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  1. Gerrard puts Reds through

    Gerrard puts Reds through

    Liverpool secured a place in the last 16 of the Champions League with a 1-0 Group D win over Marseille at Anfield. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Liverpool
    • Marseille
    • 90+3 Liverpool breathe a sigh of relief as Marseille were bossing that second half! 1-0, the Reds are through, L'OM are out. Liverpool are joined in the last 16 by Atletico, who have beaten PSV 2-1.
    • 90+1 A high ball by Valbuena almost loops over Reina but he gets back just in time.
    • 90' Three minutes added time being played.
    • 89' MARSEILLE SUB: Bonnart comes off for Samassa.
    • 88' Gerrard with the corner but Alonso is penalised for pushing.
    • 87' Lovely ball by Gerrard wide and Dossena wins a corner.
    • 85' Valbuena gets some retaliation in on Mascherano but is lucky not to see yellow.
    • 84' Mascherano booked for the challenge, Niang carded for getting involved.
    • 83' Mascherano with a bad tackle on Valbuena and it kicks off... Mascherano will be lucky to stay on here as there's some slapping and hissing from the girls....
    • 81' Niang gets in behind Agger but Dossena is across to hack it clear. Marseille bossing the match now.
    • 80' Free-kick to Marseille on the left again. Ziani to take and he puts in another testing ball AND NIANG GETS ABOVE CARRAGHER TO HEAD INTO THE BOTTOM LEFT BUT INCHES WIDE! Should have been the equaliser.
    • 78' Niang on the ball, he slides in a great pass that frees Ben Arfa with a superb first touch but Carragher holds him off and lets it run to Reina. Valbuena on for Kone for Marseille.
    • 77' Free-kick to Marseille on the left, Ziani takes and he swings in a dangerous one and no-one gets a touch so into the arms of Reina.
    • 76' Liverpool have a corner on the right, about 35 yards out, Alonso to take and he tries a cheeky low drive aiming for the near post but well wide.
    • 72' Gerrard chips a cute little ball over for Benayoun to send him clean through but the flag is up, he was a yard off.
    • 70' Ben Arfa comes forward again, he touches it left to Cheyrou who goes down but no free-kick!
    • 69' Niang gets the ball on the D, he touches it to the left and he's in the box but the shot is blocked! Marseille are surely going to get something out of this game...
    • 68' Ben Arfa to take, it's on the edge of the box on the right... AND HE SENDS IN A VICIOUS CURLER THAT'S GOING TO THE TOP LEFT BUT REINA WTH A FABULOUS SAVE! Corner. The set-piece is cleared but put back in and Kuyt slips but somehow hacks it clear!
    • 67' Dossena is a lucky lucky boy not to give away a penalty after bringing down Bonnart just outside the box - looked inside to me!
    • 64' LIVERPOOL SUB: Riera off for Benayoun.
    • 63' Good run down the right by Niang but the cut-back is blocked. Liverpool counter, Gerrard with a great dinked pass freeing Torres but he's offside.
    • 62' Long ball into the right, Ben Arfa kills it and goes past Dossena to smash it across and just behind Cheyrou and away!
    • 61' Xabi Alonso in the middle, a super pass wide to Riera who plays a brilliant touch down the wing that he races onto and he smashes in a rising drive that Mandanda parries and is hacked away from the edge of the box!
    • 58' Corner to Marseille taken by Ziani but it's cleared and Mascherano leads a counter attack, Liverpool have men over and he can free Torres but the through ball is just too close to the defender and L'OM survive.
    • 56' Alonso is caught by Zubar as he plays it through, advantage signalled as Gerrard is in but he drills it across Mandanda and wide! The ref should book Zubar retrospectively but decides not to.
    • 55' Torres and Gerrard combine, wide to Kuyt but he has no support and has to stand it up while bodies arrive on his flank... Cheyrou wins the ball and slips it into Niang who skins Carragher and cuts inside and he's in but shoots weakly from distance, straight at Reina! Should have carried on with his run.
    • 54' Gerrard tries to bend it through to Torres but he gets it wrong, straight down Mandanda's throat.
    • 52' Lovely ball over the top from Ziani, disguised to release Niang and he's in but he can't get a touch on it and it goes through to Reina! Any kind of touch could have sent that past the Liverpool keeper.
    • 48' Fabio Aurelio came off with a calf problem, we are told.
    • 47' An early chance for Liverpool as a Gerrard ball is turned expertly by Torres who is blocked, corner.
    • 46' Second half underway!
    • 46' LIVERPOOL SUB: Dossena on for Aurelio, not sure if there's an injury or if it's tactical.
    • - There are reports that Steven Gerrard was struck by a lighter thrown from the Marseille support during the first half. More on that when it comes....
    • 45+2 Half time, Liverpool lead 1-0.
