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Sunday March 30, 2008 Finished Anfield

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Liverpool

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Everton

  1. Torres wins derby for Liverpool

    Torres wins derby for Liverpool

    Liverpool seized the initiative in the race for fourth place with a 1-0 victory over local rivals Everton at Anfield. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Liverpool
    • Everton
    • 90+3' The final whistle has gone, and Liverpool are now in pole position for that fourth spot in the league! They were better than their local rivals in a way that the 1-0 scoreline just doesn't reflect. Thanks for joining us, stick around for LIVE Spanish action as Real Madrid take on Sevilla!
    • 90+3' Steven Gerrard gets his customary standing ovation as he is replaced by Peter Crouch as Rafa Benitez runs down the clock.
    • 90' Gerrard brings the ball down with time and space in front of the Everton goal. He unleashes a FIERCE STRIKE... GREAT SAVE HOWARD! The American keeper tips it over the bar!
    • 89' Fernando Torres goes into the book for time wasting, less than a minute before being substituted for Jermaine Pennant.
    • 88' Liverpool come forward and Benyoun lays the ball back to KUYT... His curling shot was deflected and sails just wide of the top corner!
    • 87' Everton's corner is cleared, but it comes back to Arteta. The ball is squared across to Carsley, who tries to chip it over the defenders but it doesn't work.
    • 84' Liverpool make their first switch, replacing Babel with Yossi Benayoun. For Everton, Phil Jagielka moves up front to partner Yakubu.
    • 82' Tony Hibbert is furious with the linesman, who gives Liverpool a goal kick when it was clearly Riise who got the last touch! Referee Stephen Bennett has a word with him, but keeps his cards in his pocket.
    • 78' Torres is flagged for offside for the second time in two minutes, and he isn't happy about that latest decision. The ball ended up in the crowd and takes an age to be returned!
    • 74' Mikel Arteta's set piece deliveries have been poor by his standards today, and his latest corner is too easy for Pepe Reina to punch away.
    • 72' Phil Neville makes way for Leighton Baines, but not before handing the captain's armband to Leon osman, who looks somewhat reticent to take it!
    • 71' Phil Jagielka goes into the book now for a high foot on Gerrard.
    • 70' Yakubu plays a great ball forwarsd for Osman and the break is on, but Martin Skrtel does well to slide in a make the tackle before Osman can use the ball.
    • 67' Xabi Alonso rides a tackle and the ball sits up nicely for him to STRIKE... The ball canons off of Yobo! Now Lucas has a shot and Yobo blocks that too for a corner.
    • 62' David Moyes makes his first change, as Manuel Fernandes comes on for Steven Pienaar.
    • 61' Yakubu kncoks the ball past Hyypia and then proceeds to fall to the floor before the tackle even comes in! A shameful attempt at conning the referee!
    • 58' Everton have a big opportunity here, as Mikel Arteta lines up a free kick into the box. It's a woeful effort though, it doesn't even beat the first man! There is another foul a bit further out towards the wing, and this time it curls in for OSMAN AT THE NEAR POST... Headed wide of the near post!
    • 55' Lee Carsley slides in to intercept Steven Gerrard, and the Liverpool captain steps on his thigh as they make contact. Carsley is straight back up on his feet though!
    • 54' Phil Neville does well to take the ball on his chest and play it forward to Yakubu, but the Nigerian's ball into the box is lacklustre.
    • 50' Yakubu tries a backheel that Phil Neville doesn't anticipate, and has a go at his captain after tha ball goes out for a throw-in!
    • 48' Everton start brightly this half, and Yakubu's persistence has won them a corner. Reina's is out to punch away Arteta's corner. Ryan Babel has the ball and can break down the left-hand side, but he's fouled by Steven Pienaar, who picks up Everton's third booking of the afternoon.
