Saturday April 4, 2009 Finished Craven Cottage
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Liverpool top after last-gasp win
Yossi Benayoun scored an injury-time winner as Liverpool beat Fulham 1-0 at Craven Cottage to go top of the Premier League. More
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Live Commentary
Time:90'- Fulham
- Liverpool
90+4 That's it! The final whistle, Liverpool go top after a last-gasp win!- 90+3 Nevland tries a looping cross but into Reina's arms.
90+2 Babel cuts inside past one man, he plays it wide and Gerrard has his back to goal, it spins off Hangeland to Benayoun AND HE SMASHES A RISING SHOT ACROSS SCHWARZER AND IN! LIVERPOOL WIN IT IN STOPPAGE TIME!
90' The ball comes into the Fulham box, Torres tries to head it on, it's with Benayoun, he turns Painstil and fires low on goal but side netting! Another chance goes begging.- 90' Sent into the box and Zamora flies in, he tries to hold it up for Hangeland but Liverpool clear! Could Fulham snatch a late win?
89' Corner to Liverpool on the left, again a scramble but Fulham clear... Nevland flicks it and Skrtel comes across to take Dempsey out and it's a booking.
88' FULHAM SUB: Former Man United trainee Erik Nevland is on for Johnson.- 87' Long to Torres on the left but he can't control it, goal kick.
- 86' Poor refereeing by Steve Bennett to haul Gera up to book him for a foul when he should have played advantage as Liverpool charged on the counter.
- 85' Babel booked for protesting that free kick, Konchesky to take but straight at Reina.
- 84' Johnson gets down the left and sends a looping ball across field, Gera tries to get there but falls over and the assistant quite harshly flags for a foul by Insua who did nothing wrong.
- 83' Insua gets in on the left but Hughes and Gera combine to put it out for a corner. Alonso plays it near post but Etuhu stoops to head clear.
- 82' Another good chance for Liverpool but Gerrard's control at the far post is poor and it's out for a goal kick.
- 81' Fulham fail to clear the corner, it drops to Babel but he takes one touch too many when he should shoot and it's blocked but Benayoun is in, he can't get a shot away and Konchesky clears but straight to GERRARD WHO DRIVES IT LOW ACROSS GOAL BUT INCHES WIDE OF THE FAR POST! Somehow Fulham survive.
- 80' Fulham are incensed after a corner is awarded to Liverpool when they felt it was a corner.
- 79' Brilliant ball from Gera to Zamora but he makes the wrong decision in trying to play it across the area to Johnson as three red shirts were lined up to intercept.
- 78' FULHAM SUB: Davies off for Gera.
- 76' FULHAM SUB: Murphy replaced by the more defensively-minded Olivier Dacourt.
- 75' LIVERPOOL SUB: Benayoun on for Kuyt.
- 74' Murphy does really well to get past Xavi Alonso, who pulled his shirt, but play on and he shoots but well wide.
- 73' Gerrard on the left, cuts inside Painstil and crosses FOR TORRES FLYING IN BUT FULHAM SCRAMBLE IT CLEAR!! The Whites break and Painstil crosses but Skrtel heads away for a throw!
- 72' Liverpool with a corner on the left, Gerrard swings it in and Fulham don't clear and Kuyt is in there but toe-poked away by Dempsey!
- 71' Liverpool break from the corner, Gerrard surges forward, wide to Babel who bursts into the box and shoots past Schwarzer but hacked away by Painstil!
- 70' Corner to Fulham won on the right by Johnson, Davies to take...
- 69' Davies almost plays Dempsey in but Carragher tackles and plays it forward... Gerrard in to Torres but he can't control it and Fulham clear.
- 68' Free-kick to Liverpool on the left, high from Alonso and Schwarzer has to punch it behind for a corner under pressure from Lucas but a goal kick is given. That was either a corner or a free-kick for a foul.
- 66' Johnson is taken down by Carragher after he wrong-footed the Liverpool defender. Free-kick Fulham on the right, Konchesky and Dempsey over it... Konchesky takes but curls it into the arms of Reina.
