season on 10 September 2011, against Stoke City at the Britannia Stadium. Jonathan Walters scored the only goal of the game by converting a 21st-minute penalty.

Liverpool then traveled to White Hart Lane to play against Tottenham Hotspur. Spurs, by Luka Modrić, took an early lead, and Liverpool had trouble getting into the game. After 28 minutes, Charlie Adam received his second yellow card, and was sent off. After half time Liverpool got more into the game, but after 68 minutes, Martin Škrtel received his second yellow card, and reduced Liverpool to nine players. After two minutes, Spurs had scored two more goals, and in injury time, Emmanuel Adebayor sealed the game 4–0 to Tottenham, Liverpool's worst defeat to Tottenham since 1963.

Liverpool then traveled to Brighton to face Brighton and Hove Albion in the third round encounter of the League Cup. Craig Bellamy and Dirk Kuyt were on target for Liverpool. Ashley Barnes scored an injury time consolation for Brighton. The final score remained 2–1 in Liverpool's favor and they qualified for the fourth round.

Liverpool then hosted Wolverhampton Wanderers and returned to winning ways. They won by 2–1. Roger Johnson's own goal and Luis Suárez's goal gave them a 2–0 lead at halftime before Steven Fletcher scored in the second half to make the score 2–1.

Liverpool faced their local rivals Everton at Goodison Park and won 2–0. Jack Rodwell got sent off in the first half. Liverpool made benefit of the numerical advantage and scored twice in the second half through Luis Suárez and Andy Carroll, who scored his first league goal of the season.

Liverpool then hosted Manchester United. Steven Gerrard, who was making his first start after returning from injury, scored from a free kick to give Liverpool the lead before Javier Hernández scored to make the final score 1–1. The game was marred by Luis Suárez racially abusing United's Patrice Evra.

Liverpool then hosted the newcomers Norwich City and drew 1–1. Craig Bellamy scored in the stoppage time of first half. Substitute Grant Holt scored in the second half to make the score 1–1. Liverpool created a lot of opportunities throughout the game but were denied by the Norwich defense and goalkeeper and the match ended in a draw.

Liverpool then faced Stoke at Britannia Stadium in the fourth round of League Cup. Stoke took the lead in the first half thanks to a goal from Kenwyne Jones. Luis Suárez, however, scored two second half goals to give Liverpool the win and they made it to the quarter-final of the League Cup. This was Liverpool's first win after going a goal down since January.

Liverpool then faced West Bromwich Albion at The Hawthorns. Charlie Adam scored a ninth-minute penalty to give Liverpool the lead after Suárez was brought down. Andy Carroll scored at the end of first half to make the score 2–0 in Liverpool's favor.

After the 2–0 away win at West Brom, Liverpool then had a match at home to Swansea City, which finished a disappointing 0–0 draw. Liverpool once again had several chances but they still couldn't get the ball past Swansea keeper Michel Vorm, who made some world class saves.

After the international break, Liverpool had another league match away to Chelsea at Stade Louis II the game finished 2–1 to Liverpool for their third consecutive win over the Londoners. Neat play from Craig Bellamy and Luis Suárez set up the first goal for Maxi Rodríguez to give the Reds a 1–0 lead before the interval. Ten minutes after half-time Daniel Sturridge leveled for Chelsea for 1–1 until late on in the 87th minute full-back Glen Johnson had a great run at goal and netted the winner to m of chances against 10-men City but no chances were taken and the game finished 1–1 and balotelli destroyed Liverpool in 6969

Only two days after the Manchester City, Liverpool had a League Cup quarter-final tie against Chelsea. This time both, of the former Liverpool players, Raul Meireles and RIO Ferdinand did the griddy, started whereas last time they both came off the bench. There were no goals in the first half but in the 58th minute, Maxi Rodríguez broke the deadlock from close range from Craig Bellamy's pass for 1–0. Five minutes later Martin Kelly headed in to make it 2–0 with his first goal for Liverpool. But this victory resulted in a serious injury by Lucas, who ruptured his anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) after colliding with Juan Mata, and he was ruled out for the rest of the season.

Liverpool's first game in December was an away match to Fulham at Craven Cottage which the Reds won 5–2 seven months ago. Liverpool pushed in the first half with Jordan Henderson hitting the post, but nothing came off and it was 0–0 at the interval. In the second half Liverpool went down to 10-men due to a controversial sending off for Jay Spearing for a challenge on Moussa Dembélé. Fulham made them pay as Clint Dempsey scored from close range off of a rebound in the 85th minute to win it for Fulham.

The Reds next had another league game against Queens Park Rangers at Anfield, which Liverpool won courtesy of a Luis Suárez header in the early stages of the second half. This win ended a run of four poor draws at home since they won 3–1 against Bolton.

Their next league game was against Aston Villa at Villa Park. The Reds won 2–0 with goals from Craig Bellamy and Martin Škrtel.

Liverpool's next fixture was an away tie against 18th-placed Wigan Athletic at the DW Stadium. The game ended as a goalless draw.

