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Saturday October 18, 2008 Finished Anfield

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Liverpool

  • Kuyt 37’, 85’
  • Riera 80’

Wigan Athletic

  • Zaki 29’, 45’
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  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Liverpool
    • Wigan Athletic
    • 90+5' There's the final whistle, and Liverpool have done it again. Their remarkable run of copme-from-behind victories continues!
    • 90+2' Just over a minute of stoppage time still to play. This is over.
    • 90' Kuyt supplies Keane who looks to cap off the win... straight at Kirkland!
    • 88' Amazing - Liverpool have come from behind to snatch victory for the fourth time this season. Absolutely incredible.
    • 85' GOAL!!! Unbelievable!! Liverpool have done it again!! Dirk Kuyt!! Pennant crossed from the right and Kuyt totally miscued a scissor kick that somehow bounced over Kirkland, who could not keep it out!
    • 84' Liverpool can smell victory now and Benayoun cuts inside from the left... his left-foot shot is blocked!
    • 82' Another Wigan substitution: Michael Brown replaces Olivier Kapo.
    • 80' GOAL!!! Albert Riera equalises for Liverpool!! El Zhar plays a low ball to the edge of the box, Gerrard dummies and Riera finds the bottom corner with a right-foot shot! The Liverpool late show strikes again.
    • 79' Two more changes: Wigan bring on Kevin Kilbane for Daniel De Ridder. Liverpool bring on Yossi Benayoun for Alvaro Arbeloa.
    • 78' Liverpool change - Nabil El Zhar comes on for Andrea Dossena.
    • 77' Well done Titus Bramble! Xabi Alonso's volley looks goalbound until the defender heads it behind for a corner.
    • 74' Valencia is off!!! The Ecuadorean picks up a second yellow card for a sliding tackle on Xabi Alonso. It looks like he did get the ball - but only just. Wigan down to 10!
    • 72' Finally the free-kick is taken by GERRARD!!! It takes a deflection, hits the outside of the post and slides wide!
    • 71' This free-kick is taking an age, and Valencia is now booked for encroachment. He basically did what that Zaire plaer did against Brazil in the World Cup.
    • 69' A foul at the edge of the box gives Liverpool a free-kick in a great position. Alonso and Gerrard stand over it..
    • 67' Here come Wigan on the break, and they have numbers forward. Melchiot slips a lovely ball through to De Ridder, who hits the side-netting with his shot.
    • 64' Carragher has his hands all over Zaki, and this time the Egyptian wins a free-kick. Wigan lump it upfield but it comes to nothing.
    • 61' Riera latches onto a long diagonal ball into the Liverpool box but cannot tee up a team-mate. Then Gerrard attempts one of those famous piledrivers but scuffs it wide.
    • 58' Keane turns a low ball into the box for KUYT!!! He sticks out a leg and prods a shot that Kirkland saves from close range.
    • 56' OFF THE POST BY KAPO!! De Ridder drills in a low ball from the right that Reina spills and, from an extremely tight angle, Kapo turns the rebound onto the right-hand post.
    • 54' Zaki is limping after a robust challenge, and Wigan have a throw on the left, deep inside Liverpool territory.
    • 51' So close Liverpool!! Xabi Alonso curls in a free-kick that Agger nods goalwards and Cattermole somehow lifts his clearance over the bar.
    • 48' Titus Bramble is at full strtch to cut out a diagonal ball into the Wigan box. He loops the ball high into the air, but Kirkland is there to make an important catch.
    • 46' Liverpool get the second half under way. No changes from either side. Liverpool's bench looks a bit light. You'd nnly really want Lucas and Benayoun to help turn this game around.
    • 45+3' That's half-time, and Anfield has been stunned into silence. Two Amr Zaki goals - one a gift, the other a gem - have seen Wigan go in with a 2-1 advantage.
    • 45+2' GOAL!!! AMR ZAKI!! What a strike!! He meets Valencia's cross with a brilliant volley - more a scissor kick than a bicycle kick - and the ball arrows into the far corner! Amazing!
    • 45+1' Pennant burns past Figueroa and crosses for Riera, whose glancing header flashes just wide of the far post!
    • 45' Zaki tries a low, long-range effort that is straight at Reina. Well, you can't blame him for being confident.
    • 43' KUYT!!! OFF THE CROSSBAR!! He drives the ball goalwards from 25 yards and Kirkland just gets a slight touch to divert the ball onto the woodwork!
