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Wednesday October 24, 2007 Finished *BJK Inonu Stadium

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Besiktas

  • Hyypia 13’ (o.g.)
  • Bobo 82’

Liverpool

  • Gerrard 85’

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Besiktas
    • Liverpool
    • 90+4' No - it is all over!!! Liverpool are looking down the barrel of a gun now in the Champions League!
    • 90+3' Carragher and Gerrard likewise - it's like the Alamo out there!!! Can they score a dramatic equaliser? Only seconds left...
    • 90+2' Babel just cannot find a way through for his shot as all hands go to the pump...
    • 90+1' Benayoun with a glorious chance but does not shoot when he has the chance...
    • 90' Four minutes of injury time to go as Liverpool chuck ball after ball into the Besiktas box...
    • 86' Besiktas sub: Bobo is replaced by Diatta.
    • 85' The cross in was headed down by Crouch and flicked up off a Besiktas head - and Gerrard flung himself full length to execute a diving header into the top corner!!!
    • 85' GERRARD PULLS ONE BACK!!!
    • 83' Crouch on for Hyypia... about time too Mister Benitez.
    • 82' Bobo found space as Hyypia slid too late to tackle and finished under the body of Reina with Lucas also back. Disaster for Liverpool.
    • 82' GOAL FOR BESIKTAS!!!!
    • 78' A cross to the far post where BOBO STRETCHES BUT PUTS THE BALL OVER THE TOP!!! What a chance to make the game safe for Besiktas.
    • 76' Reds sub: Lucas replaces Mascherano as Liverpool look to attack more. But where is Crouch?
    • 72' Gerrard plays a one-two with Benayoun and is in here... GREAT SAVE BY ARIKAN AGAIN! Another stop from right at the skipper's feet.
    • 70' Maybe it is just me - but when you've got a six foot seven striker on the bench who is just itching to play and wingers centring the ball, wouldn't you bring him on?
    • 68' Voronin has the ball in the net for Liverpool - but the flag is up. Boo. The Reds are sending all manner of crosses into the danger area.
    • 63' Besiktas sub: Higuain for Delgado.
    • 61' Babel cuts inside to arrow a shot at Arikan - the 'keeper is down to save.
    • 59' Liverpool change: Benayoun on for Pennant.
    • 59' Babel on the left crosses to the head of Voronin.. he cushions it for a left-footed volley by GERRARD... JUST WIDE! The ball seemed to clip the post, with Arikan beaten all ends up.
    • 57' Pennant on the edge of the box, muscled out of it when he would have been in there. Tsk.
    • 57' Besiktas have failed to win any of their five previous home games against English teams.
    • 54' Delgado may be free on goal... Carragher gets back to slide tackle desperately - a great piece of defending! Delgado should have got a shot away.
    • 52' Kuyt on the edge of the area... shot blocked.
    • 51' The Reds with plenty of possession in this half too. Can they unlock the home defence though?
    • 48' Avci surging forward for Besiktas, but Gerrard is back to make a great last-ditch tackle in midfield. Inspirational stuff from the skipper. The referee gives a foul though!
    • 46' The second period begins, Liverpool desperate for a win - but behind.
    • - No changes at half time.
    • 45+2' Half time in Turkey. Liverpool have had a massive 61 percent of the ball.
    • 45+1' Kuyt misses with a shot on goal, Liverpool's 11th - only three of them have been on target.
    • 45' Pennant fouled by Bobo in an advances position on the right... the set-piece is headed away again.
    • 42' Koray Avci comes on for the home team. Kurtulus is off.
    • 42' Besiktas had failed to score in five of their last six Champions League home matches - and lost four of them. That includes a 2-0 defeat by Chelsea played on neutral ground in Gelsenkirchen four seasons ago.
    • 39' Ozkan runs offside as he seeks a route to goal. Despite the goal, Liverpool have got their act together and are retaining the ball.
    • 36' A Besiktas corner, taken by Delgado, is struck first-time by Cisse - a way over the top of the goal.
    • 35' The ball drops to Gerrard in the middle of the park. He bangs a shot on the half-volley that is blocked well.
    • 34' Tello with room to have a try for Besiktas... he cannot hit the net and Reina leaves it. There was some good battling from Kuyt in the middle of the park too.
    • 33' Good work by Pennant, returning from suspension, to feed Finnan outside him. The right-back's cross is rubbish and headed away easily.
    • 31' Babel in from the left to shoot... over the top corner. That was a couple of feet over.
    • 28' Liverpool will be in big trouble if they do not win this - they are already three points behind Porto and five behind Marseille after only two matches.
    • 25' Voronin spins off to make space and hit a grass-cutter just past the far post!!! That was an excellent effort - and what Liverpool need right now.
    • 23' Ozkan tries his luck from the left corner of the box. Reina is down at his near post to make the save.
    • 22' The point-black stop comes at a cost as Gerrard slides on into Arikan and the goalie receives treatment.
    • 21' A lovely ball is flicked through for GERRARD... what a save!
    • 17' Riise smacks a shot from the left that the Besiktas 'keeper tips over the top! Arikan, only passed fit late for the Turkish outfit, earned his bread there. That was a cracking volley.
    • 13' Carragher tackled Bobo superbly and his clearance from on the floor struck Finnan and bounced to Ozkan... his low effort ricocheted off Hyypia and inside the post. A messy goal, granted, but the fans inside this Inonu stadium are not complaining as they bounce up and down.
    • 13' GOAL FOR BESIKTAS!!!
    • 10' Kuyt has another shot as Liverpool take control of this match. They are not looking in any danger and are winning corner after corner.
    • 7' A ball over the top towards Voronin is flicked on by the Ukrainian and the ball is cleared off the line by Tello! There was more than a hint of offside there...
    • 6' Babel attacking on the right side, winning a corner... they cannot capitalise on it. The winger looked as though he might be in there.
    • 4' There is a shout for handball in the Liverpool penalty area - it could have gone either way and the referee opts against a spot-kick.
    • 2' Gerrard has an early shot on goal that is wide of the mark. Liverpool keen to press early on.
    • - The match gets underway. Liverpool are desperate for a victory after their home loss to Marseille.
    • - Welcome to eurosport.yahoo.com's LIVE text commentary on the Champions League Group A match between Besiktas and Liverpool from the Inonu stadium.

