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Saturday February 2, 2008 Finished Anfield

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Liverpool

  • Crouch 57’
  • Torres 69’
  • Gerrard 89’ (pen.)

Sunderland

  1. Liverpool ease to win

    Liverpool ease to win

    Liverpool eased to a 3-0 Premier League win over Sunderland at Anfield. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Liverpool
    • Sunderland
    • 85' Murphy with the free kick... but he blasts it well over.
    • 84' Sunderland win a free kick right on the edge of the box as Finnan slides in on O'Donovan, yellow card.
    • 83' Crouch comes off to a standing ovation for Kuyt.
    • 81' Corner comes in, EVANS WITH THE HEADER BLOCKED BY REINA AND O'DONOVAN MUST SCORE BUT CROUCH GETS BACK TO HACK IT OVER! And the ref decides O'Donovan got the last touch and gives a free kick. Liverpool get away with it.
    • 80' Murphy wins a corner off Carragher - scant consolation for the penalty - Sunderland on the left...
    • 73' Calls for a penalty for Sunderland as the ball strikes Carragher's hand in the area, his arms were up as he dived in to block Murphy's shot, looked like a pen to me!
    • 69' Ball over the top, flicked on by Crouch on the halfway line and Torres nods the ball forward before running onto the ball at pace, no-one's going to catch him and he slides it under Gordon for 2-0. Typical Torres goal, typical Liverpool goal, on the counter at pace.
    • 68' Tiny spell of pressure for Sunderland, mostly revolving around some head-tennis on the edge of the Liverpool box, but the flag is up.
    • 64' Pennant on the right, he's got some space and sends a pinpoint cross TO CROUCH WITH THE BICYCLE KICK BUT A GREAT SAVE FROM GORDON! And the loose ball drops to Gerrard on the edge of the box but he slides it wide!! Spectacular effort from Crouch.
    • 62' LIVERPOOL SUB: Benayoun on for Lucas.
    • 57' GOAL LIVERPOOL! And it comes because the get it wide, Carrager overlapping after Gerrard's shot was blocked, his perfect cross picking out big old Crouch at the back stick who headed into the bottom left for 1-0. That's more like it.
    • 53' Mascherano and Lucas combine but neither can get the shot away... now Gerrard on the right but his cross is blocked... Liverpool are far too narrow, they're bunching in the middle which is what Sunderland want. Playing two defensive midfielders is not what you do at home against Sunderland...
    • 51' Another slow start to this half, Torres finds space on the right and sends a cross in but straight at Gordon.
    • 46' Second half underway!
    • 44' Three minutes injury time set to be played...
    • 37' Great move by Liverpool, with Pennant latching onto a Crouch flick-on and beating two men before crossing for Torres who can only head straight at Gordon. Barsdley did well to stop him from getting the header in and both are a bit groggy after that.
    • 30' Jones needs treatment after him and Carragher land awkwardly in a heap.
    • 26' Free-kick to Liverpool about 30 yards out.... which Aurelio sends low and weak into the three man wall. Tsk tsk, Gerrard is not amused.
    • 22' Free kick to Liverpool by the halfway circle and Mascherano has a shot but a yard over with Gordon watching it all day.
    • 21' Miller booked for tugging back Gerrard as he burst through the middle.
    • 15' It's played short to Gerrard but he's closed down and, despite working the angle for the shot, his effort is blocked and Sunderland survive with the ball back in Gordon's arms.
    • 14' Murphy swings in a Sunderland free kick from the right but Liverpool clear, Nosworthy hoofs it up in the air and Torres wins a free-kick about ten yards from the D to the left.
    • 11' Gerrard to Lucas, Torres now bursts in and drills it low for Crouch but cleared by Collins.
    • 7' Prica on for the stricken Richardson, who only recently came back from a back injury.
    • 6' Almost a chance for Liverpool as Torres and then Lucas threaten on the edge of the box but Nosworthy holds firm and clears.
    • 4' Richardson picks up an injury early doors, looks like his thigh, he hobbles off and wants to return but Prica is being prepared to come on...
    • 1' Match underway! Crouch starts, much to the Liverpool fans' delight...
    • - Under-fire Liverpool host Sunderland in the late afternoon Premier League clash, LIVE on eurosport.yahoo.com at 17:15 GMT!