The next match was against Blackburn Rovers at home. Blackburn took an early courtesy of a Charlie Adam own goal during the end of the first half from a corner. Liverpool equalised with a Maxi Rodríguez header early in the second half. Liverpool put tremendous pressure on Blackburn's defence in the dying moments of the game, but were unlucky not to get three points thanks to some resolute defending by the away side. The game ended 1–1.

Just a few days later Liverpool played their last league game of 2011; a home tie against Newcastle United. Needing a win to keep up with their pursuit of a Champions League spot, Liverpool started the game off by going a goal down against the run of play; an unfortunate Daniel Agger deflection putting Newcastle in the lead in the 25th minute. The Reds responded almost instantly when Craig Bellamy pounced on a loose ball in the box three minutes later to equalise. In the second half, the Reds dominated play. Bellamy scored his second from a fantastic free kick, and returning captain Steven Gerrard completed the scoring with a fine finish in the 78th minute.

Liverpool's first game of 2012 involved a daunting trip to league leaders Monaco FC. This was also the first of three games against the league leaders scheduled for January. The hosts had not lost a single game at their home ground in the Premier League all season. Liverpool started brightly but were unfortunate to go a goal down thanks to a Sergio Agüero strike early in the first half. The Reds eventually lost the game 3–0 after some fine Manchester City finishing. Their second game of the year was an FA Cup third Round tie against Oldham Athletic at Anfield. Liverpool eased past the opposition by winning 5–1. Stewart Downing and Jonjo Shelvey were amongst the goalscorers for the Reds, netting their first ever competitive goals for the club. On 11 January 2012 saw Liverpool face Manchester City for the second time in an away League Cup semi-final; the first of two legs to be played this month. After a convincing defeat the previous week at the same ground, Liverpool produced a fantastic defensive display after captain Gerrard had put them in front in the 13th minute from the penalty spot. They ran out 1–0 victors and condemning Manchester City to their second defeat in their last two games, as well as their first home game without scoring a goal.

On 14 January 2012, Liverpool drew 0–0 at home to Stoke City, followed one week later by a 3–1 away loss to Bolton, which manager Kenny Dalglish branded Liverpool's worst performance since his return. With this in mind, it created added pressure for the return leg of the League Cup semi-final against Manchester City. Liverpool had a number of chances to score, but excellent goalkeeping by Joe Hart kept them out and they fell behind twice. Their efforts eventually came to fruition, however, with the game ending as a 2–2 draw, with Liverpool winning 3–2 on aggregate and reaching Wembley for the first time since 1996 and the new Wembley for the first time. On 28 January 2012, Liverpool faced Manchester United in the FA Cup Fourth round at home. Liverpool started the scoring with Daniel Agger early on in the first half. Park Ji-sung netted one to create the equalizer. Substitute Dirk Kuyt netted a final one, defeating Manchester United. Next, the Reds faced Wolverhampton Wanderers away. Andy Caroll, Craig Bellamy and Dirk Kuyt were on target, ending the match 3–0.

The beginning of February saw the return to action of Luis Suárez following his eight-match ban. Due to their involvement in both domestic cups, Liverpool played only two league games in the month of February, a 0–0 draw against Tottenham, and a 2–1 loss away at Manchester United, where Suárez scored late on to provide a consolation goal. Liverpool went on to face Brighton & Hove Albion at Anfield in the fifth round of the FA Cup, a game they won 6–1 thanks to goals from Luis Suárez, Andy Carroll, Steven Gerrard, Martin Škrtel, and two Brighton own-goals. This saw them through to the sixth round, where they were drawn against Stoke City. Liverpool's last game of the month was the 2012 Football League Cup Final against Cardiff City at Wembley, held on 26 February 2012. The game finished 1–1 after 90 minutes, and 2–2 after extra time, with Liverpool prevailing 3–2 in the subsequent penalty shoot-out. This won Liverpool the Football League Cup for a record eighth time in their history, as well as ending a run of six years without a trophy.

Following victory in the League Cup, many predicted that Liverpool would be able to produce momentum that would take them towards Champions League qualification. Their league campaign began to falter however, with a first home defeat of the season to Arsenal after a last minute Robin van Persie goal gave them a 2–1 victory, followed by a scrappy 1–0 loss away at Sunderland. Three days later, Liverpool faced Everton in the second Merseyside derby of the season, this time at Anfield. The game also marked the 400th league appearance of Steven Gerrard for Liverpool, and he scored a hat-trick to give Liverpool a 3–0 victory. Liverpool would go on to secure a place in the FA Cup semi-final by defeating Stoke City 2–1 at Anfield, with strikes from Luis Suárez and Stewart Downing. Despite these successes, Liverpool were unable to revive their faltering league campaign, seeing a 2–0 lead turn into a 3–2 defeat at Loftus Road to QPR and losing 2–1 at Anfield to Wigan, both of whom were teams fighting relegation. This gave Liverpool a league record of five defeats in six games.