    • 43' It's not from this match but you might want to know: Sunderland's Kieran Richardson has just hit the post three times with the same free-kick. True fact.
    • 42' Corner Liverpool, delivered by Pennant. It is forced goalwards but loops up and is easy for Riera to claim.
    • 39' Yikes! Andrea Dossena slides in on Valencia, late and with his studs up. Yellow card, no doubt.
    • 37' GOAL!!! Dirk Kuyt equalises for Liverpool, and the architect is none other than Dan Agger! The centre-back marauds forward and finds himself close to the left byline. He cuts back for Kuyt, who shoots low and Kirkland cannot keep it out!
    • 36' Liverpool come forward with pace, and Gerrard attempts to thread the needle to find Keane.. it is cut out.
    • 34' This Wigan side are very tidy indeed. They have a core of strong, hard-working players, a few fancy-dans further forward and a very good striker. A bit like the old Allardyce Bolton side.
    • 32' Liverpool came from two down to beat Manchester City before the international break, so they won't be panicking just yet, but that goal really makes things complicated. It was a terrible error by Agger - a man who has been getting a bit uppity at being kept out of the side this season.
    • 29' GOAL!!! Wigan lead through Amr Zaki!! But what a blunder by Dan Agger to give it away. He miscontrolled a simple Reina pass to the edge of the box and lost possession to the Egyptian, who raced in to slot his sixth league goal of the season!
    • 28' Superb through-ball from Riera to Keane who cuts in from the left side of the box and fires... JUST WIDE!! Oooh, if that had been Fernando Torres...
    • 27' Riera and Dossena try to get a cross in from the left, but Wigan defend it doggedly and eventually win the ball back when Dossena is flagged offside.
    • 25' Xabi Alonso loves a long-range shot, and has a dip from 30-odd yards. He drags it wide of the left-hand post.
    • 24' Kuyt looks to respond at the other end but slices an ambitious volley high and wide.
    • 23' KAPO!! He tests Reina with a low, left-footed drive from the edge of the box, the culmination of a decent move. There's no doubt this Wigan side are frisky.
    • 20' Pennant sends in a cross from the right that finds Kuyt but the Dutchman gets no power on his header. Wigan are making - and getting away with - a huge number of 'borderline' late tackles. A harsher ref would have doled out four or five bookings by now.
    • 17' Well, if it was a dislocated shoulder, Zaki is a hard man. He is back on, having possibly had it popped back in. Or we shouldn't discount the possibility that it is another injury entirely.
    • 16' Carragher concedes a corner at the other end and berates his team-mates. Kuyt heads it away and gets tangled up with Zaki, who stays down injured. I'm no doctor, but it looks like a dislocated shoulder judging by the way he fell and how he is holding his arm.
    • 14' Riera beats Melchiot and crosses low from the left... good clearance by Titus Bramble with Dirk Kuyt lurking behind him. Corner.
    • 12' Cattermole gets away with another dodgy challenge, going in late on Gerrard, but referee Wiley says no foul.
    • 11' Wigan have enjoyed a decent start. They have some good ball players in Palacios, De Ridder, Valencia and Kapo, and they are making Liverpool chase the game.
    • 9' You wouldn't say Liverpool's Keane-Kuyt strike partnership has goals written all over it, although both are good players. And nice to see Jermaine Pennant alive and well.
    • 7' Impressive run by Albert Riera down the left. He gets close to the byline and clips a dangerous-looking cross but there is nobody attacking it.
    • 4' That's more Cattermole's scene: he flies into a zealous tackle 35 yards out. Ref Alan Wiley says it was a foul, and he's dead right.
    • 2' Let's file that Lee Cattermole goal attempt under 'optimistic'. A volley from outside the box with his weaker foot. It flies miles over, obviously.
    • 1' Wigan kick off, playing from left to right as wee see it. They are in blue and white stripes, Liverpool in all red. An early chance nearly comes De Ridder's way but he is crowded out.
    • - The international week has taken its toll on Wigan, too. There is no Emile Heskey for Steve Bruce's men. Amr Zaki ploughs a lone furrow up front with Daniel De Ridder just behind.
    • - Welcome to LIVE coverage of Liverpool versus Wigan from Anfield! There is no Fernando Torres or Javier Mascherano for the home team but Liverpool will be confident of three points here.

