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  • Kuyt 63’

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  1. Liverpool relegate West Brom

    Liverpool relegate West Brom

    West Bromwich Albion became the first team relegated from the Premier League this season after losing 2-0 to Liverpool at The Hawthorns. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • West Bromwich
    • Liverpool
    • 90+3' West Bromwich Albion are down, but all praise to their fans, who gave them a rousing send-off. Individual errors cost the Baggies, who will be playing Championship football next season.
    • 90+1' Greening delivers a West Brom corner but the whistle goes for a foul on Reina.
    • 89' The Hawthorns is on its feet. Contrast this to the half-empty Riverside stadium in Middlesbrough yesterday.
    • 87' Gerrard tees up Kuyt, whose shot is beaten away by Kiely.
    • 85' West Brom continue to throw everything forward, but Liverpool's main defensive problems seem to be self-inflicted.
    • 83' Gerrard tries a shot from the edge of the box, which Greening charges down.
    • 82' The introduction of Ngog rather indicates why Liverpool have lost the league again. Manchester United have such strength in depth, while Ngog has done very little to suggest he has the required quality for a Premier League-winning side.
    • 80' FORTUNE!!! This time he puts the ball in the net but the goal is ruled out for offside!!
    • 79' Referee Atkinson lectures the two defenders but takes no further action! Extraordinary incident.
    • 78' BARNEY!!! Jamie Carragher and Alvaro Arbeloa square up to each other and have to be dragged apart by team-mates!
    • 77' FORTUNE AGAIN!!! Terrible miss, directing a free header over the bar!
    • 76' FORTUNE!! Shoots low from an angle on the left but Jamie Carragher deflects is over with a flying block.
    • 75' The crowd are still going for it, and they certainly deserve credit for that. Koren shoots weakly from outside the box, and Reina makes a routine save.
    • 73' Now Benayoun comes off, and David Ngog replaces him.
    • 71' It's all Liverpool now, and there is a danger that things could end a little inauspiciously for West Brom. Let's hope not.
    • 70' Gerrard spreads a sensational ball to Babel wide on the left, he cuts inside but his pass towards Kuyt is wayward.
    • 69' A very disappointed-looking Fernando Torres is brought off for Ryan Babel.
    • 68' West Brom make another change - Luke Moore comes on for Youssouf Mulumbu.
    • 67' West Brom win a free-kick on the left, Brunt takes it and Reina makes a superb claim.
    • 65' Lucas is through now, dribbles past his man and shootsÂ… tipped behind by Kiely! So ragged from the hosts.
    • 64' Credit the West Brom fans, who are making a tremendous noise. Their stay in the top flight is coming to an end, though.
    • 63' GOAL!!! DIRK KUYT MAKES IT TWO!!! West Brom are surely down! Gerrard finds Kuyt, who weaves his way into space and drills a powerful shot into the bottom-right corner!
    • 61' Every time Liverpool counter-attack they look dangerous. This time Torres is crowded out at the edge of the box but you have to imagine Liverpool will score again.
    • 59' Koren plays Menseguez through and he squares for FORTUNE!!! He waits too long for the ball and is barged off it by Lucas as he prepares to slot into the empty net!! Justice of a sort - Menseguez was actually offside.
    • 57' Tony Mowbray introduces Borja Valero for Shelton Martis, who is given a good round of applause despite his calamitous error.
    • 56' Arbeloa tees up Kuyt whose shot is blocked. As West Brom come forward they will inevitably leave more space at the back.
    • 55' Torres has a shot from an angle on the left, but it is a weak effort and Kiely saves.
    • 54' Alonso tries a first-time shot from the edge of the box but gets it all wrong and fires high over the bar.
    • 52' MENSEGUEZ!! Drills a low shot at the edge of the box, but it is straight at Reina. Then Torres fires just wide from the edge of the box.
    • 51' Mascherano is struggling after a challenge in midfield, and Xabi Alonso comes on to replace him.
    • 50' Brunt crosses from the right towards Fortune, but one of the two sliding Liverpool defenders gets enough of a touch to take the ball away from the striker.
    • 49' Referee Atkinson is letting a lot of challenges going, and there is quite a lot of aggro between the sides.
    • 47' Greening is in space on the left side for West Brom, but his lack of pace lets him down and Arbeloa has no trouble racing across to force him away from goal.
    • 46' West Brom kick off the most important 45 minutes of their season. No personnel changes from either manager.
    • 45+3' Half-time at the Hawthorns, and West Brom are in a pickle. They are 1-0 down and need to win this to have any realistic chance of staying up.
    • 45+2' Olsson barges Gerrard to the ground inside the box. No penalty, says referee Atkinson, and Olsson is furious at what he thinks was a dive from the Liverpool skipper.
    • 45+1' The free-kick is teed up for AGGER!! His low shot is fumbled by Kiely and Benayoun follows up... but he has already been flagged offside!