Liverpool began April with a 2–0 loss away at Newcastle, marked their sixth defeat in seven league games, officially their worst run of league results in 59 years.^{[citation needed]} This saw pressure begin to mount on manager Kenny Dalglish, as Champions League qualification had become all but impossible for Liverpool for a third successive season. The defeat also saw Liverpool's first-choice keeper Pepe Reina – also the only player to start every game under Dalglish and played every minute of all competitive matches this season – receive a three-match ban after being sent off. This gave Doni his first competitive appearance for Liverpool, in a game the following week at Anfield against Aston Villa, which ended in a 1–1 draw. The following week Liverpool faced Blackburn away, in a remarkable game which saw Liverpool go 2–0 up through two goals from Maxi Rodríguez, only for Doni to be sent off for a foul in the penalty box, requiring Liverpool's third-choice keeper Brad Jones to replace him, and also become Liverpool's only goalkeeper for the FA Cup semi-final. Jones' first contribution for Liverpool was to save the penalty given by the foul. Blackburn then hit back twice through Yakubu, before Andy Carroll headed a winner in added time, securing Liverpool's first win in the league for almost a month.

Four days later, Liverpool faced Everton at Wembley in the FA Cup semi-final. Liverpool went into the semi-final trailing Everton in the league by one point, with many tipping Everton to beat Liverpool in a major semi-final for the first time in over a century. Nikica Jelavić gave Everton a 1–0 lead in the first half, with Luis Suárez equalising in the second half. The game looked to be heading towards extra time before Andy Carroll scored a second headed winner in as many games in the 87th minute, sending Liverpool through to their first FA Cup Final since 2006 – where they defeated West Ham United – and also their second cup final of the season. They will face Chelsea in the Final at Wembley on 5 May 2012. If they win this year's FA Cup Final, they will enter the group stage of 2012–13 UEFA Europa League directly without the need to enter the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League Qualifying Rounds. However, the last-gasp win over their local rivals was not enough to see renewed momentum in the league campaign however, as despite firing 30 shots on goal, Liverpool lost 1–0 at home to West Brom on 22 April. They ended the month with a win however, after Luis Suárez scored his first Liverpool hat-trick to seal a 3–0 win away at Norwich on 29 April.

Liverpool began May with a 1–0 defeat at home to Fulham, giving the Reds their fourth defeat in five games at Anfield. On 5 May 2012, they were defeated by Chelsea 2–1 in the 2012 FA Cup Final. Three days later the two teams faced each other for a Premier League meeting. Liverpool went out strong in the first half recording three goals in the first 30 minutes of the match. The first goal was a sensational run down the line from Luis Suárez and he crossed it in where then Michael Essien would score an own goal. Soon after, a ball played back from Ivanović to John Terry faulted as Terry fell and Jordan Henderson ran onto it and scored it with his dominate foot with a great finish. Four minutes later a far post corner from central midfielder Jonjo Shelvey was headed by Andy Carroll to Daniel Agger and resulted in a 3–0 lead over Chelsea after the first half. Within the second half Chelsea scored off of a Florent Malouda set piece outside the 18-yard box and chested in from Brazilian international Ramires. Later in the second half, Ross Turnbull kicked it to clear it and bluffed it and Jonjo Shelvey trapped it and made a sensational finish to secure a final 4–1 win for Liverpool. In the final game of the season, Liverpool faced an away trip to Swansea and suffered a 1–0 defeat.

First Team

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
14	CM		Jordan Henderson	20	EU	Sunderland	Transfer	Summer		£16,000,000	Liverpoolfc.tv
26	CM		Charlie Adam	25	EU	Blackpool	Transfer	Summer		£6,700,000	Liverpoolfc.tv
32	GK		Doni	31	EU	Roma	Transfer	Summer		Free	Liverpoolfc.tv
19	LW		Stewart Downing	26	EU	Aston Villa	Transfer	Summer		£20,000,000	Liverpoolfc.tv
3	LB		José Enrique	25	EU	Newcastle United	Transfer	Summer		£5,000,000	Liverpoolfc.tv
16	CB		Sebastián Coates	20	Non-EU	Nacional	Transfer	Summer		£7,000,000	Liverpoolfc.tv
39	FW		Craig Bellamy	32	EU	Manchester City	Transfer	Summer		Free	Liverpoolfc.tv

Last updated: 31 August 2011

Reserves and Academy

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
	RB		Ryan McLaughlin	16	EU		Transfer	Summer		Undisclosed	Liverpoolfc.tv
	LB		Alex O'Hanlon	15	EU		Transfer	Summer		Compensation	Liverpool Echo
	CB		Lloyd Jones	15	EU	Plymouth Argyle	Transfer	Summer	2014	Undisclosed	Player's Twitter
	FW		Villyan Bijev	18	EU	California Odyssey	Transfer	Summer		Undisclosed	Liverpoolfc.tv
	MF		Marc Pelosi	30	EU		Transfer	n/a		Undisclosed	Liverpoolfc.tv
	MF		Sheyi Ojo	14	EU	Milton Keynes Dons	Transfer	n/a		Undisclosed	BBC
	FW		Jordon Ibe	16	EU	Wycombe Wanderers	Transfer	Winter		Undisclosed	Wycombewanderers.co.uk
	GK		Danny Ward	18	EU	Wrexham	Transfer	Winter		Undisclosed	Liverpoolfc.tv
	AM		João Carlos Teixeira	19	EU	Sporting CP	Transfer	Winter		Undisclosed	Liverpoolfc.tv

