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Liverpool

Fulham

  1. Fulham hold Liverpool

    Fulham hold Liverpool

    A lacklustre Liverpool failed to exploit Chelsea's inability to beat Newcastle after they were held to a goalless draw by Fulham. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Liverpool
    • Fulham
    • 90+5 Babel almost wriggles in but his ball wide is intercepted, Konchesky hoofs clear and Fulham earn a very good point! A wasted opportunity by Liverpool as Chelsea were held by Newcastle. The Reds stay second, on goal difference, and Fulham go up to ninth!
    • 90+4 Liverpool fans are leaving as Lucas heads the ball well wide for a goal kick.
    • 90+3 FULHAM SUB: Roy Hodgson eats up some more time by bringing Chris Baird on for Bullard.
    • 90+2 Brilliant skill from Zamora to skin Babel and Aurelio but he has no support and runs it into the corner.
    • 90' Late corner for Liverpool, can they snatch a win at the death? Pantsil loses his rag at no-one on particular as the ref overrules the linesman's decision and gives a free-kick.
    • 89' Liverpool swarm forward and El-Zhar plays it to TORRES WITH THE SHOT BUT BLOCKED AND OVER! Corner Liverpool.
    • 88' Alonso sends a shot from the edge of the box wildly over. Row Z, if you will. Sums the match up.
    • 85' Zamora on the right, lots of space for him as he sends it low for Johnson but deflected into the arms of Reina before a white shirt can get there!
    • 84' FULHAM SUB: Gera on for Dempsey.
    • 83' Good chasing for Torres earns his side a corner, which Lucas almost converts but eventually it's cleared, Aurelio with a volley from the edge of tne box but wide!
    • 81' LIVERPOOL SUB: Surprisingly Benitez brings off Kuyt for Nabil El Zhar.
    • 79' Babel immediately sends a low drive just wide after leaving Clint Dempsey and John Pantsil for dead
    • 78' LIVERPOOL SUB: Babel on for Riera.
    • 77' Torres skips into the box but, confronted by three white shirts, he eventually slips under pressure and Fulham get it away for a corner. Aurelio aims for Lucas but he heads it well wide.
    • 76' Liverpool give the ball away and Bullard finds Zamora on the right wing. He goes back to Bullard, who sends it in high but Liverpool clear.
    • 74' Carrager slips it through to Kuyt, who is on the left now, and he flashes a shot aimed for the far top corner but it flies just over!
    • 72' Aurelio has a chance to test Schwarzer but, like Johnson, the low shot is weak and straight at the keeper.
    • 71' Fulham come forward and Zamora flicks the ball on to Johnson who is in but he shoots early and weak at Reina. He should have run with that and used his pace to get closer in.
    • 69' Good move from Liverpool, cross in from Arbeloa on the right and Riera rills it low into the box AND KUYT MUST SCORE BUT A GREAT SAVE FROM SCHWARZER! Super diving save towards the top right corner from the big Aussie. Corner Liverpool, which eventually Fulham clear.
    • 63' Murphy is alright, as the home crowd cheer for Xabi Alonso warming up on the sidelines.
    • 61' Murphy is down in some pain after colliding with Lucas. Looks like his right ankle or lower leg took a blow.
    • 59' The corner is easily cleared though and a long-range effort from Arbeloa goes well wide.
    • 58' Torres with a low drive that is deflected well wide for a corner.
    • 54' Brief respite for Fulham as they have the ball in the Liverpool half for a minute or so but Dempsey can't control a high ball and Liverpool clear.
