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Saturday August 23, 2008 Finished Anfield

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Liverpool

  • Pogatetz 86’ (o.g.)
  • Gerrard 90’

Middlesbrough

  • Mido 70’

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  1. Last-gasp Gerrard lifts Liverpool

    Last-gasp Gerrard lifts Liverpool

    Steven Gerrard slammed home a 94th-minute winner as Liverpool claimed a dramatic 2-1 Premier League win at home to Middlesbrough. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Liverpool
    • Middlesbrough
    • 90+5' It's all over! Liverpool make it two wins out of two to start the season and what a way to win it!
    • 90+4' GOOOAAALLL!!!! STEVEN GERRARD WINS IT FOR LIVERPOOL!! He finishes from the edge of the box in the fourth minute of stoppage time!!! Amazing! A hint of handball when he controlled it, but the goal stands and Liverpool take the points.
    • 90+3' Liverpool free-kick on the right corner of the Boro box, Gerrard to take it.... SAVED BY TURNBULL!! What a stop!
    • 90' Liverpool have the ball in the net, but the whistle has already gone for a handball by Gary O'Neil! Three minutes of stoppage time to be played.
    • 89' Chance for Boro! Aliadiere pulls back towards Mido from the right byline but he just cannot force the ball goalwards!
    • 87' Boro look like they'll settle for a point, and bring on Didier Digard for Tuncay.
    • 85' GOAL!!! LIVERPOOL ARE ON TERMS!!! Jamie Carragher fires a long-shot that takes a lucky deflection off Emanuel Pogatetz and beats Turnbull. Cruel luck for Boro, and Liverpool get out of jail!
    • 83' El Zhar comes on for Arbeloa as another corner comes to nothing. The crowd are showing real signs of anxiety.
    • 82' Things are just not coming off for Liverpool, who prepare to bring on Nabil El Zhar. They do not have the strongest bench...
    • 79' Now Mido is booked. This game has turned very scrappy, which will suit Middlesbrough down to the ground.
    • 78' Robbie Keane picks up his first Liverpool yellow card. That was for dissent after Liverpool had a penalty appeal turned down.
    • 75' Liverpool bring on Fabio Aurelio for Andrea Dossena, while the visitors give Justin Hoyte his debut in place of Andrew Taylor.
    • 72' Skrtel nearly produces an immediate response for Liverpool from a corner but his header bounces agonisingly wide.
    • 70' GOAL!!! MIDO WITH A STUNNER!! He collects an Aliadiere pass and smashes a 25-yarder past Reina! Superb finish, low into the right corner.
    • 68' Huth catches Torres at the edge of the box. It would have been a very dangerous free-kick but referee Riley says play on.
    • 65' Ryan Babel is back from the Olympics and has come on for Yossi Benayoun. Can the explosive Dutchman unlock Middlesbrough.
    • 62' Mido does exceptionally well to dribble down the left and cross low for Tuncay, who spins majestically past his marker but shoots straight at Reina. That would have been a sensational goal.
    • 60' Off comes the ineffectual Afonso Alves, to be replaced by Mido, who scored the winner against Spurs last weekend.
    • 59' Keane is tripped just less than 30 yards from the Boro goal. Gerrard and Alonso will both fancy this. Steven Gerrard strikes it, the ball hits the defensive wall and goes out for a corner.
    • 57' Torres goes down in the area after a defender leans on him, but referee Mike Riley turns the penalty appeal down again!
    • 56' Kuyt fouls Taylor, meaning Boro can knock the ball long for a rare foray into enemy territory.
    • 54' Rafa Benitez momentarily looks like he has dropped off on the Liverpool bench, but it then emerges that he was just writing something down.
    • 51' Liverpool have started the first half like they did the first. They are all over their visitors but cannot make the crucial breakthrough. Kuyt gives Boro a breather by crossing straight out of play.
    • 49' Keane lofts a pass into the area for Torres, who catches Huth with his boot as the German makes a brave clearing header.