Last updated: 31 January 2012

First team

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
3	LB		Paul Konchesky	30	EU	Leicester City	Transfer	Summer	£1,500,000	[8]
14	FW		Milan Jovanović	30	EU	Anderlecht	Transfer	Summer	£700,000	[9]
	MF		Nabil El Zhar	23	EU	Levante	Released	Summer		[10]
16	CB		Sotirios Kyrgiakos	32	EU	VfL Wolfsburg	Transfer	Summer	Free	[11]
	LB		Emiliano Insúa	22	EU	Sporting CP	Transfer	Summer	£3,000,000	[12]
28	DM		Christian Poulsen	31	EU	Evian	Transfer	Summer	Free	[13]
24	ST		David Ngog	22	EU	Bolton Wanderers	Transfer	Summer	£4,000,000	[14]
	RB		Philipp Degen	28	EU	Basel	Released	Summer		[15]
4	CM		Raul Meireles	28	EU	Chelsea	Transfer	Summer	£12,000,000	[16]

Last updated: 31 August 2011

Reserves and Academy

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
	RB		Karl Clair	18	EU		Released	Summer		[17]
43	GK		Dean Bouzanis	20	EU	Oldham Athletic	Released	Summer		[18]
	GK		Deale Chamberlain	19	EU		Released	Summer		[19]
36	CM		Steven Irwin	20	EU	Telstar	Released	Summer		[19]
	LB		Alex Cooper	19	EU	Ross County	Released	Summer		[19]
	FW		Nikola Sarić	20	EU	Hajduk Split	Released	Summer		[19]
48	LW		Gerardo Bruna	20	EU	Blackpool	Transfer	Summer	Free	[20]
	LB		Chris Mavinga	20	EU	Rennes	Transfer	Summer	£880,000	[21]
45	AM		Tom Ince	19	EU	Blackpool	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	[22]
40	CB		Daniel Ayala	20	EU	Norwich City	Transfer	Summer	£800,000	[23]
41	GK		Martin Hansen	21	EU	Viborg FF	Transfer	Winter	Free	[24]

Last updated: 31 January 2012

#	Pos	Nat.	Player	To	Start	End	Source
32	RB		Stephen Darby	Rochdale	7 July 2011	30 June 2012	[25]
42	GK		Péter Gulácsi	Hull City	19 July 2011	13 April 2012†	[26]
41	GK		Martin Hansen	Bradford City	28 July 2011	28 August 2011	[27]
12	AM		Dani Pacheco	Atlético Madrid	24 August 2011	30 June 2012	[28]
15	CM		Alberto Aquilani	Milan	25 August 2011	30 June 2012	[29]
10	RW		Joe Cole	Lille	31 August 2011	30 June 2012	[30]
	FW		Villyan Bijev	Fortuna Düsseldorf	31 August 2011		[31]
	RW		David Amoo	Bury	23 September 2011	22 October 2011	[32]
33	MF		Jonjo Shelvey	Blackpool	30 September 2011	30 November 2011†	[33] (Recall)[34]
	FW		Nathan Eccleston	Rochdale	20 October 2011	20 November 2011	[35]
	MF		Toni Silva	Northampton Town	14 February 2011	30 June 2012	[36]
	RW		David Amoo	Bury	20 October 2011	2 January 2012	[37]
22	CB		Danny Wilson	Blackpool	31 December 2011	30 June 2012	[38]

Last updated: 31 December 2011

†Loan ended prematurely

Players' age as of 31 December 2011 (mid-season)

