yardımcı hakemler: wilco lobbert (ned), rob van de ven (ned)
4. hakem: tom van sichem (ned)
çizgi hakemleri: pol van boekel (ned), ed janssen (ned)
liverpool: pepe reina (gk), alberto aquilani (dk. 75 daniel pacheco), daniel agger, steven gerrard (c), albert riera (dk. 63 ryan babel), fábio aurélio, dirk kuyt, javier mascherano, jamie carragher, david ngog (dk. 89 lucas), martin škrtel
yedekler: diego cavalieri (gk), sotiris kyrgiakos, emiliano insua, philipp degen
teknik direktör: rafael benítez (esp)
unirea urziceni: giedrius arlauskis (gk), george galamaz (c), marius bilaşco, sorin paraschiv (dk. 86 ricardo gomes), răzvan pădureţu (dk. 90+1 raul rusescu), marius onofraş (dk. 75 laurenţiu marinescu), pablo brandán, bruno fernandes, vasile maftei, sorin frunză, iulian apostol
yedekler: daniel tudor (gk), ersin mehmedović, epaminonda nicu, valeriu bordeanu
teknik direktör: roni levy (isr)
goller: (1-0) dk. 81 david ngog
sarı kartlar: dk. 68 javier mascherano (liverpool) dk. 41 bruno fernandes, dk. 58 pablo brandán (unirea urziceni)
published: thursday 18 february 2010, 23.15cet liverpool fc 1-0 fc unirea urziceni
david ngog's header nine minutes from time provided liverpool with a narrow advantage to take to romania for the second leg next thursday.
david ngog's late header earned liverpool fc a narrow advantage to take to romania after a match in which fc unirea urziceni made life awkward for their hosts at anfield.
liverpool are three-times uefa cup winners and manager rafael benítez lifted the trophy with valencia cf in 2004. yet they struggled to open up a resolute unirea side in what was both clubs' first appearance in the revamped uefa europa league and required the intervention of substitutes ryan babel and daniel pacheco who combined to set up ngog with nine minutes remaining. babel swung a cross over from the left which pacheco met at the far post, nodding the ball across to ngog to finish.
the merseysiders lost twice at anfield in the uefa champions league group stage but a more comfortable evening looked on the cards when, inside 30 seconds, steven gerrard got clear to force an early save from giedrius arlauskis. yet the game took a different course with the visitors, making their first competitive outing since mid-december, showing the spirit and resilience that helped them earn more uefa champions league points than liverpool before both finished third in their pools.
ın new coach roni levy's first outing since replacing dan petrescu, unirea sat deep and set out to contain liverpool, and it was a plan that largely succeeded, despite a 10-0 corner count by half-time. dirk kuyt drew a low save from arlauskis, who also stopped ngog's deflected shot, but otherwise liverpool were frustrated.
the game opened up fractionally after the break with the occasional unirea foray into liverpool territory, and fábio aurelio forced a fingertip save from arlauskis with a 20-metre effort just after the hour. martin škrtel then headed over from an aurelio corner, while arlauskis denied gerrard. there was a glimmer of a chance for ıulian apostol at the other end as he robbed javier mascherano and curled a shot wide, but liverpool soon had their breakthrough.
