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Saturday November 10, 2007 Finished Anfield

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Liverpool

  • Torres 81’
  • Gerrard 85’

Fulham

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  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Liverpool
    • Fulham
    • 90' There goes the final whistle! And it ends 2-0 to Liverpool, thanks largely to Fernando Torres's opening goal!
    • 88' Fulham do not seem able to hang on to a lead at all this season... and that could have grave repercussions for Lawrie Sanchez's side come the end of the season.
    • 85' GOAL! GERRARD PUTS LIVERPOOL TWO UP FROM THE SPOT! The skipper sends Niemi the wrong way and that should be that.
    • 84' PENALTY TO LIVERPOOL! Bocanegra trips Crouch on the edge of the area!
    • 81' GOAL! TORRES! He's done it when it matters most! The Spaniard pulls down a long clearance from Reina, turns inside the Fulham defener and fires past Niemi! Simple.
    • 81' Here comes another change... Lucas on for Mascherano...
    • 75' Fifteen minutes left, and no sign of a goal for Liverpool.
    • 71' Here comes Torres! The Spaniard takes to the field to rapturois applause... Voronin heads in the opposite direction.
    • 70' Kamara comes on for Fulham... Dempsey heads off.
    • 68' There's still time here, but Liverpool are struggling again...
    • 67' Voronin at the other end! Oooh! Benayoun plays the ball through for the Ukrainian, who runs onto the ball and hits it first time... just wide of the post!
    • 66' Oooh! Kuqui nearly gets on the end of a teasing cross from Bouazza! Inches away from nicking an underserved goal!
    • 65' Dempsey is booked for kicking the ball away... silly...
    • 63' BENAYOUN! MUST BE! NO! What a save from Niemi to deny the Israeli! His curler seemed destined for the top right hand corner then!
    • 62' And now Liverpool make a change... on comes Ryan Babel... off goes Jon Arne Riise...
    • 60' Fulham make their first change... off goes Healy... on comes Bouazza...
    • 59' VORONIN! Oooh! The Ukrainian completely misses his kick after Gerrard pulls the ball back to him!
    • 58' Voronin stings Niemi's fingers with a poerful shot just inside the area! Corner to Liverpool... and that's woken up the Anfield crowd...
    • 55' Aurelio from the free kick! Oooh! Niemi goes the wrong way, but manages to scuttle back and pull off a flying save somewhere in the middle of his goal to deny the Brazilian!
    • 54' Gerrard breaks for Liverpool.... and Murphy knows how dangerous he can be so trips up his former team-mate... and gets a yellow card for his troubles!
    • 51' The crowd just now beginning to get a little restless... Liverpool have dominated possession but have so far failed to apply a finishing touch...
    • 48' Voronin now breaks through the middle of the Fulham midfield... but he's forced wide and in the end he forgets the ball and the move breaks down.
    • 47' Voronin unleashes a classy volley after Crouch nods down to him! Niemi is well behind it though!
    • 46' Underway again in Liverpool!
    • 45'+1 And that will be the last action of a disappointing first half...
    • 45' CROUCH OFF THE BAR! The striker hangs in the air before directing a header goalwards! It's over Niemi but he's denied the opener by the woodwork!
    • 42' Healy bursts down the left wing... but his attempted cross shot hits the side netting.
    • 41' Niemi has to be aware here as Benayoun's nearly loops towards the top corner... Crouch is lurking with intent, but the keeper holds on....
    • 38' Davies blasts over the Liverpool bar from outside the box! That's just about the best effort the Cottagers have had today...
    • 36' Crouch nods a rather tame header from a sliced Bocanegra clearance into the arms of Niemi... not the best effort ever seen...
    • 34' Fulham really aren't offering anything up front so far today...
    • 32' Voronin's through here! No, the flag's up on the far side... replays show the Ukrainian was level when Gerrard played the ball through.
    • 27' Benayoun with a chance! But the Israeli's header is poor - he actually doesn't really get anything on it all - and the chance goes begging!
    • 24' Gerrard finds Crouch with a super cross-field pass... but it doesn't sit soon enough for the gangly striker and Hughes is able to get back to make the challenge!
    • 20' Crouch thunders in a cross... Riise nearly makes something of it at the far post, but not quite!
    • 16' Riise blasts a wild effort into the crowd behind Niemi's goal... and this time the Finnish keeper is not troubled!
    • 14' Murphy forces Reina into action! Decent effort from the little man and a warning shot across Liverpool's bows!
    • 13' GERRARD! Oooh! Just over the bar from the Liverpool skipper from the edge of the box!
    • 10' Not quite the same atmosphere tonight as a few days ago... and not quite the same flowing football yet. But, Liverpool were slow to start the other day too.
    • 8' Liverpool are really bossing this one so far... nearly ten minutes gone and it's been all Liverpool.
    • 6' Hyypia test Niemi with a smart effort from 20 yards out! The Finnish keeper turns it round the post for the first corner of the game!
    • 2' Incredibly, Rafa Benitez has named an unchanged side to the one that beat Besiktas 8-0 midweek... that hasn't happened for a long, long time.
    • 1' Underway at Anfield!
    • - Referee: Steve Tanner (Somerset)
    • - Fulham: Niemi, Baird, Hughes, Stefanovic, Bocanegra, Davies, Davis, Murphy, Dempsey, Kuqi, Healy - Subs: Warner, Smertin, Kamara, Bouazza, Leijer
    • - Liverpool line-up: Reina, Arbeloa, Carragher, Hyypia, Aurelio, Benayoun, Mascherano, Gerrard, Riise, Voronin, Crouch - Subs: Martin, Finnan, Torres, Babel, Lucas
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  • Team Stats