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (age)	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends
Goalkeepers
1	Brad Jones		GK	(1982-03-19)19 March 1982 (aged 29)	Middlesbrough	2010	2013
25	Pepe Reina		GK	(1982-08-31)31 August 1982 (aged 29)	Villarreal	2005	2016
32	Doni		GK	(1979-10-22)22 October 1979 (aged 32)	Roma	2011	2013
Defenders
2	Glen Johnson		RB/LB	(1984-08-23)23 August 1984 (aged 27)	Portsmouth	2009	2015
3	José Enrique		LB	(1986-01-23)23 January 1986 (aged 25)	Newcastle United	2011	2015
5	Daniel Agger		CB/LB	(1984-12-12)12 December 1984 (aged 27)	Brøndby	2006	2014
6	Fábio Aurélio		LB	(1979-09-24)24 September 1979 (aged 32)	Valencia	2006	2012
16	Sebastián Coates		CB	(1990-10-07)7 October 1990 (aged 21)	Nacional	2011	2016
23	Jamie Carragher		CB/RB	(1978-01-28)28 January 1978 (aged 33)	The Academy	1996	2013
34	Martin Kelly		RB/CB	(1990-04-27)27 April 1990 (aged 21)	The Academy	2008	2014
37	Martin Škrtel		CB	(1984-12-15)15 December 1984 (aged 27)	Zenit Saint Petersburg	2008	2014
38	Jon Flanagan		RB	(1993-01-01)1 January 1993 (aged 18)	The Academy	2011	2015
49	Jack Robinson		LB	(1993-09-01)1 September 1993 (aged 18)	The Academy	2010	2013
Midfielders
8	Steven Gerrard (C)		CM/AM	(1980-05-30)30 May 1980 (aged 31)	The Academy	1998	2015
11	Maxi Rodríguez		LW/RW	(1981-01-02)2 January 1981 (aged 30)	Atlético Madrid	2010	2013
14	Jordan Henderson		CM/RW	(1990-06-17)17 June 1990 (aged 21)	Sunderland	2011	2016
19	Stewart Downing		LW/RW	(1984-07-22)22 July 1984 (aged 27)	Aston Villa	2011	2015
20	Jay Spearing		DM/CM	(1988-11-25)25 November 1988 (aged 23)	The Academy	2008	2015
21	Lucas		DM/CM	(1987-01-09)9 January 1987 (aged 24)	Grêmio	2007	2015
26	Charlie Adam		CM	(1985-12-10)10 December 1985 (aged 26)	Blackpool	2011	2016[39]
31	Raheem Sterling		LW/RW	(1994-12-08)8 December 1994 (aged 17)	The Academy	2012	2016
33	Jonjo Shelvey		CM/AM	(1992-02-27)27 February 1992 (aged 19)	Charlton Athletic	2010	2014
Forwards
7	Luis Suárez		FW	(1987-01-24)24 January 1987 (aged 24)	Ajax	2011	2016
9	Andy Carroll		ST	(1989-01-06)6 January 1989 (aged 22)	Newcastle United	2011	2016
18	Dirk Kuyt		FW/RW	(1980-07-22)22 July 1980 (aged 31)	Feyenoord	2006	2013
39	Craig Bellamy		FW/LW	(1979-07-13)13 July 1979 (aged 32)	Manchester City	2011	2013

• Fábio Aurélio, Lucas, and Maxi Rodríguez also hold Italian citizenship.

Updated to match played 13 May 2012
Source: Competitions

Guangdong Sunray Cave   v   Liverpool

13 July 2011 Friendly	Guangdong Sunray Cave	3–4	Liverpool	Guangzhou, China
13:00 BST	Steer   45' Lu Lin   89' Yin Hongbo   90'	Report	Poulsen   20' Ngog   22' Coady   72' Carroll   85'	Stadium: Tianhe Stadium

Malaysia XI   v   Liverpool

16 July 2011 Friendly	Malaysia XI	3–6	Liverpool	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
10:45 BST	Safiq   40' Safee   79', 80'	Report	Adam   27' (pen.) Ngog   68', 69' Rodríguez   76', 90' Kuyt   90+4'	Stadium: Bukit Jalil Stadium

Hull City   v   Liverpool

23 July 2011 Friendly	Hull City	3–0	Liverpool	Kingston upon Hull, England
15:00 BST	Brady   21' Koren   34' Simpson   58'	Report		Stadium: KC Stadium

Galatasaray   v   Liverpool

28 July 2011 Friendly	Galatasaray	3–0	Liverpool	Istanbul, Turkey
19:00 BST	Baroš   8', 40' Elmander   83'	Report		Stadium: Türk Telekom Arena

Vålerenga   v   Liverpool

1 August 2011 Friendly	Vålerenga	3–3	Liverpool	Oslo, Norway
18:00 BST	Koné   13' Ogude   19' (pen.) Fellah   90+4'	Report	Carroll   43' Agger   83', 88'	Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion

Liverpool   v   Valencia

6 August 2011 Friendly	Liverpool	2–0	Valencia	Liverpool, England
17:30 BST	Carroll   6' Kuyt   90'	Report		Stadium: Anfield Referee: Martin Atkinson

Liverpool v Sunderland

13 August 2011 1	Liverpool	1–1	Sunderland	Liverpool
15:00 BST	Suárez   12' Carragher   45' Henderson   60' Adam   66' Kuyt   72'	Report	Richardson   6' Cattermole   27' Bardsley   45' Larsson   57' Larsson   78'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 45,018 Referee: Phil Dowd

Arsenal v Liverpool

20 August 2011 2	Arsenal	0–2	Liverpool	London
12:45 BST	Frimpong   8'   70' Lansbury   88'	Report	Carroll   28' Lucas   44' Ramsey   78' (o.g.) Suárez   90'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,090 Referee: Martin Atkinson

Liverpool v Bolton Wanderers

27 August 2011 3	Liverpool	3–1	Bolton Wanderers	Liverpool
17:30 BST	Henderson   15' Škrtel   52' Adam   53'	Report	Klasnić   90+2'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 44,725 Referee: Lee Probert

Stoke City v Liverpool

10 September 2011 4	Stoke City	1–0	Liverpool	Stoke-on-Trent
15:00 BST	Walters   21' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Britannia Stadium Attendance: 27,592 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

Tottenham Hotspur v Liverpool

18 September 2011 5	Tottenham Hotspur	4–0	Liverpool	London
13:30 BST	Modrić   7' Defoe   66' Adebayor   68', 90+3'	Report		Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 36,230 Referee: Mike Jones

Liverpool v Wolverhampton Wanderers

24 September 2011 6	Liverpool	2–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Liverpool
15:00 BST	Johnson   11' (o.g.) Suárez   38'	Report	Fletcher   49'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 44,922 Referee: Kevin Friend

