Liverpool in Europe - 2007/08 Champions League

Round:

Group A : M6

2007-08 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

Stadium:

Stade Velodrome

Date:

Tuesday, 11th December 2007

Attendance:

53,000

Time:

20:45 (local time)

Referee:

Terje Hauge

Coach:

Erik Geret

Coach:

Rafael Benitez

OLYMPIQUE MARSEILLE

LIVERPOOL

30.

Steve Mandana

25.

Pepe Reina

Taye Taiwo

Sami Hyypia

Julien Rodriguez

John Arne Riise

Karim Ziani

Harry Kewell

Benoit Cheyrou

Steven Gerrard (C)

4 0:1

VALIDATED

10.

Boudewijn Zenden

Fernando Torres

11 0:2

11.

Mamadou Niang

11.

Yossi Benayoun

19.

Lorik Cana (C)

17.

Alvaro Arbeloa

24.

Laurent Bonnart

18.

Dirk Kuyt

48 0:3

28.

Mathieu Valbuena

20.

Javier Mascherano

32.

Gael Givet

45+3

23.

Jamie Carragher

Jacques Faty

Givet 45+3

30.

Charles Itandje

Djibril Cisse

Zenden 46

Steve Finnan

22.

Samir Nasri

Cheyrou 34

12.

Fabio Aurelio

Kewell 67

15.

Peter Crouch

19.

Ryan Babel

Torres 77

90+1 0:4

21.

Lucas Leiva

Kuyt 86

46.

Jack Hobbs

Stade Velodrome, Marseille, France	Distance from Anfield Stadium: 1286 km - 799 miles

Match shirt worn by Jamie Carragher.

Image courtesy of Colin Wright

Official Programme. 20 pages.

Official team sheet from the UEFA website.

Unofficial Programme. OM Magazine 20 pages.

Spanish produced unofficial issue which was on sale in the city and outside the stadium.

Marseille supporters magazine Fout de Marseille, dated December 2007, previews the match.

Image courtesy of Andy Marsden

Image courtesy of Karl Bolmeer

L'Equipe newspaper, dated the day of the match, previews the match.

French newspaper Le Foot, dated December 2007, 2 pages preview the match.

French newspaper But!, dated 6th of December 2007, 2 pages preview the match.

Images courtesy of Andy Marsden

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Alcohol sponsors banned in France.

Here is what Liverpool's shirts looked like against Marseille in 2007.

The outfield shirt was produced without the Carlsberg logo whereas the goalkeeper shirt had some material crudely stitched over it.

(Thread 👇) pic.twitter.com/FW6RlSIFVz
— Classic Football Shirts (@classicshirts) February 3, 2023

RIP graham taylor secret Liverpool fan Marseille away 2007 pic.twitter.com/y0BvopIaXa
— Rob Hardwick (@RobHardwick8) January 12, 2017

#OnThisDay in 2007,Marseille-Liverpool 0-4!@LFC #LFC pic.twitter.com/IGoXslI20d
— Юлиян Динев (@forever96juli) December 11, 2021

Olympique De Marseille v Liverpool - Champions League 2007 (0-4) 🇫🇷
When Torres ripped the defence to shreds. pic.twitter.com/3aKbFm0GUD
— Dan Hewitson (@dan_freakbeat) August 19, 2020

Not this decade, but standout for me was Liverpool having to wear black at Marseille in 2007 as OM had orange CL home pic.twitter.com/EBJYOevCVx
— Museum of Jerseys (@museumofjerseys) September 18, 2019

TBT Advent Calendar Day 11 - On December 11th 2007, a great goal from @Torres helped Liverpool beat Marseille 4-0. pic.twitter.com/hNulwZf2GZ
— Read Liverpool (@ReadLiverpoolFC) December 11, 2014

🗓️ Marseille 0-4 Liverpool #OnThisDay in 2007 🔴

🔥 Vintage @Torres feint and finish. #UCL @LFC pic.twitter.com/z9pMB4aRos
— UEFA Champions League (@ChampionsLeague) December 11, 2018

🇫🇷 #OnThisDay 2007: Liverpool beat Marseille 4-0 at the Velodrome thanks to goals from Steven Gerrard, Dirk Kuyt, Ryan Babel and an absolute belter from Fernando Torres 👏

✍️ https://t.co/pkYm2Q5WUG pic.twitter.com/su84oxY2a7
— The Anfield Wrap (@TheAnfieldWrap) December 11, 2017

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GROUP A	P	W	D	L	F	A	+/-	Pts.
FC Porto	6	3	2	1	8	7	1	11
Liverpool	6	3	1	2	18	5	13	10
Marseille	6	2	1	3	6	9	-3	7
Besiktas	6	2	0	4	4	14	-10	6

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The following Sunday Liverpool lost 1:0 to Manchester United at Anfield. The match had a 1:30 PM kick off time. The only goal was scored by Carlos Tevez just before half time. The result left Liverpool in 5th position in the Premier League on 30 points after 16 matches; 10 points behind leaders Arsenal who had played a match more.

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