- 65' LIVERPOOL SUB: Ryan Babel comes on for his 23rd substitute appearance of the season, surprisingly in place of Dossena.
- 64' Benitez has seen enough and he orders Ryan Babel to strip down.
- 63' Gerrard to Dossena, in to Alonso, now Arbeloa and Gerrard again but his shot is blocked and eventually it rolls back to Schwarzer.
- 62' Another aimless ball flies across the Fulham box.
- 60' Konchesky to Murphy on the edge of the box, he beats the first man but Arbeloa is across to tackle and bring it clear.
- 58' Paintsil gets the first booking of the match for a high foot that catches Dossena and leaves him in some pain.
- 57' Insua is playing a more advanced role and gets into the box but blocked off by Hughes.
- 55' The corner is sent far post but straight into the arms of Reina. Liverpool break but Dossena's ball is too deep.
- 54' Liverpool burst forward, Gerrard through to Insua on the left who crosses FOR TORRES UNMARKED BUT HE HEADS STRAIGHT AT SCHWARZER! Wonderfully-weighted ball from the young Argentine wasted by Torres. Fulham counter and win a corner.
- 53' Liverpool are patiently passing it around their half, softly softly catchee monkey...
- 51' The start to this half has been a touch more even, Hodgson seems to have asked Fulham to be a bit more positive.
- 50' Liverpool make a mess of clearing Paintsil's long throw but Fulham equally frustrate when Murphy puts it harmlessly across the area and wide of players and goal.
- 49' Zamora on the right tries a cross but Skrtel is across to block for a throw.
- 48' Torres is frustrated after a wayward pass goes out for a goal kick when he was in a good position.
46' Second half underway.- - Simon Davies gets stuck in to Emiliano Insua at Craven Cottage: Click here for photo!
- - STAT ATTACK: Liverpool have had 58% of the ball, 13 shots to Fulham's one and seven that have either gone on target or hit the woodwork. But it's still 0-0!
- 45+1 Half time, goalless but Liverpool have hit the woodwork FOUR times. Wow.
- 45' Murphy again intercepts, charging forward and playing Dempsey in on the left, he hits a low ball to ZAMORA ON THE EDGE OF THE BOX but a shocking first touch takes it away from him!
- 43' Liverpool are in with Kuyt but Hangeland is strong, but it's with Gerrard now but a brilliant interception and immediate ball wide right from Danny "Mr Liverpool" Murphy.
- 42' Dossena touches it to Gerrard but Murphy rushes out and blocks for a throw. Good defending to break the moment Dossena touched the ball.
- 41' Etuhu gives away a silly free-kick on the edge of the box, almost a penalty on the left-hand side. Gerrard to take...
- 40' Murphy touches it to Dempsey but he fires well over. Disappointing.
- 39' Zamora wins a free-kick with Skrtel pulling his shirt on the edge of the box. It's in a dangerous position, four yards out on the left...
- 37' Long ball played wide right, great first touch by Gerrard and he swings over a brilliant cross AND DOSSENA FLIES IN WITH THE HEADER BUT OFF THE BAR AND AWAY! Liverpool hit the woodwork AGAIN. Unlucky Liverpool.
- 36' Fortunately for Steve Bennett, Fulham clear, although it's not like Hodgson would complain much anyway.
- 35' Poor decision by the ref to give Liverpool a free kick on the right when Konchesky won the ball. The linesman had a much better view of that but he just awarded it.
- 34' Torres and Gerrard exchange headers and Gerrard slides it through and Fulham's defence is wide open and Torres is clean through, Schwarzer dives out and Hughes and Konchesky slide in and Torres strokes it past him for 1-0 but no! It trickles against the foot of the far post and Hangeland can clear!
- 33' Torres on the left, he cuts inside and has to go it all alone and he drills the ball on goal but easy enough for Schwarzer.
- 32' The corner is headed clear by Hughes and it drops TO ALONSO WITH A HALF-VOLLEY FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX THAT RATTLES THE BAR AND GOES OVER!! Unlucky! Second time they've hit the woodwork in this first half.
