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Saturday November 8, 2008 Finished Anfield

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Liverpool

  • Keane 34’, 43’
  • Arbeloa 90’

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  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Liverpool
    • West Bromwich
    • - Thanks for joining us today... Chelsea are in action tomorrow, make sure you join us then.
    • 90'+4 There goes the final whistle! And it's a 3-0 win for Liverpool, who go top of the Premier League - at least until tomorrow.
    • 90'+3 GOAL! Arbeloa fires Liverpool to a third! Great finish from the Spaniard, who finds the top corner with a well-placed shot!
    • 90' Into stoppage time... this one's all over.
    • 89' Mascherano piles in on Robinson... and that's a cheap booking, considering Liverpool are 2-0 up and destined for victory.
    • 85' Time running out now... and Liverpool are cruising...
    • 82' Babel beats his man this time, but Kuyt knees the ball wide of the mark from the cross towards the near post!
    • 80' Liverpool make another change as Gerrard is replaced by Alonso for the final 10 minutes.
    • 79' Torres! He's played in... but he opts to come back inside before pulling the trigger! Carson is behind it to make the stop!
    • 76' Babel looks to take on his compatriot Zuiverloon... he can't beat him though and has to go back in the end.
    • 72' It is Keane who is sacrificed for the returning Torres! Both get healthy rounds of applause.
    • 72' Oooh! Brunt goes close with his first touch! He hits the side netting from a free kick!
    • 71' Chris Brunt comes on to replace Ishmael Miller...
    • 70' Keane's desperate for a third, but it looks like Torres is going to make an appearance... does that mean Keane's going off? We'll see.
    • 67' Arbeloa goes into the book for a clumsy challenge.
    • 66' Liverpool make a change now... Babel on for Riera.
    • 63' The first one is put behind for another... but Valero's second attempt is headed clear and the danger passes.
    • 62' Super play from Teixeira, who plays in Moore... his cross is put behind by Agger! Corner to the Baggies!
    • 60' Keane outmuscles Donk as he searches for his hat-trick! Poor defending from the Dutchman... Carson comes to the rescue!
    • 59' Keane's through here! On his hat-trick! But the flag's up on the far side! A close call, but probably the right one.
    • 57' Terrible mistake by Agger at the back! But Miller's first touch lets him down and the chance disappears as soon as it arrived!
    • 56' Double change for West Brom... on come Teixeira and Moore, off go Kim and Bednar.
    • 55' Riera takes a tumble in the box! Penalty claim the Kop! You're having a laugh says Peter Walton!
    • 53' Great run from Koren! He bursts through and lets fly again! Wide of the mark this time, but West Brom have started brightly this half.
    • 51' Oooh! West Brom break quickly... a quick interchange of passes sees the ball find Koren who lets fly! Reina gets well behind it, but promising from the Baggies nevertheless.
    • 49' This should be a stroll for Liverpool now... and we should expect to see an appearance from a certain Senor Torres before too long.
    • 47' No changes to tell you about at the restart.
    • 46' Here we go again! Second half underway on Merseyside!
    • 45'+1 There goes the half time whistle and Liverpool take a two-goal in with them at the break thanks to Robbie Keane's first and second league goals in a red shirt!
    • 45' One minute of added time to be played.
    • 44' Keane looks like he's really enjoying himself out there tonight...
    • 43' GOAL! Nothing comes of the West Brom corner and Liverpool break with Aurelio... his pass finds Keane... he's onside! The Irishman rounds the advancing Carson before slotting hom! 2-0 Liverpool and it's a long road back for West Brom now!
    • 42' Miller gets away from Aurelio... there's no one to aim at it the middle though... but Reina spills it behind for a Baggies corner!
    • 40' The corner finds its way to Kuyt who lays it off for Mascherano! But the Argentinian doesn't catch it right and Carson is able to make a comfortable save!
    • 39' Keane again threatens... he pokes a shot goalwards which is deflected behind for a corner!
    • 38' Benayoun gets to the by-line again... he pulls back for Riera! But the Spaniard doesn't attack the ball, allowing Donk to slide in and make a challenge!
    • 36' Cheers ring out at Anfield as Fernando Torres hits the touchline to warm up...
    • 35' Despite West Brom's admirable start to the game, Liverpool deserve that... and you wouldn't bet against them adding to Keane's goal before the end of the first half...
    • 34' GOAL! KEANE SCORES HIS FIRST PREMIER LEAGUE GOAL FOR LIVERPOOL! Gerrard spots the Irishman's run and plays him through... Keane hares after it before firing past Carson and into the back of the net!
    • 31' Forgot to say, but Benayoun was put in by an astute pass by Gerrard then... he could have gone for goal himself, but unselfishly opted to play in his team-mate... and Benayoun should have scored really.
    • 30' Benayoun! Must be! No! Great save from Carson! The ball hits Olsen's arm as the ball rebounds onto the defender, prompting a huge penalty shout! Corner says the ref! Best chance of the game so far...
    • 25' Greening goes off on a decent run but he runs into trouble before too long and Liverpool come away with the ball.
    • 23' Ooh! Brilliant from Keane! He plays a lovely back heel for Aurelio to run on to at the by-line... but the Brazilian's cross is cleared by the Baggies defence! Lovely play!
    • 21' Liverpool are beginning to look more dangerous... Aurelio sends in a cross that gets a slight deflection on it... Carson has to watch it very carefully as he catches it.
    • 18' Olsson goes into the book for a poorly timed challenge on Kuyt... silly, he'll have to watch himself for the rest of the game now.
    • 17' Oooh! Valero is played through after a lovely passing move! But Carragher does enough to put the Spaniard off his shot!
    • 16' Down to the other end and Miller wins a corner off Agger... nothing comes of it this time but the Baggies are more than holding their own so far.
    • 15' Benayoun wins the ball off Robinson before racing down to the by-line and delivering a cross into the middle! Olsson's there to head clear this time...
    • 13' Oooh! Mascherano slips it through for Keane who hits it on the turn! Straight at Carson, who collects it without too many problems.
    • 11' West Brom are doing well... they haven't been intimidated by the prospect of going to Anfield...
    • 10' Gerrard ignores Keane and lets fly himself! Carson spills it, but there's no one following in and the keeper claims at the second time of asking...
    • 8' Liverpool win a throw on the left hand side and the crowd take some encouragement from it... it's been a fairly quiet opening so far.
    • 4' Benayoun slides in on Robinson to anger the travelling fans... no action taken by the referee.
    • 2' Valero slips a clever ball through for Miller to chase after... Reina's out quickly to claim!
    • 1' Here we go at Anfield! West Brom gets proceedings underway!
    • - So, no Torres for Liverpool - he has to settle for a place on the bench.
    • - Referee: Peter Walton (Northamptonshire)
    • - West Brom: Carson, Zuiverloon, Olsson, Donk, Robinson, Koren, Borja Valero, Greening, Kim, Bednar, Miller. Subs: Kiely, Hoefkens, Brunt, Moore, Dorrans, Pele, Filipe Teixeira
    • - Liverpool: Reina, Arbeloa, Agger, Carragher, Aurelio, Benayoun, Mascherano, Gerrard, Riera, Keane, Kuyt. Subs: Cavalieri, Hyypia, Torres, Alonso, Babel, Insua, El Zhar
    • - Hello and welcome to eurosport.yahoo.com's LIVE coverage of tonight's late game between Liverpool and West Brom!

