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Liverpool

  • Kuijt 4’
  • Keane 34’
  • Gerrard 76’

PSV Eindhoven

  • Koevermans 78’
  1. Keane off the mark in win

    Keane off the mark in win

    Robbie Keane scored his first goal for Liverpool in a comfortable 3-1 Champions League Group D win over PSV Eindhoven at Anfield. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Liverpool
    • PSV Eindhoven
    • 90+3 Comfortable win for Liverpool, who have maximum points but are second in Group D behind Atletico Madrid on goal difference.
    • 90' Kuyt to Torres on the right, great first touch and instead of shooting he lays it off for LUCAS but the shot is blocked over for a corner.
    • 86' Torres with a great flick to Kuyt, super stuff, but the Dutchman can't control the ball enough to shoot.
    • 83' Good first touch by Babel on the right wing but he can't get a cross of note in.
    • 81' Babel on for Gerrard, who is given a standing ovation.
    • 78' PSV come forward, the ball is slipped right to Kronkamp who plays a low cross towards goal AND KOEVERMANS GETS BEYOND SKRTEL AND TAPS IT TO REINA'S LEFT FOR THE GOAL! Surely just a consolation, 3-1 to Liverpool, who went to sleep after scoring.
    • 76' Free-kick to Liverpool then, Aurelio again with Gerrard, the Brazilian touches it off TO GERRARD WHO THRASHES A VICIOUS, RISING DRIVE PAST ISAKSSON INTO THE LEFT OF THE GOAL! Cracking shot! Liverpool lead 3-0.
    • 76' LIVERPOOL SUB: Keane comes off for Lucas.
    • 75' Torres is played through and he shrugs off Marcellis and he is brought down! This could be curtains for Marcellis but only a yellow.
    • 74' Amrabat on the left, they step off him, he glides into the box and plays it low for BAKKAL but the low drive is blocked.
    • 72' Very long-range shot from Mendez flies miles over. Desperate times for PSV at the moment.
    • 70' Another Gerrard ball to Torres but just too much on it for El Nino.
    • 67' Gerrard almost gets Keane clean through but Salcido reads it and manages to clear.
    • 65' Terrible backpass from Kronkamp, straight to Torres who is in and must score but the finish with the outside of his right boot spins just wide of the far post! Should have been 3-0, Kronkamp could be forgiven for thinking he was still a Liverpool player in making that pass.
    • 63' Liverpool free-kick to the right. Gerrard and Aurelio over it, Gerrard to take but he runs over the ball wide right and Aurelio shapes to pass but then chips the ball to the near corner of the six-yard box and Keane tries a back-header but wide and too high for the boys at the far post.
    • 60' Aurelio goes down the left but the cross is intercepted. Still with Liverpool, but the flag is up for offside. Koevermans on for Wuytens.
    • 59' Bakkal looks inside to Amrabat, who has time and space to drift towards the area and no-one closes him down so he shoots low and it flies just wide! Liverpool went to sleep there.
    • 55' Gerrard on the ball, he slips it into Torres who is in the box but too wide, good keeping by Isaksson to push him further wide and Torres slips to allow PSV to clear.
    • 50' Torres gets it outside the box, he tries a turn and shot but the effort is blocked.
    • 49' Kuyt wins a free-kick on the right, Gerrard is up to take it, he swings it in close to the keeper, it's headed up in the air by a defender and Torres puts Isaksson under pressure, he punches clear and eventually PSV get the ball away.
    • 47' Culina with a good ball inside to Mendez, flicked back to Bakkal who sends a low drive in but well wide of the far post.
    • 46' Second half underway at Anfield.
    • 45' Half-time, easy does it for Liverpool who lead a poor PSV 2-0.
    • 43' Liverpool almost get in again, Riera's cross is well blocked by Simons though.
    • 42' Torres brings the ball down in the box but Salcido gets across to clear before he can shoot.
    • 40' Great piece of defending by Skrtel who flicks the cross back to Carragher who completes the double-headed backpass to Reina.
    • 34' Kuyt right centre, he has two men on him but holds them off and digs out a nice little ball wide to Torres, he skins Salcido and drills in a low cross AND KEANE ARRIVES WITH A FLICK INTO THE BOTTOM RIGHT FOR HIS FIRST GOAL FOR LIVERPOOL! Superb build-up, a typical Keane finish and he finally gets off the mark. And boy is he delighted!
    • 33' Late from Alonso on Bakkal, no card just a word. The free-kick comes to nothing anyway as Amrabat fouls his marker.
    • 31' Aurelio to take, he swings it high towards the far post and Torres launches himself at it from the penalty spot but his downward header flies just wide!
    • 30' Gerrard into Torres on the left but he can't quite get past Marcellis who puts it out for a corner.
    • 28' Gerrard plays it high into the box, Isaksson punches for some reason and it almost drops to Kuyt but PSV manage to clear.
    • 24' A mistake from Kuyt almost lets PSV in but Carragher is back tackling, Gerrard pounces on the loose ball and he brings it away too.
    • 20' Liverpool come forward again, it's played in to Keane in the box, he takes it around Simons and he goes down but nothing given! Keane is furious as he felt he was caught but I don't think he was. PSV go straight down the other end and Amrabat spots Reina off his line and tries a superb lob but it flies just over!
    • 19' PSV could be in here but the ref pulls it back, Amrabat fouled Gerrard in the build-up.
    • 15' That clever run by Amrabat aside, PSV have barely got a touch so far this half. It's not like Liverpool are doing all that much, they're just controlling things.
    • 12' Amrabat gets a lot of space on the left, Carragher left in his wake and Arbeloa nowhere, he cuts back and can shoot but overplays it and hoofed away for a throw.
    • 9' Keane on the right wing, he spots Torres's late run and chips the cross in but too deep and out for a throw.
    • 6' A dreadful start for PSV, who look shell-shocked to be honest. They are set to be unlikely whipping boys in this group after getting 'seen to' by Atletico two weeks ago.
    • 4' The corner is sent to the penalty spot and Torres with a diagonal run and volley but a great block by Isaksson AND IT DROPS TO KUYT WHO TAKES A TOUCH AND RAMS IT IN OFF ISAKSSON'S ARMS! 1-0 to Liverpool, a great save initially but Isaksson probably should have kept it out.
    • 3' Great Gerrard ball cutting Salcido and Marcellis in half, Torres on the right but his cross is blocked for a corner.
    • 1' Match underway
    • - Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
    • - PSV: Isaksson, Kromkamp, Simons, Marcellis, Salcido, Brechet, Mendez, Culina, Bakkal, Amrabat, Wuytens; Subs: Cassio, Rodriguez, Zonneveld, Koevermans, Pieters, Nijland, Dzsudzsak
    • - Liverpool: Reina, Arbeloa, Skrtel, Carragher, Aurelio, Kuyt, Gerrard, Alonso, Riera, Torres, Keane; Subs: Cavalieri, Dossena, Agger, Benayoun, Babel, Mascherano, Leiva Lucas
    • - Hello and welcome to eurosport.yahoo.com's LIVE coverage of tonight's Champions League action! We'll have full TEXT commentary on every game, including Liverpool's clash with PSV and Chelsea's match against CFR Cluj. Simply click on your match of choice from the list in the multiplex and away you go!