- 31' Gerrard knocks it down to Kuyt, who moves forward past Hangeland and has a crack but it takes a big deflection and goes over for a corner.
- 29' Another Liverpool move breaks down and Fulham knock it around the back fairly casually, giving it away in the end which is sloppy and unlike them.
- 26' Fulham attack as Zamora holds it up for Johnson but Liverpool clear. The Reds may not have scored but they are definitely the bigger threat.
- 25' Torres gets it just inside the box and tries to turn and shoot but Hughes does well to force him back, where he plays it to ALONSO WITH THE DRIVE but wide of the far post!
- 23' Good play by Liverpool as Kuyt gets into space on the right, he crosses for Torres but the Spaniard heads over from 12 yards!!
- 22' Gerrard finds some space and plays it into Torres who is in and strokes it towards the bottom right but a superb reflex stop low by Schwarzer, with Konchesky on hand to calmly bring it clear.
- 19' Long into the Fulham box for Kuyt to knock down but cleared by Hughes. Now Alonso comes forward and goes wide to Kuyt again but Konckesky puts it out for a throw.
- 16' Skrtel gives it away to Zamora on halfway, he surges forward with Liverpool backing off and Johnson makes a nice diagonal run but Zamora's through ball is off target and Liverpool survive.
- 14' A bit of head tennis in the middle of the park sees Johnson foul Skrtel.
- 12' Gerrard and Kuyt combine on the right but the Dutchman's cross is off-key and spins out for a goal kick.
- 10' Corner Liverpool then... swung across the six-yard box and Torres flies in but misses it and it drops to Dossena who shoots and flicked over Schwarzer by Skrtel but off the bar!!
- 9' Long one in for Torres, who holds it up and backheels it in for Dossena who chips it on goal but tipped over by Schwarzer! Good stop, great play by Torres.
- 7' The corner is headed clear by Skrtel but the return from Johnson wide to Dempsey catches the USA man offside.
- 6' Zamora knocks it wide to Dempsey who skins Arbeloa, who has a nibble at him but the American stays on his feet to win a corner off Carragher.
- 5' Pretty conservative from Liverpool so far, given that they have a shout at winning the league. Just stroking it about the back really.
- 3' Liverpool have had it back for the last minute or so but have barely left their own half. When they do, Arbeloa plays it far too long and Davies intercepts.
- 2' Liverpool boss the ball in the opening few minutes but Dempsey wins it back for Fulham, who build an attack with Zamora going wide left to Konchesky, who crosses deep but just over Zamora.
1' Match underway!!- - Pictures from this game will drop throughout the match, so click here to check them out: Photo gallery
- - TEAM NEWS: No changes for Fulham but Liverpool use Insua at left-back and Lucas in centre mid, with the in-form Andrea Dossena playing on the left wing. Albert Riera and Javier Mascherano are on the bench.
- - Liverpool: Reina, Arbeloa, Carragher, Skrtel, Insua, Alonso, Lucas, Kuyt, Gerrard, Dossena, Torres; Subs: Cavalieri, Agger, Riera, Benayoun, Babel, Mascherano, Ngog
- - Fulham: Schwarzer, Pantsil, Hughes, Hangeland, Konchesky, Dempsey, Murphy, Etuhu, Davies, Zamora, Johnson; Subs: Zuberbuhler, Nevland, Gera, Kamara, Dacourt, Kallio, Baird
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Team Stats
Fulham Stats Liverpool 39% Possession 60% 3 Shots 20 1 Shots on target 7 4 Saves 0 3 Corners 6 10 Fouls 9 5 Offsides 3 2 Yellow cards 2 0 Red cards 0 20 Tackles 21 254 Accurate passes 430 32 Bad passes 89 -
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
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Fulham G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T 1 Mark Schwarzer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 3 Paul Konchesky 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 28 6 2 4 John Paintsil 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 27 1 2 5 Brede Hangeland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 6 2 18 Aaron Hughes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 1 2 23 Clint Dempsey 0 1 0 0 3 2 0 27 7 2 25 Simon Davies 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14 0 0 13 Danny Murphy 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 39 4 3 20 Dickson Etuhu 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 34 2 3 9 Bobby Zamora 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 13 2 1 8 Andrew Johnson 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 12 0 1 33 Toni Kallio 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 Erik Nevland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 19 Pascal Zuberbühler 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 Olivier Dacourt 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 2 1 15 Diomansy Kamara 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 Chris Baird 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 Zoltan Gera 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 -