    • 45' Olsson blocks off Torres's run cynically, and that is a yellow card.
    • 44' Play resumes with a drop ball, and Gerrard puts the ball out for a West Brom goal-kick.
    • 42' Two home players down in the box after a collision - Greening and Zuiverloon.
    • 41' Gerrard takes a corner from the Liverpool left... played short, back to Gerrard who floats a cross for TORRES!! His glancing header forces Kiely to tip over!
    • 40' Gerrard misplaces a through ball and West Brom look to break, but Lucas and Mascherano are instantly in position to break up the attack. This is going to be tough going for the home side.
    • 39' Benayoun is beginning to get involved in the game after a quiet first half.
    • 37' Fortune fouls Mascherano, and stands on the Argentine's foot as he does so. Mascherano grimaces but he should be OK.
    • 36' West Brom win a throw inside the Liverpool haf, to cheers... but Agger hoofs the ball away rather too easily.
    • 34' Gerrard!! Cracks a first-time curler from 25 yards, but it flashes a yard or so wide of the right-hand post.
    • 33' Liverpool are starting to exert a measure of control over the game. Danger for West Brom - there would surely be no way back from two down.
    • 31' The crowd continue to sing, although they know their side have a mountain to climb. It really was quite a ricket by Martis.
    • 30' Great response by West Brom, who come flying back up the field, albeit with a lack of precision.
    • 28' GOAL!!! Steven Gerrard gives Liverpool the lead following a catastrophic error by Martis! The defender dawdles on the ball, Gerrard robs him and plants the ball low into the net.
    • 27' Brunt delivers an excellent inswinging cross from the right that Menseguez just cannot latch on to.
    • 26' Torres!! He attempts an acrobatic volley, but sends the ball high over the bar!
    • 25' Greening and Lucas both stay down after a collision in midfield. The Baggies skipper is booked for sliding in with his studs showing.
    • 24' West Brom deal easily with another Liverpool corner, then fail to make anything from a long throw at the other end.
    • 23' Gerrard's free-kick runs across the area to Torres, whose attempt from a tight angle is blocked. Then the home side cut out an Insua volley from long range.
    • 22' Liverpool free-kick on the right for a Greening challenge on Kuyt.
    • 20' Brunt and Fortune combine in the Liverpool box without being able to get a shot away. Again, it's decent stuff from the home side.
    • 18' Menseguez wins a West Brom free-kick on the right, but Brunt overhits it straight out for a goal-kick.
    • 17' Kuyt crosses from the Liverpool right but Olsson rises above Torres to head it clear.
    • 16' Lucas finds Benayoun at the edge of the area, and his first-time shot is charged down.
    • 15' Uncertain defending from Insua, who concedes a corner with Brunt lurking behind him. Liverpool clear it.
    • 14' Gerrard goes down in a heap following a Mulumbu challenge - referee Martin Atkinson says play on!
    • 12' The corner comes to nothing but Liverpool are starting to come back into this.
    • 11' Gerrard's free-kick is headed behind for a corner by Martis.. Insua to take it.
    • 10' Torres goes down under the challenge of Ryan Donk - a trip, and a good chance for Liverpool here.
    • 9' Greening nutmegs his man and plays the ball into the danger area... Reina tips it clear and Liverpool eventually scramble it away! Tremendous stuff from the Baggies.
    • 8' Brunt plays a through-ball for Greening, but Agger races across to put the ball out for a corner.
    • 6' Great start from the home side, as you might expect. It truly would be amazing if they stay up, but they most likely need two wins.
    • 5' Brunt delivers a corner from the right for GREENING!!!! Great save Reina!!! AND THE REBOUND!!! SAVED AGAIN!!! West Brom so close, brilliant by Reina, great reactions.
    • 4' Zuiverloon flings a throw in from the right, but the ball appears to slip as it comes out of his hands and it drops very short.
    • 2' Emiliano Insua plays at left-back for Liverpool - he is a late replacement for Fabio Aurelio.
    • 1' Liverpool kick off, playing from right to left in all red. West Brom are in their usual navy and white stripes. A tremendous noise around the Hawthorns.
    • - West Brom obviously have no shortage of motivation, but how will Liverpool react after their title challenge was ended yesterday lunchtime?
    • - Rafa Benitez when asked if Manchester United have been the best team in the Premier League this season: "They have more points than us, yes."
    • - West Brom's suspension has been disrupted by the suspension of striker Roman Bednar over claims in a Sunday paper that he bought drugs. Read more here
    • - LIVERPOOL: Reina, Arbeloa, Agger, Carragher, Insua, Lucas, Mascherano, Kuyt, Gerrard, Benayoun, Torres... Subs: Cavalieri, Dossena, Riera, Alonso, Ngog, Skrtel, Babel
    • - WEST BROM: Kiely, Zuiverloon, Martis, Olsson, Donk, Brunt, Mulumbu, Greening, Koren, Menseguez, Fortune... Subs: Carson, Moore, Filipe Teixeira, Meite, Borja Valero, Simpson, Wood
    • - It's do or die for West Bromwich Albion, who know they will be all but relegated unless they beat Liverpool.