    • 52' The first corner is knocked behind again. Aurelio with the delivery and Schwarzer flaps and Kuyt at the far post but he misses it! A goal kick is given, oddly.
    • 50' Torres on the left, he zips past Pantsil, cuts inside and unleashes a rising drive but tipped away for a corner by Schwarzer! Great effort Torres.
    • 47' Riera almost creates a chance for the hosts but his low cross is behind Keane and Konchesky clears.
    • 46' Second half underway at Anfield!
    • 45+2 Half-time, Fulham are holding Liverpool!
    • 45' Torres skins Konchesky and digs out a cross, but too deep for Keane at the far post and out for a throw.
    • 44' Hangeland into the back of Torres but a clean tackle says Mark Halsey, throw to Fulham oddly.
    • 43' Konchesky is caught out by a clever Kuyt header, he rushes onto it and feeds Torres but he drives weakly at Schwarzer.
    • 41' Aurelio with a great ball down the line to Torres, but Pantsil gets ahead of him.
    • 37' Arbeloa fouls Johnson about 30 yards out, to the left, Bullard swings it in but Carragher heads clear. Still with Fulham though.
    • 35' Bullard with an excellent delivery but Reina does well to punch away strongly.
    • 34' Bullard on the edge of the box after great play by Zamora down the right and he sends in a superb rising shot but tipped over by Reina!
    • 31' Fulham manage to clear the corner and launch a counter. But Liverpool break down the right, inside to Torres who holds off Konchesky and fires it low across the six-yard box but Keane and Riera can't get there and Fulham hack it clear!
    • 29' A ball over the top is mis-headed against Torres and it breaks for KEANE AND KEANE IS PLAYED CLEAN THROUGH AND MUST SCORE BUT SCHWARZER HURLS HIMSELF AT HIM AND BLOCKS FOR A CORNER! The big Aussie is injured after that,he landed awkwardly, but Keane must be wondering if the gods are against him.
    • 27' Liverpool can't get it clear and JOHNSON IS IN but he pokes it weakly at Reina! Should have been 1-0! Oh, the flag was up, Zamora penalised for a foul I think.
    • 26' Dempsey with a long shot but deflected wide for a corner!
    • 25' Riera comes forward, good run by the Spaniard, a one-two with Keane and he plays it to the edge of the box but behind Torres!
    • 23' Torres on the ball, he could be in here but a great piece of defending from Hughes to ease him off the ball and bring it clear.
    • 20' The ball drops to Keane on the edge of the box but his volley into the ground bounces harmlessly into Schwarzer's arms.
    • 15' Torres shakes off Brede Hangeland but Keane wastes a potential one-two.
    • 10' This has been a somewhat scrappy start to a match between two sides noted for their passing ability. They are giving the ball away and barely able to string more than three consecutive passes.
    • 7' Bullard with a run and shot which is well wide.
    • 4' Long one forward from Arbeloa but Fulham deal with it and launch a counter.
    • 2' Almost a good passing move from Liverpool but Torres can't control the ball on the edge of the box and Fulham clear.
    • 1' First half underway at Anfield!
    • - FULHAM TEAM NEWS: Fulham have a remarkably consistent line-up, with no changes from last week's win over Spurs. Clint Dempsey therefore retains his place ahead of Zoltan Gera.
    • - LIVERPOOL TEAM NEWS: Steven Gerrard is not even on the bench, Rafael Benitez aware of the criticism he would face for playing him after withdrawing him from the England squad.
    • - Hello and welcome to Eurosport-Yahoo!'s LIVE coverage of Liverpool v Fulham, from 15:00 UK time!