    • 47' Alonso's corner is poor and Boro clear, but the ball soon is soon back with a red shirt and Liverpool come again. This could be a tough afternoon for Middlesbrough.
    • 46' Second half under way, with neither side making any changes. Liverpool go immediately on the attack and win a corner.
    • 45+3' Half-time. Goalless but entertaining. Torres and Keane have linked extremely well at times and this is encouraging stuff for Liverpool.
    • 45' You can see why Gerrard prefers playing this type of football. High-tempo, direct-passing, tactically-negligent stuff, this. Good fun.
    • 42' The ball bounces awkwardly around the edge of the Liverpool box, and Tuncay attempts a bicycle kick (unsuccessfully).
    • 39' Keane jinks past two men and slides a wonderful ball for Torres, whose side-footed shot is placed well wide. Should have done better, but more good stuff from Robbie Keane.
    • 37' Superb interplay between Keane and Torres, who is thwarted by the Iain Dowie-a-like David Wheater. That was excellent from the Liverpool front two.
    • 35' Downing cuts inside from the left, lines up a right-footed shot and sends it a long way wide. Great run, though.
    • 33' Skrtel attempts an overhead kick! It is come as no surprise to learn that he completely miskicks it.
    • 32' Dossena crosses deep from the left side and Taylor heads needlessly behind for a corner.
    • 30' Steven Gerrard - great player, bit of a diver. He propels himself over an unsuspecting defender in search of a penalty. Nothing doing.
    • 28' A Torres shot loops up off a defender and nearly lands for Kuyt. Boro clear, then the whistle goes for a Liverpool offside and Alonso playfully smashes a 35-yarder off the post.
    • 26' Now there is a booking. Arbeloa is penalised by Mike Riley for a late but inocuous trip on Shawky, who finds himself in the wars at the moment.
    • 25' In fact, amazingly, Shawky was penalised for that Xabi Alonso foul. Remarkable. Neither man is showing any ill-effects.
    • 23' Xabi Alonso goes in over the top on Shawky - terrible tackle but the Spaniard appears to come off worse. He stays down for treatment, but soon gets up and appears to have escaped a booking.
    • 21' Boro have survived the whirlwind start and are beginning to get a foothold on the game. A Gary O'Neil cross has Reina flapping but is eventually awarded a foul.
    • 17' Aliadiere crosses from the right towards Tuncay, but it is well defended by the home side. The Frenchman then trips Dossena.
    • 15' Dossena and Aliadiere are back on, with the Middlesbrough man sporting a sizeable Terry Butcher-style head bandage.
    • 13' Play gets back under way with Boro knocking it long into the Liverpool box. Alves heads it down for Andrew Taylor, whose first-tome shot is tipped over by Reina! Great effort.
    • 12' A lengthy delay ensues while both men receive treatment. Incidentally, Liverpool chief exec is sitting next to the radioactive Brian Barwick today.
    • 10' Andrea Dossena goes down after a clash of heads with Jeremie Aliadiere... he looks a little dazed but should be OK.
    • 8' Alonso hits a pacy, inswinging cross from the right towards Torres, who gets a few hairs on it but not enough to direct the ball past Jones!
    • 6' It is all Liverpool as Gerrard drives a free-kick into the Boro box. Gareth Southgate's side have Justin Hoyte on the bench today, along with last weekend's match-winner Mido.
    • 5' Few surprises in the Liverpool team. Martin Skrtel replaces Sami Hyypia at centre-back while Xabi Alonso comes into central midfield at the expense of Damien Plessis.
    • 4' Robbie Keane goes for goal from the edge of the box but slices his effort miles wide! He just looks a bit anxious at the moment. He'll be grateful when he gets his first goal.
    • 2' Fernando Torres is frightening Boro to death! He jinks in from the left, Boro back off, he lays it to Kuyt and the Dutchman forces a great save from Ross Turnbull!
    • 1' Welcome to LIVE coverage of Liverpool v Middlesbrough from Anfield! We are under way with the home side playing from right to left in all red. Boro in an Inter Milan kit.