  • Team Stats

    West Bromwich Stats Liverpool
    34% Possession 65%
    14 Shots 19
    4 Shots on target 8
    4 Saves 3
    11 Corners 5
    3 Fouls 12
    4 Offsides 2
    2 Yellow cards 0
    0 Red cards 0
    21 Tackles 38
    223 Accurate passes 462
    35 Bad passes 55

  • 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
    • West Bromwich
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Dean Kiely 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 0
      30 Ryan Donk 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 15 3 2
      24 Shelton Martis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 1
      26 Jonas Olsson 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 8 2 3
      22 Gianni Zuiverloon 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 19 1 5
      21 Juan Carlos Menseguez 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 23 4 1
      31 Youssuf Mulumbu 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 25 4 3
      8 Jonathan Greening 0 2 2 4 0 1 0 34 8 2
      7 Robert Koren 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 38 2 2
      11 Chris Brunt 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 18 3 1
      32 Marc-Antoine Fortuné 0 4 0 0 1 3 0 18 2 0
      20 Filipe Teixeira 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      19 Scott Carson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      29 Jay Simpson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      16 Luke Moore 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 1 1 0
      28 Borja Valero 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 13 2 1
      39 Chris Wood 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      23 Abdoulaye Meite 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • Liverpool
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      25 Jose Reina 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 17 0 0
      5 Daniel Agger 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 45 4 1
      23 Jamie Carragher 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 2 2
      22 Emiliano Insua 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 39 11 7
      17 Alvaro Arbeloa 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 43 0 1
      8 Steven Gerrard 1 3 1 0 2 0 1 54 9 3
      20 Javier Mascherano 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 43 7 8
      21 Lucas Leiva 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 57 8 7
      15 Yossi Benayoun 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 25 1 3
      9 Fernando Torres 0 5 2 0 2 1 0 10 4 1
      18 Dirk Kuyt 1 3 2 0 2 0 0 52 3 4
      14 Xabi Alonso 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 33 5 1
      11 Albert Riera 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      37 Martin Skrtel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      2 Andrea Dossena 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      24 David Ngog 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0
      1 Diego Cavalieri 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      19 Ryan Babel 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0