  • Team Stats

    Liverpool Stats Wigan Athletic
    64% Possession 36%
    20 Shots 10
    7 Shots on target 4
    1 Saves 2
    5 Corners 2
    13 Fouls 10
    4 Offsides 1
    1 Yellow cards 0
    0 Red cards 1
    30 Tackles 22
    451 Accurate passes 224
    56 Bad passes 24

  • 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 17 0 0
      23 Jamie Carragher 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 64 0 5
      2 Andrea Dossena 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 30 13 4
      17 Alvaro Arbeloa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 1 4
      5 Daniel Agger 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 62 10 2
      8 Steven Gerrard 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 51 8 3
      14 Xabi Alonso 0 3 1 1 4 0 0 90 7 7
      16 Jermaine Pennant 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 35 1 2
      11 Alberto Riera 1 5 1 0 3 0 0 33 7 1
      18 Dirk Kuyt 2 5 4 1 0 1 0 19 5 1
      7 Robbie Keane 0 3 1 1 2 1 0 13 3 0
      15 Yossi Benayoun 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 4 0 1
      31 Nabil El Zhar 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 1 0
      4 Sami Hyypia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      24 David Ngog 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      1 Diego Cavalieri 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      22 Emiliano Insua 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      21 Lucas Leiva 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • Wigan Athletic
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Chris Kirkland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 5 0
      7 Paul Scharner 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 17 1 0
      31 Maynor Figueroa 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 19 3 2
      25 Mario Melchiot 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 34 0 3
      19 Titus Bramble 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 15 1 1
      5 Wilson Palacios 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 18 6 4
      18 Daniel De Ridder 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 20 0 3
      4 Lee Cattermole 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 24 2 2
      16 Luis Antonio Valencia 0 2 0 4 1 0 1 29 0 3
      23 Olivier Kapo 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 14 2 1
      13 Amr Zaki 2 4 3 0 1 0 0 21 3 3
      10 Jason Koumas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      27 Henri Camara 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      8 Kevin Kilbane 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
      17 Emmerson Boyce 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      2 Ryan Taylor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      12 Michael Pollitt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      11 Michael Brown 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0