Liverpool G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T 25 Jose Reina 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 10 0 0 22 Emiliano Insua 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 34 18 3 17 Alvaro Arbeloa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 52 2 2 2 Andrea Dossena 0 3 1 2 1 0 0 16 10 1 23 Jamie Carragher 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 62 16 2 37 Martin Skrtel 0 2 0 3 2 0 0 76 3 3 8 Steven Gerrard 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 41 11 2 21 Lucas Leiva 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 36 8 3 14 Xabi Alonso 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 60 11 3 18 Dirk Kuyt 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 25 2 0 9 Fernando Torres 0 5 3 0 1 1 0 9 2 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 1 1 0 2 0 0 8 6 1 15 Yossi Benayoun 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 11 Albert Riera 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 David Ngog 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 Daniel Agger 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Summary
- 90+2 Babel cuts inside past one man, he plays it wide and Gerrard has his back to goal, it spins off Hangeland to Benayoun AND HE SMASHES A RISING SHOT ACROSS SCHWARZER AND IN! LIVERPOOL WIN IT IN STOPPAGE TIME!
- 90' The ball comes into the Fulham box, Torres tries to head it on, it's with Benayoun, he turns Painstil and fires low on goal but side netting! Another chance goes begging.
- 81' Fulham fail to clear the corner, it drops to Babel but he takes one touch too many when he should shoot and it's blocked but Benayoun is in, he can't get a shot away and Konchesky clears but straight to GERRARD WHO DRIVES IT LOW ACROSS GOAL BUT INCHES WIDE OF THE FAR POST! Somehow Fulham survive.
- 73' Gerrard on the left, cuts inside Painstil and crosses FOR TORRES FLYING IN BUT FULHAM SCRAMBLE IT CLEAR!! The Whites break and Painstil crosses but Skrtel heads away for a throw!
- 71' Liverpool break from the corner, Gerrard surges forward, wide to Babel who bursts into the box and shoots past Schwarzer but hacked away by Painstil!
- 54' Liverpool burst forward, Gerrard through to Insua on the left who crosses FOR TORRES UNMARKED BUT HE HEADS STRAIGHT AT SCHWARZER! Wonderfully-weighted ball from the young Argentine wasted by Torres. Fulham counter and win a corner.
- 37' Long ball played wide right, great first touch by Gerrard and he swings over a brilliant cross AND DOSSENA FLIES IN WITH THE HEADER BUT OFF THE BAR AND AWAY! Liverpool hit the woodwork AGAIN. Unlucky Liverpool.
- 34' Torres and Gerrard exchange headers and Gerrard slides it through and Fulham's defence is wide open and Torres is clean through, Schwarzer dives out and Hughes and Konchesky slide in and Torres strokes it past him for 1-0 but no! It trickles against the foot of the far post and Hangeland can clear!
- 33' Torres on the left, he cuts inside and has to go it all alone and he drills the ball on goal but easy enough for Schwarzer.
- 32' The corner is headed clear by Hughes and it drops TO ALONSO WITH A HALF-VOLLEY FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX THAT RATTLES THE BAR AND GOES OVER!! Unlucky! Second time they've hit the woodwork in this first half.
- 23' Good play by Liverpool as Kuyt gets into space on the right, he crosses for Torres but the Spaniard heads over from 12 yards!!
- 22' Gerrard finds some space and plays it into Torres who is in and strokes it towards the bottom right but a superb reflex stop low by Schwarzer, with Konchesky on hand to calmly bring it clear.
- 10' Corner Liverpool then... swung across the six-yard box and Torres flies in but misses it and it drops to Dossena who shoots and flicked over Schwarzer by Skrtel but off the bar!!