  • Team Stats

    Liverpool Stats Fulham
    57% Possession 42%
    22 Shots 6
    6 Shots on target 5
    4 Saves 3
    9 Corners 3
    6 Fouls 7
    0 Offsides 1
    0 Yellow cards 0
    0 Red cards 0
    28 Tackles 28
    392 Accurate passes 270
    74 Bad passes 45

  • 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 15 2 0
      23 Jamie Carragher 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 54 1 1
      12 Fabio Aurelio 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 51 22 4
      17 Alvaro Arbeloa 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 38 0 2
      5 Daniel Agger 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 39 6 6
      20 Javier Mascherano 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 4 4
      21 Lucas Leiva 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 48 5 3
      11 Albert Riera 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 23 12 3
      7 Robbie Keane 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 17 6 0
      9 Fernando Torres 0 6 2 1 1 0 0 14 6 0
      18 Dirk Kuyt 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 30 4 2
      4 Sami Hyypia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      14 Xabi Alonso 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 28 6 3
      2 Andrea Dossena 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      31 Nabil El Zhar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
      1 Diego Cavalieri 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      19 Ryan Babel 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 6 0 0
      15 Yossi Benayoun 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • Fulham
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Mark Schwarzer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0
      18 Aaron Hughes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 4
      3 Paul Konchesky 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 15 4
      4 John Paintsil 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 0 8
      5 Brede Hangeland 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 20 6 1
      13 Danny Murphy 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 32 4 6
      21 Jimmy Bullard 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 54 11 1
      23 Clint Dempsey 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 21 0 2
      25 Simon Davies 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 25 3 1
      8 Andrew Johnson 0 4 4 0 3 1 0 19 1 1
      9 Bobby Zamora 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 26 5 0
      11 Zoltan Gera 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
      34 Chris Baird 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      10 Erik Nevland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      33 Toni Kallio 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      17 Julian Gray 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      22 Fredrik Stoor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      19 Pascal Zuberbühler 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 89' Liverpool swarm forward and El-Zhar plays it to TORRES WITH THE SHOT BUT BLOCKED AND OVER! Corner Liverpool.
    • 83' Good chasing for Torres earns his side a corner, which Lucas almost converts but eventually it's cleared, Aurelio with a volley from the edge of tne box but wide!
    • 74' Carrager slips it through to Kuyt, who is on the left now, and he flashes a shot aimed for the far top corner but it flies just over!
    • 69' Good move from Liverpool, cross in from Arbeloa on the right and Riera rills it low into the box AND KUYT MUST SCORE BUT A GREAT SAVE FROM SCHWARZER! Super diving save towards the top right corner from the big Aussie. Corner Liverpool, which eventually Fulham clear.
    • 52' The first corner is knocked behind again. Aurelio with the delivery and Schwarzer flaps and Kuyt at the far post but he misses it! A goal kick is given, oddly.
    • 50' Torres on the left, he zips past Pantsil, cuts inside and unleashes a rising drive but tipped away for a corner by Schwarzer! Great effort Torres.
    • 34' Bullard on the edge of the box after great play by Zamora down the right and he sends in a superb rising shot but tipped over by Reina!
    • 31' Fulham manage to clear the corner and launch a counter. But Liverpool break down the right, inside to Torres who holds off Konchesky and fires it low across the six-yard box but Keane and Riera can't get there and Fulham hack it clear!
    • 29' A ball over the top is mis-headed against Torres and it breaks for KEANE AND KEANE IS PLAYED CLEAN THROUGH AND MUST SCORE BUT SCHWARZER HURLS HIMSELF AT HIM AND BLOCKS FOR A CORNER! The big Aussie is injured after that,he landed awkwardly, but Keane must be wondering if the gods are against him.
    • 27' Liverpool can't get it clear and JOHNSON IS IN but he pokes it weakly at Reina! Should have been 1-0! Oh, the flag was up, Zamora penalised for a foul I think.
    • - Hello and welcome to Eurosport-Yahoo!'s LIVE coverage of Liverpool v Fulham, from 15:00 UK time!

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Mark Halsey

  • Liverpool

    Manager: Rafael Benitez

    Captain: Jamie Carragher

    Starting line-up

    • J. Reina
    • A. Arbeloa
    • J. Carragher
    • D. Agger
    • F. Aurelio
    • J. Mascherano Substitution Out (65′)
    • L. Lucas
    • D. Kuyt Substitution Out (82′)
    • A. Riera Substitution Out (77′)
    • R. Keane
    • F. Torres

    Subs

    • S. Hyypia
    • Y. Benayoun
    • X. Alonso Substitution In64′
    • A. Dossena
    • R. Babel Substitution In77′
    • N. El Zhar Substitution In82′
    • D. Cavalieri

    Injured

    • S. Gerrard
    • P. Degen
    • M. Skrtel

    Suspended

    None

  • Fulham

    Manager: Roy Hodgson

    Captain: Danny Murphy

    Starting line-up

    • M. Schwarzer
    • J. Paintsil
    • B. Hangeland
    • A. Hughes
    • P. Konchesky
    • C. Dempsey Substitution Out (84′)
    • D. Murphy
    • J. Bullard Substitution Out (90′)
    • S. Davies
    • B. Zamora
    • A. Johnson

    Subs

    • P. Zuberbuehler
    • J. Gray
    • T. Kallio
    • E. Nevland
    • C. Baird Substitution In90′
    • F. Stoor

    Injured

    • D. Kamara
    • A. Taymourian

    Suspended

    None