    • 45+1 Riera gets the ball on the left and cuts inside pas Zubar and drills a low shot in which Mandadna tips behind for a corner. It almost sees Gerrard released, but a corner again is the result for Liverpool.
    • 45' Gerrard goes through Zubar to get to the ball, free-kick to Marseille on the right but Ben Arfa sends it straight into the arms of Reina. One minute added time beding played.
    • 42' Ben Arfa is becoming more influential, he goes on a run and pings it in low but wide.
    • 40' Good passing football from Marseille, who are regaining confidence and stroking it about without actually finding a killer ball.
    • 39' Ben Arfa wastes a cross when his defenders Hilton and Zubar had come forward in anticipation.
    • 36' Free-kick to Marseille to the right of the D, Taiwo to take it... HE DRILLS IT IN LOW AT THE NEAR POST AND OFF THE WOODWORK AND WIDE!! That got a touch from Reina, so a corner to Marseille. Swung over from the right and Zubar arrives unmarked at the far post but he heads it well wide! Should have been a goal, he was perhaps put off by Kuyt but still...
    • 34' Cross comes in from the left and Niang attacks it but just over his head.
    • 33' Kuyt into Arbeloa, now Torres but he loses out to Taiwo and L'OM clear. Well, the kind of clear, playing it around the back until it gets hacked out for a throw.
    • 31' Great skill by Ben Arfa to turn and feed Niang but he can't control it and Liverpool clear.
    • 29' Good turn by Niang to free himself towards the area but Arbeloa gets back to dispossess him and Liverpool clear.
    • 26' Liverpool utterly in control now, Marseille seem to have given up already.
    • 23' Gerrard takes the corner on the left, it's very poor but he gets the rebound and lofts a cross in, that one isn't so good either and headed well clear. The ball pops up to Arbeloa on the right, he sends a deep hanging ball to the far post WHERE GERRARD ARRIVES UNMARKED TO HEAD PAST MANDANDA FOR 1-0! Liverpool take the lead and it's that man again, Steven Gerrard.
    • 22' Gerrard threads it wide to Torres, he can't get the cross in but wins the ball back, takes on his man again, beats him and plays a cross for KUYT FLYING IN WITH THE HEADED but Mandanda parries and Riera could finish but put behind for a corner.
    • 21' Niang is very harshly called offside when Aurelio seemed to have played him on.
    • 20' Niang is now down injured after slipping, holding his knee.
    • 19' Alonso tries an ambitious pass that doesn't come off. Marseille throw but won back by Liverpool, Torres on the right, plays a ball into Gerrard in the box, the one-two is on but Taiwo is back to intercept and clear.
    • 18' Great skill by Ben Arfa but the final ball is threaded through the middle when Kone wanted it played to feet.
    • 15' Niang wide right to Kone, who wriggles into the box and he goes down, didn't look like a foul but he's hurt so no dive... Seems like he slipped while dribbling and landed awkwardly on his shoulder.
    • 13' Carragher tries an up and under to Kuyt but it's more up than under and goes out for a goal kick.
    • 11' Riera sends a cross over from the left, it's deflected into the path of Gerrard with a great touch and a deft backheel but no-one's in support and Marseille clear.
    • 10' Good ball down the left wing by Ziani, Ben Arfa could be in but no, he's not quite quick enough to reach it and the ball trickles out for a goal kick.
    • 8' Kuyt charges down a clearance and he's free down the right, Torres is in the box so Kuyt drives it across but Zubar gets a heel on it with Torres ready to pounce! Taiwo was at fault again there, Kuyt is giving him all kinds of problems.
    • 7' Kuyt plays it down the right flank but just a bit too much on it for Gerrard.
    • 5' Almost a great run by Hatem Ben Arfa, who wriggles past three red shirts and is in the box but Carragher muscles him off the ball and Liverpool clear... it's back with Marseille and Taiwo has a crack but well wide.
    • 4' Liverpool using the right flank but poor control by Arbeloa after he does well to get around Taiwo, out for a goal kick.
    • 3' A lukewarm start to the match, Marseille cautious and Liverpool wary of opening things up to early.
    • 1' Match underway at Anfield! A draw would see Liverpool through, while Marseille have to win to stand a chance of progressing to the knockout stage.
    • - MARSEILLE TEAM NEWS: Mathieu Valbuena scored a wonder-goal against the Reds last season but he, and former Liverpool man Bolo Zenden, is on the bench.
    • - LIVERPOOL TEAM NEWS: Steven Gerrard is back, starting behind Fernando Torres with Robbie Keane on the bench. Dan Agger partners Jamie Carragher at the back with Fabio Aurelio continuing at left-back ahead of Andrea Dossena.
    • - Hello and welcome to Eurosport-Yahoo!'s LIVE coverage of Liverpool's Champions League clash with Marseille starting at 19:45 UK time!