  • Team Stats

    Liverpool Stats West Bromwich
    51% Possession 48%
    14 Shots 6
    9 Shots on target 2
    1 Saves 3
    3 Corners 7
    8 Fouls 10
    7 Offsides 3
    2 Yellow cards 1
    0 Red cards 0
    33 Tackles 22
    333 Accurate passes 316
    55 Bad passes 56

  • 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 15 6 0
      23 Jamie Carragher 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 36 1 5
      12 Fabio Aurelio 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 37 11 4
      17 Alvaro Arbeloa 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 21 0 1
      5 Daniel Agger 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 25 2 3
      8 Steven Gerrard 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 39 3 6
      20 Javier Mascherano 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 33 7 6
      15 Yossi Benayoun 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 21 1 2
      11 Alberto Riera 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 27 12 4
      18 Dirk Kuyt 0 3 0 0 1 2 1 37 5 0
      7 Robbie Keane 2 6 4 1 1 4 0 22 3 0
      9 Fernando Torres 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 1
      31 Nabil El Zhar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      4 Sami Hyypia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      22 Emiliano Insua 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 0 0 0 1 0 0 10 3 0
      14 Xabi Alonso 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 1
    • West Bromwich
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      19 Scott Carson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 6 0
      30 Ryan Donk 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 21 1 1
      3 Paul Robinson 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 36 9 0
      22 Gianni Zuiverloon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 1 6
      26 Jonas Olsson 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 35 5 2
      28 Borja Valero 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 40 11 4
      8 Jonathan Greening 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 54 6 3
      7 Robert Koren 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 36 3 2
      14 Do-Heon Kim 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 10 5 2
      10 Ishmael Miller 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 0 0
      9 Roman Bednar 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 11 2 1
      11 Chris Brunt 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 1
      20 Filipe Teixeira 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 8 4 0
      2 Carl Hoefkens 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      18 Pedro Miguel Pele 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      1 Dean Kiely 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      17 Graeme Dorrans 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      16 Luke Moore 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 3 0