    • 46' Neither side has made a change in personnel as Everton kick off for the second half.
    • 45+1' The half-time whistle goes, and Liverpool have completely dominated the first 45 minutes. However, they go in just one goal to the good, and Everton will know that they can get back into this match.
    • 45+1' Sami Hyypia gets onto a Liverpool corner at the near post, but heads wide for a goal kick under pressure from Tony Hibbert.
    • 45' Gerrard fires a great diagonal ball for Carragher to nod across to Torres, who knocks it back for KUYT TO VOLLEY... shot wide of the target! That would have been an amazing goal.
    • 40' Torres nods down Reina's goal kick for GERRARD TO VOLLEY... OFF THE FOOT OF THE POST!! Howard looked beaten by the strike, but it rebounded off the goalframe!
    • 38' Arteta sends in a free kick from deep to the far post and LESCOTT IS THERE... His header rebounds off of Sami Hyypia. Big calls for handball, but it hit the Finn's chest.
    • 35' Steven Gerrard hounds down Phil Jagielka and slides in with a solid tackle in front of the Kop! The ball is hardly out of Everton's half at the moment.
    • 33' Gerrard sends a throw-in to Kuyt, who hooks the ball across goal but nobody can quite get on the end of it.
    • 31' Jagielka barges Torres over out on the left, and concedes the free kick. Gerrard crosses in for LUCAS... Carsley just gets in front of the brazilian for a corner!
    • 30' Carsley sends a hopeful long ball up for Yakubu to chase, but it goes straight through to Reina. Everton have not been able to get decent service up to the big Nigerian at all so far.
    • 28' Liverpool are rampant at the moment, Everton just can't handle them. Riise has all the time he needs to send in a cross for BABEL... Somehow he doesn't get a touch on an inviting cross!
    • 25' Liverpool have a corner of their own now, and Kuyt loses Phil Neville and HEADS THE BALL WIDE!! That should have been 2-0 to Liverpool!
    • 23' Pienaar slips the ball in for Lescott, who elects to try and chip the ball to Yakubu rather than shoot himself and the chance is gone.
    • 22' Everton have a corner now as Carragheer comes across to clear. Riise clears Arteta's ball in.
    • 18' In something of a role-reversal, it's Everton who are trying to get their foot on the ball and play, but Liverpool are giving them no time at all.
    • 16' Torres is blocked off by Yobo, but manages to turn and feed KUYT... BLOCKED BY HIBBERT! There are appeals for handball, but nothing given and Liverpool will have to make do with a corner.
    • 12' Some great one-touch football by a buoyant Liverpool, as the ball goes across the pitch for Babel to attack. His cross is too high for Torres though.
    • 8' Carsley goes flying in with two feet on Torres and is rightly booked. Liverpool have a free kick right in the middle of Gerrard country! The Liverpool steps up... He fires the free kick wide of the post.
    • 7' GOAL!! A Liverpool corner is headed out to Yakubu, but the striker dithers in possession on the edge of the box and Xabi Alonso tackles him. The ball breaks for FERNANDO TORRES... El Nino slips the ball past Howard to score his first goal in a Merseyside derby!!
    • 5' Lucas sprays the ball out wide for Babel to run onto. The Dutchman looks for Torres with the cross, but it's behind the Spaniard and Carsley can clear it.
    • 2' Mikel Arteta turns past Xabi Alonso and SHOOTS... It was a well-hit strike, but Reina is down low in plenty of time and olds onto the shot.
    • 1' No Cahill, and no Johnson for Everton, but with the form Yakubu is in at the moment anything could happen. Liverpool get this match underway to a deafening roar at Anfield!
    • - Welcome to Eursport's LIVE coverage of Liverpool v Everton! These Merseyside derbys are always hotly contested affairs, but with that lucrative fourth Champions League still up for grabs, this match is huge!