  • Team Stats

    Liverpool Stats Marseille
    54% Possession 46%
    6 Shots 10
    4 Shots on target 4
    0 Saves 1
    6 Corners 3
    6 Fouls 20
    6 Offsides 4
    1 Yellow cards 1
    0 Red cards 0
    42 Tackles 21
    388 Accurate passes 346
    58 Bad passes 43

  • 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
    • Liverpool
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      25 Jose Reina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 0
      23 Jamie Carragher 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 48 3 5
      12 Fabio Aurelio 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 21 4 1
      17 Alvaro Arbeloa 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 44 0 4
      5 Daniel Agger 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 38 6 3
      8 Steven Gerrard 1 2 1 2 1 0 0 34 7 3
      14 Xabi Alonso 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 70 8 3
      20 Javier Mascherano 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 43 10 9
      11 Albert Riera 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 17 7 1
      9 Fernando Torres 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 11 3 2
      18 Dirk Kuyt 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 37 0 4
      7 Robbie Keane 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      34 Martin Kelly 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      2 Andrea Dossena 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 11 5 4
      21 Lucas Leiva 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1
      1 Diego Cavalieri 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      19 Ryan Babel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      15 Yossi Benayoun 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 6 3 2
    • Marseille
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      30 Steve Mandanda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0
      15 Ronald Zubar 0 3 0 1 2 1 0 44 0 3
      3 Taye Taiwo 0 2 1 1 2 0 0 39 9 2
      24 Laurent Bonnart 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 32 1 1
      5 Vitorino Hilton 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 37 4 3
      6 Karim Ziani 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 46 5 3
      7 Benoit Cheyrou 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 35 5 2
      19 Lorik Cana 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 40 4 3
      20 Hatem Ben Arfa 0 2 2 0 3 0 0 31 11 3
      11 Mamadou Niang 0 2 1 1 5 3 0 10 1 0
      14 Bakari Koné 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 19 1 1
      10 Boudewijn Zenden 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      28 Mathieu Valbuena 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 4 2 0
      4 Julien Rodriguez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      18 Elliot Grandin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      1 Rudy Riou 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      17 Mamadou Samassa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      12 Charles Kaboré 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 80' Free-kick to Marseille on the left again. Ziani to take and he puts in another testing ball AND NIANG GETS ABOVE CARRAGHER TO HEAD INTO THE BOTTOM LEFT BUT INCHES WIDE! Should have been the equaliser.
    • 69' Niang gets the ball on the D, he touches it to the left and he's in the box but the shot is blocked! Marseille are surely going to get something out of this game...
    • 68' Ben Arfa to take, it's on the edge of the box on the right... AND HE SENDS IN A VICIOUS CURLER THAT'S GOING TO THE TOP LEFT BUT REINA WTH A FABULOUS SAVE! Corner. The set-piece is cleared but put back in and Kuyt slips but somehow hacks it clear!
    • 67' Dossena is a lucky lucky boy not to give away a penalty after bringing down Bonnart just outside the box - looked inside to me!