  • Summary

    • 90' Kuyt supplies Keane who looks to cap off the win... straight at Kirkland!
    • 85' GOAL!!! Unbelievable!! Liverpool have done it again!! Dirk Kuyt!! Pennant crossed from the right and Kuyt totally miscued a scissor kick that somehow bounced over Kirkland, who could not keep it out!
    • 84' Liverpool can smell victory now and Benayoun cuts inside from the left... his left-foot shot is blocked!
    • 80' GOAL!!! Albert Riera equalises for Liverpool!! El Zhar plays a low ball to the edge of the box, Gerrard dummies and Riera finds the bottom corner with a right-foot shot! The Liverpool late show strikes again.
    • 74' Valencia is off!!! The Ecuadorean picks up a second yellow card for a sliding tackle on Xabi Alonso. It looks like he did get the ball - but only just. Wigan down to 10!
    • 72' Finally the free-kick is taken by GERRARD!!! It takes a deflection, hits the outside of the post and slides wide!
    • 67' Here come Wigan on the break, and they have numbers forward. Melchiot slips a lovely ball through to De Ridder, who hits the side-netting with his shot.
    • 58' Keane turns a low ball into the box for KUYT!!! He sticks out a leg and prods a shot that Kirkland saves from close range.
    • 56' OFF THE POST BY KAPO!! De Ridder drills in a low ball from the right that Reina spills and, from an extremely tight angle, Kapo turns the rebound onto the right-hand post.
    • 51' So close Liverpool!! Xabi Alonso curls in a free-kick that Agger nods goalwards and Cattermole somehow lifts his clearance over the bar.
    • 45+2' GOAL!!! AMR ZAKI!! What a strike!! He meets Valencia's cross with a brilliant volley - more a scissor kick than a bicycle kick - and the ball arrows into the far corner! Amazing!
    • 45+1' Pennant burns past Figueroa and crosses for Riera, whose glancing header flashes just wide of the far post!
    • 43' KUYT!!! OFF THE CROSSBAR!! He drives the ball goalwards from 25 yards and Kirkland just gets a slight touch to divert the ball onto the woodwork!
    • 37' GOAL!!! Dirk Kuyt equalises for Liverpool, and the architect is none other than Dan Agger! The centre-back marauds forward and finds himself close to the left byline. He cuts back for Kuyt, who shoots low and Kirkland cannot keep it out!
    • 29' GOAL!!! Wigan lead through Amr Zaki!! But what a blunder by Dan Agger to give it away. He miscontrolled a simple Reina pass to the edge of the box and lost possession to the Egyptian, who raced in to slot his sixth league goal of the season!
    • 28' Superb through-ball from Riera to Keane who cuts in from the left side of the box and fires... JUST WIDE!! Oooh, if that had been Fernando Torres...
    • 23' KAPO!! He tests Reina with a low, left-footed drive from the edge of the box, the culmination of a decent move. There's no doubt this Wigan side are frisky.
    • - Welcome to LIVE coverage of Liverpool versus Wigan from Anfield! There is no Fernando Torres or Javier Mascherano for the home team but Liverpool will be confident of three points here.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Alan Wiley

  • Liverpool

    Manager: Rafael Benitez

    Captain: Steven Gerrard

    Starting line-up

    • J. Reina
    • A. Arbeloa Substitution Out (79′)
    • J. Carragher
    • D. Agger Substitution Out (90′)
    • A. Dossena Yellow Card Substitution Out (78′)
    • J. Pennant
    • X. Alonso
    • S. Gerrard
    • A. Riera Goal
    • D. Kuyt Goals×2
    • R. Keane

    Subs

    • S. Hyypia Substitution In90′
    • Y. Benayoun Substitution In79′
    • D. N'Gog
    • N. El Zhar Substitution In78′
    • E. Insua
    • L. Lucas
    • D. Cavalieri

    Injured

    • F. Torres
    • M. Skrtel
    • R. Babel

    Suspended

    None

  • Wigan Athletic

    Manager: Steve Bruce

    Captain: Mario Melchiot

    Starting line-up

    • C. Kirkland
    • M. Melchiot
    • T. Bramble
    • P. Scharner
    • M. Figueroa
    • A. Valencia Red Card
    • L. Cattermole
    • W. Palacios
    • O. Kapo Substitution Out (82′)
    • D. De Ridder Substitution Out (79′)
    • A. Zaki Goals×2

    Subs

    • K. Kilbane Substitution In79′
    • M. Brown Substitution In82′
    • J. Koumas
    • H. Camara
    • R. Taylor
    • E. Boyce
    • M. Pollitt

    Injured

    • E. Edman

    Suspended

    None