  • Team Stats

    Liverpool Stats Middlesbrough
    61% Possession 38%
    21 Shots 9
    5 Shots on target 4
    2 Saves 1
    14 Corners 3
    13 Fouls 11
    2 Offsides 2
    2 Yellow cards 1
    0 Red cards 0
    31 Tackles 20
    346 Accurate passes 184
    41 Bad passes 53

  • 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 18 0 0
      23 Jamie Carragher 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 50 1 1
      2 Andrea Dossena 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 26 13 3
      17 Alvaro Arbeloa 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 26 0 5
      37 Martin Skrtel 0 4 0 0 2 0 0 57 2 3
      8 Steven Gerrard 1 6 3 1 1 0 0 29 3 4
      14 Xabi Alonso 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 51 5 6
      15 Yossi Benayoun 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 13 8 3
      7 Robbie Keane 0 2 0 3 1 0 1 19 3 0
      9 Fernando Torres 0 5 0 4 2 1 0 17 1 0
      18 Dirk Kuyt 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 29 1 4
      12 Fabio Aurelio 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 4 0
      31 Nabil El Zhar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
      5 Daniel Agger 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      28 Damien Plessis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      1 Diego Cavalieri 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      24 David Ngog 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      19 Ryan Babel 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
    • Middlesbrough
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      21 Ross Turnbull 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 8 2 0
      14 Robert Huth 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 6 1 0
      3 Andrew Taylor 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 17 10 3
      31 David Wheater 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 14 1 4
      6 Emanuel Pogatetz 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 9 2 1
      4 Gary O'Neil 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 31 3 3
      15 Mohamed Shawky 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 12 6 3
      19 Stewart Downing 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 27 7 0
      17 Tuncay Sanli 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 20 8 2
      12 Afonso Alves 0 1 0 4 0 1 0 11 3 2
      10 Jeremie Aliadiere 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 15 3 2
      22 Bradley Jones 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      8 Didier Digard 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
      28 Adam Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      39 Rhys Williams 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      2 Justin Hoyte 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0
      11 Marvin Emnes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      9 Ahmed Hossam Mido 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 11 6 0

  • Summary

    • 90+4' GOOOAAALLL!!!! STEVEN GERRARD WINS IT FOR LIVERPOOL!! He finishes from the edge of the box in the fourth minute of stoppage time!!! Amazing! A hint of handball when he controlled it, but the goal stands and Liverpool take the points.
    • 90+3' Liverpool free-kick on the right corner of the Boro box, Gerrard to take it.... SAVED BY TURNBULL!! What a stop!
    • 89' Chance for Boro! Aliadiere pulls back towards Mido from the right byline but he just cannot force the ball goalwards!
    • 85' GOAL!!! LIVERPOOL ARE ON TERMS!!! Jamie Carragher fires a long-shot that takes a lucky deflection off Emanuel Pogatetz and beats Turnbull. Cruel luck for Boro, and Liverpool get out of jail!
    • 70' GOAL!!! MIDO WITH A STUNNER!! He collects an Aliadiere pass and smashes a 25-yarder past Reina! Superb finish, low into the right corner.
    • 62' Mido does exceptionally well to dribble down the left and cross low for Tuncay, who spins majestically past his marker but shoots straight at Reina. That would have been a sensational goal.
    • 35' Downing cuts inside from the left, lines up a right-footed shot and sends it a long way wide. Great run, though.
    • 13' Play gets back under way with Boro knocking it long into the Liverpool box. Alves heads it down for Andrew Taylor, whose first-tome shot is tipped over by Reina! Great effort.
    • 8' Alonso hits a pacy, inswinging cross from the right towards Torres, who gets a few hairs on it but not enough to direct the ball past Jones!
    • 2' Fernando Torres is frightening Boro to death! He jinks in from the left, Boro back off, he lays it to Kuyt and the Dutchman forces a great save from Ross Turnbull!

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Mike Riley

  • Liverpool

    Manager: Rafael Benitez

    Captain: Steven Gerrard

    Starting line-up

    • J. Reina
    • A. Arbeloa Yellow Card Substitution Out (83′)
    • M. Skrtel
    • J. Carragher
    • A. Dossena Substitution Out (75′)
    • D. Kuijt
    • S. Gerrard Goal
    • X. Alonso
    • Y. Benayoun Substitution Out (65′)
    • F. Torres
    • R. Keane Yellow Card

    Subs

    • F. Aurelio Substitution In75′
    • R. Babel Substitution In65′
    • D. Agger
    • D. N'Gog
    • N. El Zhar Substitution In83′
    • D. Plessis
    • D. Cavalieri

    Injured

    • P. Degen

    Suspended

    None

  • Middlesbrough

    Manager: Gareth Southgate

    Captain: Emanuel Pogatetz

    Starting line-up

    • R. Turnbull
    • D. Wheater
    • R. Huth
    • E. Pogatetz Own Goal
    • A. Taylor Substitution Out (75′)
    • G. O'Neil
    • M. Shawky
    • J. Aliadière
    • S. Downing
    • A. Alves Substitution Out (60′)
    • S. Tuncay Substitution Out (87′)

    Subs

    • B. Jones
    • A. Mido Substitution In60′ Goal Yellow Card
    • J. Hoyte Substitution In75′
    • D. Digard Substitution In87′
    • A. Johnson
    • R. Williams
    • M. Emnes

    Injured

    • C. Riggott
    • J. Arca
    • M. Bates
    • S. Hines

    Suspended

    None

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