  • Summary

    • 80' FORTUNE!!! This time he puts the ball in the net but the goal is ruled out for offside!!
    • 79' Referee Atkinson lectures the two defenders but takes no further action! Extraordinary incident.
    • 78' BARNEY!!! Jamie Carragher and Alvaro Arbeloa square up to each other and have to be dragged apart by team-mates!
    • 77' FORTUNE AGAIN!!! Terrible miss, directing a free header over the bar!
    • 76' FORTUNE!! Shoots low from an angle on the left but Jamie Carragher deflects is over with a flying block.
    • 65' Lucas is through now, dribbles past his man and shootsÂ… tipped behind by Kiely! So ragged from the hosts.
    • 63' GOAL!!! DIRK KUYT MAKES IT TWO!!! West Brom are surely down! Gerrard finds Kuyt, who weaves his way into space and drills a powerful shot into the bottom-right corner!
    • 59' Koren plays Menseguez through and he squares for FORTUNE!!! He waits too long for the ball and is barged off it by Lucas as he prepares to slot into the empty net!! Justice of a sort - Menseguez was actually offside.
    • 52' MENSEGUEZ!! Drills a low shot at the edge of the box, but it is straight at Reina. Then Torres fires just wide from the edge of the box.
    • 41' Gerrard takes a corner from the Liverpool left... played short, back to Gerrard who floats a cross for TORRES!! His glancing header forces Kiely to tip over!
    • 34' Gerrard!! Cracks a first-time curler from 25 yards, but it flashes a yard or so wide of the right-hand post.
    • 28' GOAL!!! Steven Gerrard gives Liverpool the lead following a catastrophic error by Martis! The defender dawdles on the ball, Gerrard robs him and plants the ball low into the net.
    • 26' Torres!! He attempts an acrobatic volley, but sends the ball high over the bar!
    • 9' Greening nutmegs his man and plays the ball into the danger area... Reina tips it clear and Liverpool eventually scramble it away! Tremendous stuff from the Baggies.
    • 5' Brunt delivers a corner from the right for GREENING!!!! Great save Reina!!! AND THE REBOUND!!! SAVED AGAIN!!! West Brom so close, brilliant by Reina, great reactions.
    • - WEST BROM: Kiely, Zuiverloon, Martis, Olsson, Donk, Brunt, Mulumbu, Greening, Koren, Menseguez, Fortune... Subs: Carson, Moore, Filipe Teixeira, Meite, Borja Valero, Simpson, Wood
    • - It's do or die for West Bromwich Albion, who know they will be all but relegated unless they beat Liverpool.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Martin Atkinson

  • West Bromwich

    Manager: Tony Mowbray

    Captain: Jonathan Greening

    Starting line-up

    • D. Kiely
    • G. Zuiverloon
    • S. Martis Substitution Out (57′)
    • J. Olsson Yellow Card
    • R. Donk
    • C. Brunt
    • Y. Mulumbu Substitution Out (68′)
    • J. Greening Yellow Card
    • R. Koren
    • J. Menseguez
    • M. Fortune

    Subs

    • F. Teixeira
    • S. Carson
    • L. Moore Substitution In68′
    • V. Borja Substitution In57′
    • A. Meite
    • C. Wood
    • J. Simpson

    Injured

    • J. Morrison
    • I. Miller

    Suspended

    None

  • Liverpool

    Manager: Rafael Benitez

    Captain: Steven Gerrard

    Starting line-up

    • J. Reina
    • A. Arbeloa
    • J. Carragher
    • D. Agger
    • E. Insua
    • L. Lucas
    • J. Mascherano Substitution Out (51′)
    • S. Gerrard Goal
    • D. Kuyt Goal
    • Y. Benayoun Substitution Out (73′)
    • F. Torres Substitution Out (69′)

    Subs

    • X. Alonso Substitution In51′
    • A. Riera
    • A. Dossena
    • M. Skrtel
    • R. Babel Substitution In69′
    • D. N'Gog Substitution In73′
    • D. Cavalieri

    Injured

    • F. Aurelio
    • P. Degen

    Suspended

    None

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  1. Ok squarehead64 if you say so! Will have to change my­ pass port and birth sirtificate though

    Even if I was­ Welsh? whats the problem with that?

    From bryjones71, on Sun 17 May 8:20PM

  2. welsh. no matter how you dress it up, welsh.