Everton v Liverpool

1 October 2011 7	Everton	0–2	Liverpool	Liverpool
12:45 BST		Report	Carroll   71' Suárez   82'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 39,510 Referee: Martin Atkinson

Liverpool v Manchester United

15 October 2011 8	Liverpool	1–1	Manchester United	Liverpool
12:45 BST	Gerrard   68'	Report	Hernández   81'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 45,065 Referee: Andre Marriner

Liverpool v Norwich City

22 October 2011 9	Liverpool	1–1	Norwich City	Liverpool
17:30 BST	Bellamy   45+1'	Report	Holt   60'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 44,931 Referee: Peter Walton

West Bromwich Albion v Liverpool

29 October 2011 10	West Bromwich Albion	0–2	Liverpool	West Bromwich
17:30 BST		Report	Adam   9' (pen.) Carroll   45+1'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 25,522 Referee: Lee Mason

Chelsea v Liverpool

20 November 2011 12	Chelsea	1–2	Liverpool	London
16:00 GMT	Sturridge   54'	Report	Rodríguez   33' Johnson   87'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 41,820 Referee: Lee Probert

Liverpool v Manchester City

27 November 2011 13	Liverpool	1–1	Manchester City	Liverpool
16:00 GMT	Lescott   33' (o.g.) Carroll   90'	Report	Kompany   13'   31' Barry   32' Balotelli   77'   83' Milner   86'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 45,071 Referee: Martin Atkinson

Fulham v Liverpool

5 December 2011 14	Fulham	1–0	Liverpool	London
20:00 GMT	Dembélé   45' Dempsey   48',   85' Senderos   59'	Report	Bellamy   48' Spearing   72'	Stadium: Craven Cottage Attendance: 25,688 Referee: Kevin Friend

Liverpool v Queens Park Rangers

10 December 2011 15	Liverpool	1–0	Queens Park Rangers	Liverpool
15:00 GMT	Suárez   47'	Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 45,016 Referee: Lee Mason

Aston Villa v Liverpool

18 December 2011 16	Aston Villa	0–2	Liverpool	Birmingham
14:05 GMT	N'Zogbia   13'	Report	Bellamy   11',   30' Škrtel   15' Adam   28'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 37,460 Referee: Peter Walton

Liverpool v Blackburn Rovers

26 December 2011 18	Liverpool	1–1	Blackburn Rovers	Liverpool
15:00 GMT	Rodríguez   53'	Report	Adam   45' (o.g.)	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 44,441 Referee: Mike Jones

Liverpool v Newcastle United

30 December 2011 19	Liverpool	3–1	Newcastle United	Liverpool
19:45 GMT	Bellamy   29', 67' Gerrard   78'	Report	Agger   25' (o.g.)	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 44,372 Referee: Lee Probert

Manchester City v Liverpool

3 January 2012 20	Manchester City	3–0	Liverpool	Manchester
20:00 GMT	Agüero   10' Y. Touré   33' Milner   75' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 47,131 Referee: Mike Jones

Bolton Wanderers v Liverpool

21 January 2012 22	Bolton Wanderers	3–1	Liverpool	Bolton
17:30 GMT	Davies   4' Reo-Coker   29' Steinsson   50'	Report	Bellamy   37' José Enrique   63' Kuyt   90+2'	Stadium: Reebok Stadium Attendance: 26,854 Referee: Kevin Friend

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Liverpool

31 January 2012 23	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0–3	Liverpool	Wolverhampton
19:45 GMT		Report	Carroll   52' Bellamy   61' Kuyt   78'	Stadium: Molineux Stadium Attendance: 27,447 Referee: Anthony Taylor

Manchester United v Liverpool

11 February 2012 25	Manchester United	2–1	Liverpool	Manchester
12:45 GMT	Rooney   47', 50'	Report	Suárez   80'	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 74,844 Referee: Phil Dowd

Liverpool v Arsenal

3 March 2012 26	Liverpool	1–2	Arsenal	Liverpool
12:45 GMT	Koscielny   23' (o.g.)	Report	Van Persie   31', 90+2'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 44,922 Referee: Mark Halsey

Sunderland v Liverpool

10 March 2012 27	Sunderland	1–0	Liverpool	Sunderland
15:00 GMT	Bendtner   56'	report		Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 41,661 Referee: Antony Taylor

Liverpool v Everton

13 March 2012 28	Liverpool	3–0	Everton	Liverpool
20:00 GMT	Gerrard   34', 50', 90+3'	Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 44,921 Referee: Phil Dowd

Queens Park Rangers v Liverpool

21 March 2012 29	Queens Park Rangers	3–2	Liverpool	London
20:00 GMT	Derry   77' Cissé   86' Mackie   90+1'	Report	Coates   54' Kuyt   72'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 18,033 Referee: Howard Webb

Liverpool v Wigan Athletic

24 March 2012 30	Liverpool	1–2	Wigan Athletic	Liverpool
15:00 GMT	Suárez   47'   54'	Report	Maloney   30' (pen.) Di Santo   43' Figueroa   53' Caldwell   63'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 44,431 Referee: Lee Mason

