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...... OFFICIAL MEMBERS’ PRE-MATCHDAY STATS GUIDE FC ...... v Tottenham Hotspur 06.02.2012 • Kick- off 8:00pm Season 2011/12

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Glen JOHNSON 2 1 José ENRIQUE 3 2 5 3 Younès KABOUL Fabio AURELIO 6 4 Luis SUÁREZ 7 5 8 6 9 8 Maxi RODRIGUEZ 11 10 Jordan HENDERSON14 11 Sebastian COATES16 12 Dirk KUYT18 15 Luka MODRIĆ Stewart DOWNING19 16 Jay SPEARING20 17 Lucas LEIVA21 18 Sébastien BASSONG Danny WILSON22 19 Michael DAWSON Jamie CARRAGHER23 20 Niko KRANJČAR Pepe REINA25 23 Vedran ĆORLUKA Charlie ADAM26 24 Alexander DONI32 25 Martin KELLY34 26 Danny ROSE Martin SKRTEL37 27 Jon FLANAGAN38 28 Craig BELLAMY39 29 SANDRO Jack ROBINSON49 30 Benoît ASSOU-EKOTTO HEAD2HEAD LIVERPOOL FC v TOTTENHAM

DID YOU KNOW? 1. At Anfi eld: Liverpool 43 wins, 19 draws, Tottenham 6 wins. Overall: Liverpool 63 wins, 34 draws, Tottenham 40 wins. 2. Earlier this season Liverpool lost 4-0 at . Luka Modric, Jermain Defoe and Emmanuel Adebayor (2) scored the goals. 3. Only (9) scored more league goals for Liverpool against Spurs than who netted 8. 4. Since the inception of the Liverpool have won 17 and lost 12 of the 39 meetings home and away. 5. has scored 4 Premier League goals for the Reds against Tottenham. Only (6) and Steve McManaman (5) have scored more. 6. Last season at White Hart Lane playing for Blackpool, had a penalty saved by Heurelho Gomes Dirk Kuyt has scored 4 Premier League goals for the and then scored one in a 1-1 draw. His spot-kicks were Reds against Tottenham. awarded 70 seconds apart. 7. made his Liverpool debut in this fi xture on 13. Liverpool have lost only 1 of the last 110 league games the opening day of the 2009-10 season. at Anfi eld when they have scored the fi rst goal. That 8. Liverpool have lost 1 of the last 17 league games at came against Arsenal in December 2009 last season home to Spurs – winning 11 and drawing 5. when the Reds lost 2-1. 9. The Reds last hat-trick against Spurs was scored by 14. Steven Gerrard, Andy Carroll and Luis Suarez have yet at Anfi eld in 1974. It is the last of 4 scored to start the same game for Liverpool and have been on against the Londoners in the league. the pitch together for just 69 minutes for the Reds. 10. 109 goals have been scored in the 39 Premier League 15. has netted 7 goals in his last 7 starts in meetings between the teams. Only the Reds fi xture with all competitions. Newcastle (112) has produced more. 11. Sebastian Coates made his Liverpool debut at White THE LAST FIVE LEAGUE MEETINGS Hart Lane last September replacing the injured Daniel Agger after 27 minutes. BETWEEN THE SIDES 12. The Reds are unbeaten in 14 home matches in all competitions since losing to Tottenham back in May. 18TH SEPTEMBER 2011 TOTENHAM 4 LIVERPOOL 0 15TH MAY 2011 TOTTENHAM 2 LIVERPOOL 0 28TH NOVEMBER 2010 TOTTENHAM 2 LIVERPOOL 1 21ST JANUARY 2010 LIVERPOOL 2 TOTTENHAM 0 16TH AUGUST 2009 TOTTENHAM 2 Glen Johnson made his Liverpool debut in this fi xture on LIVERPOOL 1 the opening day of the 2009-10 season. HEAD2HEAD LIVERPOOL FC v TOTTENHAM

16. Last season Tottenham gained their fi rst league double over Liverpool since 1986-87 when they won both games 1-0. 17. Spurs are looking to beat Liverpool for the fourth successive time in the league. It would equal their previous best set in March 1912. 18. It is 100 years since Tottenham recorded successive league doubles over the Reds. A win today would achieve the feat. 19. The last time Spurs fi nished third in the top-fl ight was in 1989-90 when they fi nished behind Liverpool and Aston Villa. 20. Emmanuel Adebayor scored on his Tottenham debut at Wolves in September. He had also found the net on his league debut for both Arsenal and City. 21. During ’s managerial career he has won 14 and lost 12 of his 34 games against the Reds in all competitions with his 4 clubs. He has won 6 and lost 2 of his 8 meetings as Spurs boss. 22. Tottenham are aiming to record their fi fth double over Liverpool and their second in the Premier League. 23. The Londoners have kept 2 clean sheets in the last 15 league visits and 3 in the last 24 on this ground in the top-fl ight. 24. Prior to last season, Spurs’ last league win at Anfi eld was in August 1993 when scored twice in a 2-1 victory. Since then they have picked up 8 points out of a possible 51. 25. Tottenham’s heaviest defeat at Anfi eld came in September 1978 when they lost 7-0. It is still the club’s biggest ever League defeat. Steven Gerrard, Andy Carroll and Luis Suarez have yet to 26. Tottenham’s last hat-trick against the Reds was scored start the same game for Liverpool by who scored 4 at White Hart Lane in April 1963 in a 7-2 win. HEAD2HEAD LIVERPOOL FC v TOTTENHAM

27. Spurs have won only 4 times in 65 league meetings at Anfi eld. They came in 1985, 1986, 1993 and 2011. The Barclays Premier League Table as of 02/02/2012 28. They are looking to keep a second successive clean sheet at Anfi eld for the fi rst time since 1971-72 season. 29. Only 2 players have been sent off in Liverpool v Tottenham Premier League meetings – Mauricio Taricco (1995) and Paul Stalteri (2006) were both dismissed for the visitors at Anfi eld. 30. Spurs’ have lost 3 times on their league travels this season – 3-0 at Manchester United, 2-1 at Stoke and 3-2 at Manchester City. 31. They have lost 2 of the last 10 league games away from home but have scored in all 10. 32. Tottenham have scored in each of the last 22 league games – their best run since netting 26 in a row between November 1986 – April 1987. 33. They have failed to score only once in the Premiership this season – that coming in the 3-0 defeat at back in August. 34. In all competitions they have hit the net in each of the last 18 matches in league and cup. 35. Spurs are 1 draw short of recording 200 draws in the Premier League. 36. 3 of Tottenham’s last 4 league defeats have come against North-West clubs – Manchester United and Manchester City (twice). 37. Spurs’ defeat at Manchester City last month is their only loss in the last 12 games in all competitions. 38. Benoit-Assou Ekotto and Brad Friedel are the only players to appear in all of Spurs’ league games this season. This will be the 290th consecutive Premier League appearance for Friedel.