- 9' Long one in for Torres, who holds it up and backheels it in for Dossena who chips it on goal but tipped over by Schwarzer! Good stop, great play by Torres.
Live Team Line-Up
- Referee: Steve Bennett
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FulhamManager: Roy Hodgson
Captain: Danny Murphy
Starting line-up
- M. Schwarzer
- J. Paintsil
- B. Hangeland
- A. Hughes
- P. Konchesky
- S. Davies
- D. Etuhu
- D. Murphy
- C. Dempsey
- B. Zamora
- A. Johnson
Subs
- P. Zuberbuehler
- O. Dacourt
76′ - T. Kallio
- Z. Gera 78′
- E. Nevland 87′
- D. Kamara
- C. Baird
Injured
None
Suspended
None
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LiverpoolManager: Rafael Benitez
Captain: Steven Gerrard
Starting line-up
- J. Reina
- A. Arbeloa
- J. Carragher
- M. Skrtel
- E. Insua
- D. Kuyt
- L. Lucas
- X. Alonso
- A. Dossena
- S. Gerrard
- F. Torres
Subs
- Y. Benayoun 76′
- A. Riera
- J. Mascherano
- R. Babel 65′
- D. Agger
- D. N'Gog
- D. Cavalieri
Injured
- P. Degen
Suspended
None
We clearly deserved to win and I should know, I WAS THERE!
Liverpool are the best team in the world
liverpool should have won 5-0
Yes perhaps but nothing in recent years..
For liverpool fans. Manu is back on top so thats the end! Glory Manu we can win Porto 3-0!!!!!!!!!!!!Sorry liverpool try and win(or lose but i do want them to win but not sure but i support manu 85% and liverpool 10% and chelsea 5%)so don't know but still try again liverpool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
To helonhorrey...you said +i quote "why aint you got anything in your trophy cabinet",you obviously have no idea what so ever about football. I think if you did abit of research,you might find we have 1 or 2 in the cabinet...next time no ur subject.
TO [[majidshev]] If your the real champs why aint you got anything in your trophy cabinet ??!! Thats what i thought! Man Utd are the real champs FACT!!
lol liverpool had their ONE DAY at the top.
Let's see the FACT!
LFC 2 - manure 1 (H): manure 1 - LFC 4 (A)......:P
LFC 2 - chelsea 0 (H): chelsea 0 - LFC 1 (A)......:P
Fulham 0 - LFC 1 (A) but, Fulham 2 - Manure 0.....:P
LFC 5 - ast.Villa 0 (H) :D....... Manure 0 - Aston VILLA 1... :P (one goal is enough)HAHAHAHA...All manure & che fans.....u re LOSER! ur team Home Away Lose! u r RUBBISH! u said u re Champions????
LFC is the REAL CHAMPS!!! YNWAliverpool for the title(woop woop)
HAHA LIVERPOOL VS CHELSEA MUST WATCH..... GO CHELSEA even thought i dont care for u guys
liverpool always tie with chelsea
man u always tie group stages with celtic ...hm, I can't see why all the liverpool fans are so happy ??? Manchester have 29 and liverpool 31 games ?
but united have 65 and liverpool has 67 points ? are you ok pls tell me ?300 comments before the goal and 600 after.LMAO u scousers were brickin yerselves 4 a bit eh ;)
liverpool rules and WE ARE TOP O THE LEAGUE HA HA UNITED
i hate benayoun..i love liverpool....YNWA!!!!!!!
hahaha.....liverpool is the best guys...!!!we're cuming MAN U...YOU'LL NEVER WALK ALONE...the title is ours....liverpool BRAVO BRAVO BRAVO....diehard liverpool fan
Another "gasp" last minute win for Liverpool...how many games have they won in extra time?? Is it a new rule that refs cant blow the whistle untill Liverpool have scored???
liverpool are not the best in the world really anyway i am a villa fan
to all m.u fans,
face it dudes!!!FACE IT!!!!!!!!!!all teams had their times and now just happen to be liverpool's........but i know one team that does not need luck,ARSENAL!!!!!!!!!!!
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