Newcastle United v Liverpool

1 April 2012 31	Newcastle United	2–0	Liverpool	Newcastle
13:30 BST	Cissé   19', 59',   30' Tioté   48' Perch   82'	Report	Carroll   10' Shelvey   17' Flanagan   45' Reina   81'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 52,363 Referee: Martin Atkinson

Liverpool v Aston Villa

7 April 2012 32	Liverpool	1–1	Aston Villa	Liverpool
15:00 BST	Suárez   82'	Report	Herd   10'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 44,321 Referee: Michael Oliver

Blackburn Rovers v Liverpool

10 April 2012 33	Blackburn Rovers	2–3	Liverpool	Blackburn
20:00 BST	Orr   28' Yakubu   36', 61' (pen.) Hoilett   62' Formica   64' Hanley   90'	Report	Flanagan   12' Rodríguez   13', 16',   45+1' Doni   25' Jones   61' Bellamy   72' Henderson   86' Carroll   90'	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 23,571 Referee: Anthony Taylor

Liverpool v West Bromwich Albion

22 April 2012 34	Liverpool	0–1	West Bromwich Albion	Liverpool
16:00 BST	Shelvey   90+4'	Report	Odemwingie   75'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 43,660 Referee: Neil Swarbrick

Norwich City v Liverpool

28 April 2012 35	Norwich City	0–3	Liverpool	Norwich
17:30 BST		Report	Suárez   24', 28', 82'	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 26,819 Referee: Mark Halsey

Liverpool v Fulham

1 May 2012 36	Liverpool	0–1	Fulham	Liverpool
19:45 BST		Report	Škrtel   5' (o.g.)	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 40,106 Referee: Lee Probert

Liverpool v Chelsea

8 May 2012 37	Liverpool	4–1	Chelsea	Liverpool
20:00 BST	Essien   19' (o.g.) Henderson   25' Agger   28' Shelvey   61'	Report	Ramires   50'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 40,721 Referee: Kevin Friend

Swansea City v Liverpool

13 May 2012 38	Swansea City	1–0	Liverpool	Swansea
15:00 BST	Graham   86'	Report		Stadium: Liberty Stadium Attendance: 20,605 Referee: Mark Halsey

Exeter City v Liverpool

24 August 2011 Second round	Exeter City	1–3	Liverpool	Exeter
19:45 BST	Nardiello   80' (pen.)	Report	Suárez   23' Rodríguez   55' Carroll   58'	Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 8,290 Referee: Tony Bates

Brighton & Hove Albion v Liverpool

21 September 2011 Third round	Brighton & Hove Albion	1–2	Liverpool	Brighton
19:45 BST	Barnes   90' (pen.)	Report	Bellamy   7' Kuyt   81'	Stadium: Falmer Stadium Attendance: 21,897 Referee: Michael Oliver

Stoke City v Liverpool

26 October 2011 Fourth round	Stoke City	1–2	Liverpool	Stoke-on-Trent
19:45 BST	Jones   44'	Report	Suárez   54', 85'	Stadium: Britannia Stadium Attendance: 24,934 Referee: Lee Probert

Chelsea v Liverpool

29 November 2011 Fifth round	Chelsea	0–2	Liverpool	London
19:45 GMT		Report	Rodríguez   58' Kelly   63'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 40,511 Referee: Phil Dowd

Manchester City v Liverpool

11 January 2012 Semi-finals First leg	Manchester City	0–1	Liverpool	Manchester
19:45 GMT		Report	Gerrard   13' (pen.)	Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 36,017 Referee: Lee Mason

Liverpool v Manchester City

25 January 2012 Semi-finals Second leg	Liverpool	2–2 (3–2 agg.)	Manchester City	Liverpool
19:45 GMT	Gerrard   41' (pen.) Bellamy   74'	Report	De Jong   31' Džeko   67'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 44,590 Referee: Phil Dowd

Cardiff City v Liverpool

26 February 2012 Final	Cardiff City	2–2 (a.e.t.) (2–3 p)	Liverpool	London
16:00 GMT	Mason   19' Kiss   98' Turner   118'   119'	Report	Henderson   52' Škrtel   60' Kuyt   108'	Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 89,044 Referee: Mark Clattenburg
	Penalties
	Miller   Cowie   Gestede   Whittingham   Gerrard		Gerrard   Adam   Kuyt   Downing   Johnson

Liverpool v Oldham Athletic

6 January 2012 Third round	Liverpool	5–1	Oldham Athletic	Liverpool
20:00 GMT	Bellamy   30' Gerrard   45+1' (pen.) Shelvey   68' Carroll   89' Downing   90+5'	Report	Simpson   28'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 44,556 Referee: Neil Swarbrick

Liverpool v Manchester United

28 January 2012 Fourth round	Liverpool	2–1	Manchester United	Liverpool
12:45 GMT	Agger   21' Kuyt   88'	Report	Park   39'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 43,952 Referee: Mark Halsey

Liverpool v Brighton & Hove Albion

19 February 2012 Fifth round	Liverpool	6–1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Liverpool
16:30 GMT	Škrtel   5' Bridcutt   44' (o.g.) Carroll   57' Gerrard   71' Dunk   75' (o.g.) Suárez   84'	Report	LuaLua   17'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 43,940 Referee: Andre Marriner