  • Team Stats

    Liverpool Stats Everton
    49% Possession 50%
    15 Shots 3
    3 Shots on target 1
    0 Saves 0
    11 Corners 4
    14 Fouls 13
    4 Offsides 2
    1 Yellow cards 4
    0 Red cards 0
    48 Tackles 19
    248 Accurate passes 240
    48 Bad passes 75

  • 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 1 0 0 11 1 0
      37 Martin Skrtel 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 19 0 4
      6 John Arne Riise 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 20 12 5
      23 Jamie Carragher 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 23 0 9
      4 Sami Hyypia 0 1 0 1 4 0 0 17 5 5
      8 Steven Gerrard 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 36 8 4
      21 Lucas Leiva 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 20 5 8
      14 Xabi Alonso 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 35 7 11
      19 Ryan Babel 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 12 3 0
      9 Fernando Torres 1 2 2 2 3 3 0 18 2 0
      18 Dirk Kuyt 0 5 0 3 1 0 1 33 3 2
      15 Peter Crouch 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      11 Yossi Benayoun 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 2 0
      3 Steve Finnan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      30 Charles Itandje 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      16 Jermaine Pennant 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • Everton
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      24 Tim Howard 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 0
      4 Joseph Yobo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 1 2
      5 Joleon Lescott 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 9 3
      2 Tony Hibbert 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 15 0 3
      21 Leon Osman 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 21 7 2
      26 Lee Carsley 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 31 3 0
      18 Philip Neville 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 19 4 1
      6 Mikel Arteta 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 36 21 3
      20 Steven Pienaar 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 15 10 1
      16 Phil Jagielka 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 23 7 2
      22 Yakubu Aiyegbeni 0 0 0 5 4 1 0 8 4 2
      19 Nuno Valente 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      10 Thomas Gravesen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      3 Leighton Baines 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 0
      33 Stefan Wessels 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      23 Manuel Fernandes 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 19 4 0

  • Summary

    • 90' Gerrard brings the ball down with time and space in front of the Everton goal. He unleashes a FIERCE STRIKE... GREAT SAVE HOWARD! The American keeper tips it over the bar!
    • 88' Liverpool come forward and Benyoun lays the ball back to KUYT... His curling shot was deflected and sails just wide of the top corner!
    • 67' Xabi Alonso rides a tackle and the ball sits up nicely for him to STRIKE... The ball canons off of Yobo! Now Lucas has a shot and Yobo blocks that too for a corner.
    • 61' Yakubu kncoks the ball past Hyypia and then proceeds to fall to the floor before the tackle even comes in! A shameful attempt at conning the referee!
    • 58' Everton have a big opportunity here, as Mikel Arteta lines up a free kick into the box. It's a woeful effort though, it doesn't even beat the first man! There is another foul a bit further out towards the wing, and this time it curls in for OSMAN AT THE NEAR POST... Headed wide of the near post!
    • 45' Gerrard fires a great diagonal ball for Carragher to nod across to Torres, who knocks it back for KUYT TO VOLLEY... shot wide of the target! That would have been an amazing goal.
    • 40' Torres nods down Reina's goal kick for GERRARD TO VOLLEY... OFF THE FOOT OF THE POST!! Howard looked beaten by the strike, but it rebounded off the goalframe!
    • 28' Liverpool are rampant at the moment, Everton just can't handle them. Riise has all the time he needs to send in a cross for BABEL... Somehow he doesn't get a touch on an inviting cross!
    • 25' Liverpool have a corner of their own now, and Kuyt loses Phil Neville and HEADS THE BALL WIDE!! That should have been 2-0 to Liverpool!
    • 16' Torres is blocked off by Yobo, but manages to turn and feed KUYT... BLOCKED BY HIBBERT! There are appeals for handball, but nothing given and Liverpool will have to make do with a corner.
    • 7' GOAL!! A Liverpool corner is headed out to Yakubu, but the striker dithers in possession on the edge of the box and Xabi Alonso tackles him. The ball breaks for FERNANDO TORRES... El Nino slips the ball past Howard to score his first goal in a Merseyside derby!!

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Howard Webb

  • Liverpool

    Manager: Rafa Benitez

    Captain: Steven Gerrard

    On the Field

    • Reina
    • Carragher
    • Hyypia
    • Skrtel
    • Riise
    • Lucas
    • Alonso
    • Gerrard Substitution Out (90′)
    • Babel Substitution Out (83′)
    • Kuijt
    • Torres Goal Yellow Card Substitution Out (90′)

    Subs

    • Pennant Substitution In (90′)
    • Crouch Substitution In (90′)
    • Benayoun Substitution In (83′)
    • Finnan
    • Itandje

    Injured

    • Agger

    Suspended

    • Mascherano

  • Everton

    Manager: David Moyes

    On the Field

    • Howard
    • Hibbert
    • Jagielka Yellow Card
    • Yobo
    • Lescott
    • Carsley Yellow Card
    • Osman
    • Arteta
    • Neville Yellow Card Substitution Out (72′)
    • Pienaar Yellow Card Substitution Out (61′)
    • Yakubu

    Subs

    • Gravesen
    • Wessels
    • Fernandes Substitution In (61′)
    • Valente
    • Baines Substitution In (72′)

    Injured

    • Cahill

    Suspended

    None