    Liverpool Stats Fulham
    66% Possession 33%
    23 Shots 7
    11 Shots on target 3
    0 Saves 0
    8 Corners 2
    13 Fouls 9
    5 Offsides 3
    0 Yellow cards 2
    0 Red cards 0
    24 Tackles 34
    429 Accurate passes 161
    70 Bad passes 34

  • 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 1 13 0 0
      23 Jamie Carragher 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 57 1 1
      12 Fabio Aurelio 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 56 20 2
      17 Alvaro Arbeloa 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 33 1 3
      6 John Arne Riise 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 18 6 2
      4 Sami Hyypia 0 2 1 1 2 0 0 56 8 5
      8 Steven Gerrard 1 2 1 1 3 0 0 54 12 3
      20 Javier Mascherano 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 45 10 2
      11 Yossi Benayoun 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 32 3 0
      15 Peter Crouch 0 2 1 2 1 2 0 26 4 0
      10 Andrej Voronin 0 4 2 1 2 1 0 16 3 1
      19 Ryan Babel 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 12 1 4
      9 Fernando Torres 1 3 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
      3 Steve Finnan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      40 David Martin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      21 Lucas Leiva 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 1 1
    • Fulham
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      29 Antti Niemi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0
      18 Aaron Hughes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 3
      3 Carlos Bocanegra 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 11 3 4
      34 Chris Baird 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 19 0 3
      6 Dejan Stefanovic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 6
      10 Steven Davis 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 22 4 2
      27 Danny Murphy 0 2 2 3 0 0 0 21 3 5
      25 Simon Davies 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 24 2 1
      14 Shefki Kuqi 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 15 4 3
      9 David Healy 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 8 3 0
      23 Clint Dempsey 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 17 8 5
      12 Tony Warner 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      11 Diomansy Kamara 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 3 1 0
      8 Alexei Smertin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      37 Adrian Leijer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      24 Hameur Bouazza 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 2

  • Summary

    • 85' GOAL! GERRARD PUTS LIVERPOOL TWO UP FROM THE SPOT! The skipper sends Niemi the wrong way and that should be that.
    • 84' PENALTY TO LIVERPOOL! Bocanegra trips Crouch on the edge of the area!
    • 81' GOAL! TORRES! He's done it when it matters most! The Spaniard pulls down a long clearance from Reina, turns inside the Fulham defener and fires past Niemi! Simple.
    • 67' Voronin at the other end! Oooh! Benayoun plays the ball through for the Ukrainian, who runs onto the ball and hits it first time... just wide of the post!
    • 66' Oooh! Kuqui nearly gets on the end of a teasing cross from Bouazza! Inches away from nicking an underserved goal!
    • 63' BENAYOUN! MUST BE! NO! What a save from Niemi to deny the Israeli! His curler seemed destined for the top right hand corner then!
    • 59' VORONIN! Oooh! The Ukrainian completely misses his kick after Gerrard pulls the ball back to him!
    • 58' Voronin stings Niemi's fingers with a poerful shot just inside the area! Corner to Liverpool... and that's woken up the Anfield crowd...
    • 55' Aurelio from the free kick! Oooh! Niemi goes the wrong way, but manages to scuttle back and pull off a flying save somewhere in the middle of his goal to deny the Brazilian!
    • 47' Voronin unleashes a classy volley after Crouch nods down to him! Niemi is well behind it though!
    • 45' CROUCH OFF THE BAR! The striker hangs in the air before directing a header goalwards! It's over Niemi but he's denied the opener by the woodwork!
    • 38' Davies blasts over the Liverpool bar from outside the box! That's just about the best effort the Cottagers have had today...
    • 27' Benayoun with a chance! But the Israeli's header is poor - he actually doesn't really get anything on it all - and the chance goes begging!
    • 14' Murphy forces Reina into action! Decent effort from the little man and a warning shot across Liverpool's bows!
    • 6' Hyypia test Niemi with a smart effort from 20 yards out! The Finnish keeper turns it round the post for the first corner of the game!

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Steve Tanner

  • Liverpool

    Manager: Rafa Benitez

    Captain: Steven Gerrard

    On the Field

    • Reina
    • Arbeloa
    • Hyypia
    • Carragher
    • Aurelio
    • Benayoun
    • Gerrard
    • Mascherano
    • Riise
    • Voronin
    • Crouch

    Subs

    • Finnan
    • Torres
    • Babel
    • Martin
    • Lucas

    Injured

    • Pennant
    • Xabi Alonso
    • Agger

    Suspended

    None

  • Fulham

    Manager: Lawrie Sanchez

    Captain: Aaron Hughes

    On the Field

    • Niemi
    • Baird
    • Hughes
    • Stefanovic
    • Bocanegra
    • Davies
    • Murphy
    • Davis
    • Dempsey
    • Kuqi
    • Healy

    Subs

    • Smertin
    • Kamara
    • Bouazza
    • Warner
    • Leijer

    Injured

    • Christanval
    • Pearce
    • Keller
    • Cook
    • Volz
    • Bullard
    • McBride
    • Elliott

    Suspended

    None