Late goals from Fernando Torres and Steven Gerrard gave Liverpool a 2-0 win over Fulham on Saturday, despite a sluggish performance. More
90' There goes the final whistle! And it ends 2-0 to Liverpool, thanks largely to Fernando Torres's opening goal!
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...
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.
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!
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!
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!
1' Underway at Anfield!| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
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!
LiverpoolManager: Rafa Benitez
Captain: Steven Gerrard
None
FulhamManager: Lawrie Sanchez
Captain: Aaron Hughes
None