  • Team Stats

    Liverpool Stats PSV Eindhoven
    49% Possession 50%
    15 Shots 10
    6 Shots on target 2
    0 Saves 1
    3 Corners 1
    13 Fouls 7
    1 Offsides 6
    0 Yellow cards 1
    0 Red cards 0
    25 Tackles 31
    464 Accurate passes 460
    59 Bad passes 54

  • 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 17 1 0
      37 Martin Skrtel 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 60 2 2
      12 Fabio Aurelio 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 59 19 4
      17 Alvaro Arbeloa 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 48 0 2
      23 Jamie Carragher 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 54 9 0
      8 Steven Gerrard 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 46 9 4
      14 Xabi Alonso 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 77 6 1
      11 Alberto Riera 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 17 3 3
      9 Fernando Torres 0 4 1 1 1 0 1 9 1 1
      7 Robbie Keane 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 30 7 1
      18 Dirk Kuyt 1 2 2 1 2 0 0 29 1 7
      5 Daniel Agger 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      21 Lucas Leiva 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0
      2 Andrea Dossena 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      20 Javier Mascherano 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      1 Diego Cavalieri 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      19 Ryan Babel 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0
      15 Yossi Benayoun 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 1 0
    • PSV Eindhoven
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Andreas Isaksson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0
      13 Jeremie Bréchet 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 7 1
      24 Dirk Marcellis 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 54 1 6
      2 Jan Kromkamp 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 55 0 1
      3 Carlos Salcido 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 52 16 2
      15 Jason Culina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 76 4 3
      29 Stijn Wuytens 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 27 4 4
      8 Edison Mendez 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 43 6 3
      6 Timmy Simons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 45 1 4
      28 Otman Bakkal 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 34 4 2
      11 Nordin Amrabat 0 4 0 7 2 5 0 21 6 3
      10 Danny Koevermans 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 7 0 0
      31 Cássio Ramos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      5 Mike Zonneveld 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      22 Balázs Dzsudzsák 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 8 1 0
      4 Francisco Rodriguez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      16 Stefan Nijland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      14 Erik Pieters 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 20 4 2

