 São Paulo 's pressure resulted in them taking the lead in the 27th minute . A chipped pass from Aloísio to Mineiro found the midfielder in space who put the ball beyond Liverpool goalkeeper Pepe Reina to give the Brazilians a 1 – 0 lead . It was the first goal Liverpool had conceded in over 1 @,@ 041 minutes of play . Immediately afterwards , Liverpool had a corner , which almost resulted in a goal . Xabi Alonso took the corner which found García , but his shot hit the woodwork . Liverpool had another chance 30 minutes into the match , but again he failed to score with a header . Gerrard had a chance to equalise five minutes later , but he put his shot wide after Harry Kewell had passed him the ball . Liverpool continued to create chances and in the 39th minute García saw his header into the far corner saved by São Paulo goalkeeper Rogério Ceni . From the resulting corner Liverpool defender Sami Hyypiä shot straight at Ceni . He had another chance late in the first half , but his header was saved by Ceni . 