  • Team Stats

    Liverpool Stats Sunderland
    60% Possession 39%
    16 Shots 7
    6 Shots on target 2
    1 Saves 3
    4 Corners 1
    10 Fouls 8
    0 Offsides 1
    1 Yellow cards 2
    0 Red cards 0
    14 Tackles 29
    395 Accurate passes 221
    78 Bad passes 46

  • 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 21 3 0
      4 Sami Hyypia 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 29 8 0
      12 Fabio Aurelio 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 28 8 0
      23 Jamie Carragher 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 34 1 4
      37 Martin Skrtel 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 42 3 1
      20 Javier Mascherano 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 66 18 4
      8 Steven Gerrard 1 5 1 0 2 0 0 49 6 1
      16 Jermaine Pennant 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 31 1 1
      21 Lucas Leiva 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 6 1
      9 Fernando Torres 1 5 3 1 1 0 0 20 6 0
      15 Peter Crouch 1 3 2 2 1 0 1 23 10 0
      18 Dirk Kuyt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
      11 Yossi Benayoun 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 8 3 0
      3 Steve Finnan 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 17 5 1
      30 Charles Itandje 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      19 Ryan Babel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • Sunderland
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Craig Gordon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 0
      5 Nyron Nosworthy 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 14 4 5
      15 Danny Collins 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 11 1
      26 Phillip Bardsley 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 18 0 5
      44 Jonny Evans 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 13 3 2
      10 Kieran Richardson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      8 Dean Whitehead 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 43 8 5
      12 Liam Miller 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 27 6 1
      17 Kenwyne Jones 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 3 1
      16 Michael Chopra 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 24 1 3
      11 Daryl Murphy 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 19 5 5
      32 Marton Fülöp 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      23 Roy O'Donovan 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 5 0 0
      6 Paul McShane 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      45 Rade Prica 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 2 1
      39 Martyn Waghorn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 81' Corner comes in, EVANS WITH THE HEADER BLOCKED BY REINA AND O'DONOVAN MUST SCORE BUT CROUCH GETS BACK TO HACK IT OVER! And the ref decides O'Donovan got the last touch and gives a free kick. Liverpool get away with it.
    • 73' Calls for a penalty for Sunderland as the ball strikes Carragher's hand in the area, his arms were up as he dived in to block Murphy's shot, looked like a pen to me!
    • 69' Ball over the top, flicked on by Crouch on the halfway line and Torres nods the ball forward before running onto the ball at pace, no-one's going to catch him and he slides it under Gordon for 2-0. Typical Torres goal, typical Liverpool goal, on the counter at pace.
    • 64' Pennant on the right, he's got some space and sends a pinpoint cross TO CROUCH WITH THE BICYCLE KICK BUT A GREAT SAVE FROM GORDON! And the loose ball drops to Gerrard on the edge of the box but he slides it wide!! Spectacular effort from Crouch.
    • 57' GOAL LIVERPOOL! And it comes because the get it wide, Carrager overlapping after Gerrard's shot was blocked, his perfect cross picking out big old Crouch at the back stick who headed into the bottom left for 1-0. That's more like it.
    • 37' Great move by Liverpool, with Pennant latching onto a Crouch flick-on and beating two men before crossing for Torres who can only head straight at Gordon. Barsdley did well to stop him from getting the header in and both are a bit groggy after that.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Rob Styles

  • Liverpool

    Manager: Rafa Benitez

    Captain: Steven Gerrard

    On the Field

    • Reina
    • Skrtel
    • Carragher
    • Hyypia
    • Aurelio
    • Pennant
    • Gerrard
    • Mascherano
    • Lucas Substitution Out (62′)
    • Crouch Goal Substitution Out (83′)
    • Torres Goal

    Subs

    • Benayoun Substitution In (62′)
    • Finnan Yellow Card
    • Itandje
    • Kuijt Substitution In (83′)
    • Babel

    Injured

    • Voronin
    • Arbeloa
    • Agger

    Suspended

    None

  • Sunderland

    Manager: Roy Keane

    Captain: Dean Whitehead

    On the Field

    • Gordon Yellow Card
    • Bardsley
    • Nosworthy
    • Evans
    • Collins
    • Whitehead
    • Miller Yellow Card
    • Richardson Substitution Out (7′)
    • Murphy
    • Chopra
    • Jones

    Subs

    • Prica Substitution In (7′) Substitution Out (55′)
    • McShane
    • Fulop
    • O'Donovan Substitution In (55′)
    • Waghorn

    Injured

    • Higginbotham
    • Yorke
    • Reid
    • Ward
    • Edwards
    • Leadbitter
    • Wallace

    Suspended

    None