  • Summary

    • 90' Kuyt to Torres on the right, great first touch and instead of shooting he lays it off for LUCAS but the shot is blocked over for a corner.
    • 78' PSV come forward, the ball is slipped right to Kronkamp who plays a low cross towards goal AND KOEVERMANS GETS BEYOND SKRTEL AND TAPS IT TO REINA'S LEFT FOR THE GOAL! Surely just a consolation, 3-1 to Liverpool, who went to sleep after scoring.
    • 76' Free-kick to Liverpool then, Aurelio again with Gerrard, the Brazilian touches it off TO GERRARD WHO THRASHES A VICIOUS, RISING DRIVE PAST ISAKSSON INTO THE LEFT OF THE GOAL! Cracking shot! Liverpool lead 3-0.
    • 74' Amrabat on the left, they step off him, he glides into the box and plays it low for BAKKAL but the low drive is blocked.
    • 65' Terrible backpass from Kronkamp, straight to Torres who is in and must score but the finish with the outside of his right boot spins just wide of the far post! Should have been 3-0, Kronkamp could be forgiven for thinking he was still a Liverpool player in making that pass.
    • 59' Bakkal looks inside to Amrabat, who has time and space to drift towards the area and no-one closes him down so he shoots low and it flies just wide! Liverpool went to sleep there.
    • 34' Kuyt right centre, he has two men on him but holds them off and digs out a nice little ball wide to Torres, he skins Salcido and drills in a low cross AND KEANE ARRIVES WITH A FLICK INTO THE BOTTOM RIGHT FOR HIS FIRST GOAL FOR LIVERPOOL! Superb build-up, a typical Keane finish and he finally gets off the mark. And boy is he delighted!
    • 31' Aurelio to take, he swings it high towards the far post and Torres launches himself at it from the penalty spot but his downward header flies just wide!
    • 20' Liverpool come forward again, it's played in to Keane in the box, he takes it around Simons and he goes down but nothing given! Keane is furious as he felt he was caught but I don't think he was. PSV go straight down the other end and Amrabat spots Reina off his line and tries a superb lob but it flies just over!
    • 4' The corner is sent to the penalty spot and Torres with a diagonal run and volley but a great block by Isaksson AND IT DROPS TO KUYT WHO TAKES A TOUCH AND RAMS IT IN OFF ISAKSSON'S ARMS! 1-0 to Liverpool, a great save initially but Isaksson probably should have kept it out.
    • 3' Great Gerrard ball cutting Salcido and Marcellis in half, Torres on the right but his cross is blocked for a corner.
    • - Hello and welcome to eurosport.yahoo.com's LIVE coverage of tonight's Champions League action! We'll have full TEXT commentary on every game, including Liverpool's clash with PSV and Chelsea's match against CFR Cluj. Simply click on your match of choice from the list in the multiplex and away you go!

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Dr. Felix Brych

  • Liverpool

    Manager: Rafael Benitez

    Captain: Steven Gerrard

    Starting line-up

    • J. Reina
    • A. Arbeloa
    • J. Carragher
    • M. Skrtel
    • F. Aurelio
    • D. Kuijt Goal
    • S. Gerrard Goal Substitution Out (81′)
    • X. Alonso
    • A. Riera Substitution Out (68′)
    • F. Torres
    • R. Keane Goal Substitution Out (76′)

    Subs

    • Y. Benayoun Substitution In68′
    • A. Dossena
    • J. Mascherano
    • R. Babel Substitution In81′
    • D. Agger
    • L. Lucas Substitution In76′
    • D. Cavalieri

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    None

  • PSV Eindhoven

    Manager: HUUB STEVENS

    Starting line-up

    • A. Isaksson
    • J. Kromkamp
    • D. Marcellis Yellow Card
    • T. Simons
    • C. Salcido
    • J. Brechet Substitution Out (46′)
    • E. Mendez
    • J. Culina
    • O. Bakkal
    • N. Amrabat
    • J. Wuytens Substitution Out (60′)

    Subs

    • M. Zonneveld
    • D. Koevermans Substitution In60′ Goal
    • B. Dzudzsak
    • E. Pieters Substitution In46′
    • .. Cassio
    • F. Rodriguez

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    None