  • Summary

    • - Thanks for joining us today... Chelsea are in action tomorrow, make sure you join us then.
    • 90'+3 GOAL! Arbeloa fires Liverpool to a third! Great finish from the Spaniard, who finds the top corner with a well-placed shot!
    • 79' Torres! He's played in... but he opts to come back inside before pulling the trigger! Carson is behind it to make the stop!
    • 72' Oooh! Brunt goes close with his first touch! He hits the side netting from a free kick!
    • 53' Great run from Koren! He bursts through and lets fly again! Wide of the mark this time, but West Brom have started brightly this half.
    • 51' Oooh! West Brom break quickly... a quick interchange of passes sees the ball find Koren who lets fly! Reina gets well behind it, but promising from the Baggies nevertheless.
    • 43' GOAL! Nothing comes of the West Brom corner and Liverpool break with Aurelio... his pass finds Keane... he's onside! The Irishman rounds the advancing Carson before slotting hom! 2-0 Liverpool and it's a long road back for West Brom now!
    • 40' The corner finds its way to Kuyt who lays it off for Mascherano! But the Argentinian doesn't catch it right and Carson is able to make a comfortable save!
    • 34' GOAL! KEANE SCORES HIS FIRST PREMIER LEAGUE GOAL FOR LIVERPOOL! Gerrard spots the Irishman's run and plays him through... Keane hares after it before firing past Carson and into the back of the net!
    • 30' Benayoun! Must be! No! Great save from Carson! The ball hits Olsen's arm as the ball rebounds onto the defender, prompting a huge penalty shout! Corner says the ref! Best chance of the game so far...
    • 17' Oooh! Valero is played through after a lovely passing move! But Carragher does enough to put the Spaniard off his shot!
    • 13' Oooh! Mascherano slips it through for Keane who hits it on the turn! Straight at Carson, who collects it without too many problems.
    • 10' Gerrard ignores Keane and lets fly himself! Carson spills it, but there's no one following in and the keeper claims at the second time of asking...
    • - Hello and welcome to eurosport.yahoo.com's LIVE coverage of tonight's late game between Liverpool and West Brom!

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Peter Walton

  • Liverpool

    Manager: Rafael Benitez

    Captain: Steven Gerrard

    Starting line-up

    • J. Reina
    • A. Arbeloa Goal Yellow Card
    • D. Agger
    • J. Carragher
    • F. Aurelio
    • Y. Benayoun
    • S. Gerrard Substitution Out (80′)
    • J. Mascherano Yellow Card
    • A. Riera Substitution Out (66′)
    • R. Keane Goals×2 Substitution Out (72′)
    • D. Kuyt

    Subs

    • S. Hyypia
    • X. Alonso Substitution In80′
    • F. Torres Substitution In72′
    • R. Babel Substitution In66′
    • N. El Zhar
    • E. Insua
    • D. Cavalieri

    Injured

    • M. Skrtel

    Suspended

    None

  • West Bromwich

    Manager: Tony Mowbray

    Captain: Jonathan Greening

    Starting line-up

    • S. Carson
    • G. Zuiverloon
    • R. Donk
    • J. Olsson Yellow Card
    • P. Robinson
    • R. Koren
    • V. Borja
    • J. Greening
    • D. Kim Substitution Out (56′)
    • I. Miller Substitution Out (71′)
    • R. Bednar Substitution Out (56′)

    Subs

    • D. Kiely
    • F. Teixeira Substitution In56′
    • L. Moore Substitution In56′
    • C. Brunt Substitution In71′
    • P. Pele
    • C. Hoefkens
    • G. Dorrans

    Injured

    • N. Clement
    • A. Meite
    • L. Barnett

    Suspended

    None

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