  • Team Stats

    Besiktas Stats Liverpool
    36% Possession 63%
    14 Shots 26
    3 Shots on target 6
    0 Saves 0
    4 Corners 11
    8 Fouls 3
    4 Offsides 3
    0 Yellow cards 0
    0 Red cards 0
    28 Tackles 33
    210 Accurate passes 400
    32 Bad passes 76

  • Player Stats

    G =
    Goals
    S =
    Shots
    SoT =
    Shot on Target
    F =
    Fouls
    FW =
    Fouls Won
    O =
    Offsides
    A =
    Assists
    AP =
    Accurate Passes
    BP =
    Bad Passes
    T =
    Tackles
    • Besiktas
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      84 Hakan Arikan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 3 0
      5 Gokhan Zan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 2
      19 Ibrahim Uzulmez 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 14 4 5
      2 Serdar Kurtulus 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 13 0 4
      22 Ali Tandogan 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 21 0 5
      58 Ibrahim Toraman 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 14 1 2
      21 Serdar Özkan 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 18 2 4
      18 Edouard Cisse 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 32 7 4
      14 Rodrigo Tello 0 4 1 0 2 0 0 23 5 0
      10 Matías Delgado 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 18 2 0
      13 Rogerio Da Silva Deivson 1 3 1 1 1 1 0 18 4 0
      11 Ferriera Nobre 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      41 Koray Avci 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 16 3 2
      9 Federico Higuaín 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 10 1 0
      35 Atilla Ozmen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      6 Mehmet Yozgatli 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      17 Ricardinho Ricardinho 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      15 Lamine Diatta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • Liverpool
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      25 Jose Reina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 2 0
      23 Jamie Carragher 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 45 3 4
      6 John Arne Riise 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 43 19 4
      3 Steve Finnan 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 44 1 6
      4 Sami Hyypia 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 52 11 1
      8 Steven Gerrard 1 7 3 2 0 0 0 51 11 4
      20 Javier Mascherano 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 35 4 6
      16 Jermaine Pennant 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 20 1 2
      19 Ryan Babel 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 27 12 2
      18 Dirk Kuyt 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 34 7 2
      10 Andrej Voronin 0 4 1 2 0 2 0 14 1 0
      15 Peter Crouch 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
      46 Jack Hobbs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      14 Xabi Alonso 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      30 Charles Itandje 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      11 Yossi Benayoun 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 16 1 2
      22 Mohamed Sissoko 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      21 Lucas Leiva 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 2 0