    • 62' Long ball into the right, Ben Arfa kills it and goes past Dossena to smash it across and just behind Cheyrou and away!
    • 61' Xabi Alonso in the middle, a super pass wide to Riera who plays a brilliant touch down the wing that he races onto and he smashes in a rising drive that Mandanda parries and is hacked away from the edge of the box!
    • 56' Alonso is caught by Zubar as he plays it through, advantage signalled as Gerrard is in but he drills it across Mandanda and wide! The ref should book Zubar retrospectively but decides not to.
    • 55' Torres and Gerrard combine, wide to Kuyt but he has no support and has to stand it up while bodies arrive on his flank... Cheyrou wins the ball and slips it into Niang who skins Carragher and cuts inside and he's in but shoots weakly from distance, straight at Reina! Should have carried on with his run.
    • 52' Lovely ball over the top from Ziani, disguised to release Niang and he's in but he can't get a touch on it and it goes through to Reina! Any kind of touch could have sent that past the Liverpool keeper.
    • 45+1 Riera gets the ball on the left and cuts inside pas Zubar and drills a low shot in which Mandadna tips behind for a corner. It almost sees Gerrard released, but a corner again is the result for Liverpool.
    • 36' Free-kick to Marseille to the right of the D, Taiwo to take it... HE DRILLS IT IN LOW AT THE NEAR POST AND OFF THE WOODWORK AND WIDE!! That got a touch from Reina, so a corner to Marseille. Swung over from the right and Zubar arrives unmarked at the far post but he heads it well wide! Should have been a goal, he was perhaps put off by Kuyt but still...
    • 23' Gerrard takes the corner on the left, it's very poor but he gets the rebound and lofts a cross in, that one isn't so good either and headed well clear. The ball pops up to Arbeloa on the right, he sends a deep hanging ball to the far post WHERE GERRARD ARRIVES UNMARKED TO HEAD PAST MANDANDA FOR 1-0! Liverpool take the lead and it's that man again, Steven Gerrard.
    • 22' Gerrard threads it wide to Torres, he can't get the cross in but wins the ball back, takes on his man again, beats him and plays a cross for KUYT FLYING IN WITH THE HEADED but Mandanda parries and Riera could finish but put behind for a corner.
    • 8' Kuyt charges down a clearance and he's free down the right, Torres is in the box so Kuyt drives it across but Zubar gets a heel on it with Torres ready to pounce! Taiwo was at fault again there, Kuyt is giving him all kinds of problems.
    • - Hello and welcome to Eurosport-Yahoo!'s LIVE coverage of Liverpool's Champions League clash with Marseille starting at 19:45 UK time!

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: . Benquerença

  • Liverpool

    Manager: Rafael Benitez

    Captain: Steven Gerrard

    Starting line-up

    • J. Reina
    • A. Arbeloa
    • J. Carragher
    • D. Agger
    • F. Aurelio Substitution Out (46′)
    • X. Alonso
    • J. Mascherano Yellow Card
    • D. Kuyt Substitution Out (85′)
    • S. Gerrard Goal
    • A. Riera Substitution Out (63′)
    • F. Torres

    Subs

    • R. Keane
    • Y. Benayoun Substitution In63′
    • A. Dossena Substitution In46′
    • R. Babel
    • M. Kelly
    • L. Lucas Substitution In85′
    • D. Cavalieri

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    None

  • Marseille

    Manager: Eric Gerets

    Captain: Lorik Cana

    Starting line-up

    • S. Mandanda
    • L. Bonnart Substitution Out (87′)
    • R. Zubar
    • V. Hilton
    • T. Taiwo
    • L. Cana
    • K. Ziani
    • B. Cheyrou
    • H. Ben Arfa
    • B. Koné Substitution Out (77′)
    • M. Niang Yellow Card

    Subs

    • B. Zenden
    • J. Rodriguez
    • R. Riou
    • M. Valbuena Substitution In77′
    • E. Grandin
    • M. Samassa Substitution In87′
    • C. Kaboré

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    None

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