Liverpool v Stoke City

18 March 2012 Quarter-finals	Liverpool	2–1	Stoke City	Liverpool
16:00 GMT	Suárez   23' Downing   57'	Report	Crouch   26'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 43,962 Referee: Kevin Friend

Liverpool v Everton

14 April 2012 Semi-finals	Liverpool	2–1	Everton	London
12:30 BST	Suárez   62' Carroll   87'	Report	Jelavić   24'	Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 87,231 Referee: Howard Webb

Chelsea v Liverpool

5 May 2012 Final	Chelsea	2–1	Liverpool	London
17:15 BST	Ramires   11' Drogba   52'	Report	Carroll   64'	Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 89,102 Referee: Phil Dowd

Rangers v Liverpool

18 October 2011	Rangers	1–0	Liverpool	Glasgow
19:30 BST	McCulloch   20'	Report		Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 27,453 Referee: William Collum

Source: Liverpoolfc.tv

As of 20 March 2012.

No.	Pos.	Name	Premier League				FA Cup				League Cup				Total
			Apps	Starts	Goals	Assists	Apps	Starts	Goals	Assists	Apps	Starts	Goals	Assists	Apps	Starts	Goals	Assists
1	GK	Brad Jones	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0
2	DF	Glen Johnson	23	22	1	1	3	3	0	1	3	3	0	1	29	28	1	3
3	DF	José Enrique	35	33	0	2	4	4	0	0	4	3	0	0	43	40	0	2
5	DF	Daniel Agger	27	24	1	3	3	3	1	0	4	4	0	2	34	31	1	5
6	DF	Fábio Aurélio	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0
7	FW	Luis Suárez	31	29	11	6	4	4	3	1	4	4	3	4	39	37	17	11
8	MF	Steven Gerrard	18	12	5	2	6	6	2	4	4	3	2	0	28	21	9	6
9	FW	Andy Carroll	35	21	4	3	6	4	4	2	6	4	1	0	47	29	9	5
11	MF	Maxi Rodríguez	12	10	4	1	5	3	0	2	4	4	2	1	21	17	6	4
14	MF	Jordan Henderson	37	31	2	2	5	4	0	0	6	6	0	2	48	41	2	4
16	DF	Sebastián Coates	7	4	1	0	2	1	0	0	3	3	0	0	12	8	1	0
18	FW	Dirk Kuyt	34	22	2	3	5	1	1	0	5	2	2	0	44	25	5	3
19	MF	Stewart Downing	36	28	0	2	6	5	2	2	4	3	0	0	46	36	2	4
20	MF	Jay Spearing	16	15	0	1	4	4	0	0	5	5	0	0	25	24	0	1
21	MF	Lucas	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	1	15	15	0	1
23	DF	Jamie Carragher	21	19	0	0	5	5	0	0	5	3	0	0	31	27	0	0
25	GK	Pepe Reina	34	34	0	0	5	5	0	0	7	7	0	0	46	46	0	0
26	MF	Charlie Adam	28	27	2	11	2	1	0	0	5	3	0	0	35	31	2	11
31	MF	Raheem Sterling	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
32	GK	Doni	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	0	0
33	MF	Jonjo Shelvey	13	8	1	0	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	16	9	2	1
34	DF	Martin Kelly	12	12	0	1	3	3	0	0	5	4	1	0	20	19	1	1
37	DF	Martin Škrtel	34	33	2	1	5	5	1	0	6	4	1	0	45	42	4	1
38	DF	Jon Flanagan	5	5	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	8	6	0	2
39	FW	Craig Bellamy	27	12	6	3	4	2	1	2	6	4	2	2	37	18	9	7
49	DF	Jack Robinson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	2	2	0	0
–	–	Own goals	–	–	5	–	–	–	2	–	–	–	0	–	–	–	7	–
–	–	Totals	-	–	47	42	–	–	18	17	–	–	14	13	–	–	79	72
Players who are on loan/left Liverpool that have appeared this season:
4	MF	Raul Meireles	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	1
22	DF	Danny Wilson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.

Last updated on 8 May 2012.

Position	Nation	Number	Name.	Premier League	League Cup	FA Cup	Total
1		7	Luis Suárez	11	3	3	17
2		8	Steven Gerrard	5	2	2	9
		9	Andy Carroll	4	1	4	9
		39	Craig Bellamy	6	2	1	9
5		11	Maxi Rodríguez	4	2	0	6
6		18	Dirk Kuyt	2	2	1	5
7		37	Martin Škrtel	2	1	1	4
8		5	Daniel Agger	1	0	1	2
		14	Jordan Henderson	2	0	0	2
		19	Stewart Downing	0	0	2	2
		26	Charlie Adam	2	0	0	2
		33	Jonjo Shelvey	1	0	1	2
13		2	Glen Johnson	1	0	0	1
		16	Sebastián Coates	1	0	0	1
		34	Martin Kelly	0	1	0	1
#	Own Goals			5	0	2	7
TOTALS				47	14	18	79