  • Summary

    • 90+3' Carragher and Gerrard likewise - it's like the Alamo out there!!! Can they score a dramatic equaliser? Only seconds left...
    • 85' GERRARD PULLS ONE BACK!!!
    • 82' GOAL FOR BESIKTAS!!!!
    • 78' A cross to the far post where BOBO STRETCHES BUT PUTS THE BALL OVER THE TOP!!! What a chance to make the game safe for Besiktas.
    • 72' Gerrard plays a one-two with Benayoun and is in here... GREAT SAVE BY ARIKAN AGAIN! Another stop from right at the skipper's feet.
    • 59' Babel on the left crosses to the head of Voronin.. he cushions it for a left-footed volley by GERRARD... JUST WIDE! The ball seemed to clip the post, with Arikan beaten all ends up.
    • 54' Delgado may be free on goal... Carragher gets back to slide tackle desperately - a great piece of defending! Delgado should have got a shot away.
    • 25' Voronin spins off to make space and hit a grass-cutter just past the far post!!! That was an excellent effort - and what Liverpool need right now.
    • 21' A lovely ball is flicked through for GERRARD... what a save!
    • 17' Riise smacks a shot from the left that the Besiktas 'keeper tips over the top! Arikan, only passed fit late for the Turkish outfit, earned his bread there. That was a cracking volley.
    • 13' GOAL FOR BESIKTAS!!!
    • 7' A ball over the top towards Voronin is flicked on by the Ukrainian and the ball is cleared off the line by Tello! There was more than a hint of offside there...
    • 4' There is a shout for handball in the Liverpool penalty area - it could have gone either way and the referee opts against a spot-kick.
    • - Welcome to eurosport.yahoo.com's LIVE text commentary on the Champions League Group A match between Besiktas and Liverpool from the Inonu stadium.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Claus Bo Larsen

  • Besiktas

    Manager: Ertugrul Saglam

    Captain: . Uzulmez

    On the Field

    • Arikan
    • Tandogan
    • Gokhan Zan
    • Toraman
    • Uzulmez
    • Cisse
    • Serdar
    • Ozkan
    • Tello
    • Delgado
    • Bobo

    Subs

    • Diatta
    • Ricardinho
    • Nobre
    • Higuain
    • Ozmen
    • Yozgati
    • Avci

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    None

  • Liverpool

    Manager: Rafa Benitez

    Captain: Steven Gerrard

    On the Field

    • Reina
    • Finnan
    • Hyypia
    • Carragher
    • Riise
    • Pennant
    • Gerrard
    • Mascherano
    • Babel
    • Kuijt
    • Voronin

    Subs

    • Crouch
    • Benayoun
    • Xabi Alonso
    • Itandje
    • Sissoko
    • Hobbs
    • Lucas

    Injured

    • Kewell
    • Aurelio
    • Torres
    • Agger

    Suspended

    None