    From squarehead64, on Sun 17 May 8:10PM

  3. For those of you who don't know the map too well­ Chester is in Cheshire!

    From bryjones71, on Sun 17 May 8:03PM

  4. Give Benitez Money and The Kop will shine

    From guysutcliffe935, on Sun 17 May 7:53PM

  5. IAN.MITCHDICK AKA AL CO CK YOU FU CK IN­ LOOOOOOSSSSERRRRR POOL NOB BRING IT ON I WILL SMASH­ YOUR FU CK IN FACE IN DINNDDIPPIN TWAAATT SCUM SUCKIN­ TIT
    GLORY GLORY MAN UTD

    From WAYNE, on Sun 17 May 7:51PM

  6. its fine mike ! thanks all the same!

    From bryjones71, on Sun 17 May 7:45PM

  7. I said my family name is from near Chester­ squarehead64!
    Currently I'm living in in Finsburry­ park, North London! You know near to the Arsenal!

    From bryjones71, on Sun 17 May 7:43PM

  8. wayne how come u havnt got 1 comment in the utd­ blogs,your not really a utd fan are u,still fu*king­ your dog yeah,di*khead

    From ian.mitchell74, on Sun 17 May 7:36PM

  9. WAYNE we deffo aint m8's, and nope to late you­ deffo said manure fans are banged up,, not the screws.­ so prison's are full of manure fans,, are you in­ jail too,, manure fan

    From annmarie, on Sun 17 May 7:36PM

  10. julien. if that is your best attempt at at joke­ please turn your computer off.

    From squarehead64, on Sun 17 May 7:36PM

  11. bryjones71. if you live near chester why dont you­ support them as your local team you glory hunter, and­ get rid of that picture of steve g please. by the way­ living where you do does make you welsh. some more bad­ news eh.

    From squarehead64, on Sun 17 May 7:34PM

  12. SQUARE HEAD you got a speeding ticket for braking the­ law and youhate the welsh,, was there a little welsh­ man pushing your foot onto the pedal, this making you­ speed and brake the law, or is it because your stupid­ and broke the law??why hate the welsh for that? or do­ you seriously think its ok to speed risking not only­ your own life but also other motorist on the road,,­ some cars carrying children, but hey if you was to hit­ another car while speeding in court you can say hey i­ hate the welsh and everything will be ok, try slowing­ down you idiot

    From annmarie, on Sun 17 May 7:33PM

  13. amycrashbang I ment the prison officers are man utd­ supporters not the inmates my friend
    glory glory man­ utd

    From WAYNE, on Sun 17 May 7:32PM

  14. Whats the only ship that doesn't sail into­ liverpool?

    THE PREMIERSHIP , LOL
    MAN UTD 4 EVER

    From julien, on Sun 17 May 7:28PM

  15. amycrashbang which Ever jail he Ends up in no Doubt­ about it hes going to get bummed to death.
    glooooory­ gloooory man utd
    new premier league champions 2008/2009

    From WAYNE, on Sun 17 May 7:27PM

  16. so mike s you make fun of me because i spelt one thing­ wrong but an all time low is making fun of someone who­ is dyslexic and u call yourself a man utd fan. a real­ man utd fan would not make fun of the 96 and i may be a­ liverpool fan but i congratulate man utd on winning the­ premier league!

    From sian.price3, on Sun 17 May 7:27PM

  17. No mike I am from Nuneaton Warks- family name from near­ Chester!
    But I understnd the Welsh language perfectly!­
    nead I say more??

    From bryjones71, on Sun 17 May 7:23PM

  18. mike s. well done on trying to educate them. i tried­ earlier and had to give up. i feel that in about 2­ hours you may get bored, as i did. dont feel you have­ failed though. you seem to be doing a very good job of­ getting under bryjones71's skin though keep it up. ­ after i got a speeding ticket recently in wales i have­ got a disliking of the welsh and he sounds very welsh­ to me.

    From squarehead64, on Sun 17 May 7:20PM

  19. bryjones71 I think you are right about the Id thing i­ think mike s is a bummerboy caled rc-al co ck hes­ allways talking sh it, I can talk abit but mine is only­ banter alco ck is a pr ick

    From WAYNE, on Sun 17 May 7:19PM

  20. wayne do u not realise wot u have stated,, steve g a­ thug?? put him in strangeways were all the manure fans­ are,, does that not make u a team of thugs then???­ wayne = thick i think

    From annmarie, on Sun 17 May 7:13PM
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