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2008 Sunderland 0-1 Liverpool
Fernando Torres had come back from Euro 2008 as a winner with Spain and was right back into the mix with a minute winner at Sunderland after picking up fellow Spaniard Xabi Alonso's 83rd-minute pass.
This was a season remembered for the signing of Robbie Keane from Tottenham Hotspur and a lethal Liverpool side amassing 86 points in second but falling 4 short of Manchester United.
Liverpool would also exit the Champions League at the quarter-final stage losing to domestic rivals Chelsea as Torres finished with only 17 goals from all competitions.
2009 Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Liverpool
Liverpool were making a bid to win the title in two decades but a Luka Modric powered Tottenham midfield ensured that they start their campaign with defeat at White Hart Lane.
Goals came from Benoit Assou-Ekotto (44th) and Sebastien Bassong (59th) for the home team with the latter only acquired ten days before the match by Tottenham. Liverpool had their goal via a Stevie G penalty in the 56th.
Liverpool managed 63 points that season and a seventh-placed finish in the Premier League and a group stage exit in the Champions League.
