FINAL WHISTLE: Liverpool 1-0 West Brom
Liverpool have got the job done against ten man West Bromwich Albion, winning 1-0 at Anfield thanks to a second-half Fernando Torres goal.
Liverpool: 1 (Fernando Torres 65’)
West Bromwich Albion: 0
Venue: Anfield - Liverpool
Crowd: 41,194
Referee: Lee Probert
Yellow cards: LIV - nil
WBA - nil
Red card: WBA - James Morrison 86’
The only goal of the contest came just after the hour-mark when Spanish striker Fernando Torres linked up well with Dutchman Dirk Kuyt down the left flank before shifting and shooting past Baggies keeper Scott Carson to give Liverpool the lead.
The visitors tried valiantly to get back into proceedings but it was made tough when James Morrison was shown a red card for his lunge at Torres with four minutes remaining.
Starting Line-Ups
LIV
Pepe Reina (gk), Martin Skrtel, Jamie Carragher, Daniel Agger, Glen Johnson, Christian Poulsen, Lucas, Milan Jovanovic (Rodriguez 60’), Dirk Kuyt, Fernando Torres (Babel 89’), Steven Gerrard
Subs - Brad Jones (gk), Maxi Rodriguez (60’), Ryan Babel (89’), Sotirios Kyrgiakos, Dani Pacheco, Jay Spearing, Martin Kelly
WBA
Scott Carson (gk), Jonas Olsson, Gabriel Tamas, Nicky Shorey, Gonzalo Jara, Graham Dorrans (Tchoyi 76’), James Morrison, Youssuf Mulumbu, Chris Brunt, Peter Odemwingie, Marc-Antoine Fortune (Wood 82’)
Subs - Boaz Myhill (gk), Steven Reid, Pablo Ibanez, Giles Barnes, Somen Tchoyi (76’), Chris Wood (82’), Simon Cox
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Results & Fixtures
Matches
| Home | Away | Score | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun May 13th | |||
| West Bromwich Albion | Arsenal | 2 - 3 | 14:00 |
| Everton | Newcastle United | 3 - 1 | 14:00 |
| Sunderland | Manchester United | - 1 | 14:00 |
| Wigan Athletic | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 3 - 2 | 14:00 |
| Manchester City | Queens Park Rangers | 3 - 2 | 14:00 |
| Swansea City | Liverpool | 14:00 | |
| Norwich City | Aston Villa | 14:00 | |
| Tottenham Hotspur | Fulham | 14:00 | |
| Chelsea | Blackburn Rovers | 2 - 1 | 14:00 |
| Stoke City | Bolton Wanderers | 2 - 2 | 14:00 |
Tables
| Team | P | W | D | L | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manchester City | 38 | 28 | 5 | 5 | 64 | 89 |
| Manchester United | 38 | 28 | 5 | 5 | 56 | 89 |
| Arsenal | 38 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 25 | 70 |
| Tottenham Hotspur | 38 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 25 | 69 |
| Newcastle United | 38 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 65 |
| Chelsea | 38 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 19 | 64 |
| Everton | 38 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 56 |
| Liverpool | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 52 |
| Fulham | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | -3 | 52 |
| West Bromwich Albion | 38 | 13 | 8 | 17 | -7 | 47 |
| Swansea City | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | -7 | 47 |
| Norwich City | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | -14 | 47 |
| Sunderland | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | -1 | 45 |
| Stoke City | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | -17 | 45 |
| Wigan Athletic | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | -20 | 43 |
| Aston Villa | 38 | 7 | 17 | 14 | -16 | 38 |
| Queens Park Rangers | 38 | 10 | 7 | 21 | -23 | 37 |
| Bolton Wanderers | 38 | 10 | 6 | 22 | -31 | 36 |
| Blackburn Rovers | 38 | 8 | 7 | 23 | -30 | 31 |
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | 38 | 5 | 10 | 23 | -42 | 25 |
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Comments (3)
still early stages and a win is a win but i dont see anything different from hodgsons approach to the game to benitez's. We dont have any quality to break down opponents, especially against the weaker ones. All i can say is lucky we have torres. Why on earth did we have only 1 striker against a team who lost 6nil to chelshit. Too defensive especially at home! We play like shit! I dont see any improvement in the formation and game play under hodgson. I just hope the new midfielder is creative and that we get a good striker. We need to play alot better if we want a top 4 spot.
must drop or sell lucas, he's got no pace,skill or brains for the epl.
Well, Liverpool won, but hardly, I might add.
If they won´t buy anyone in next two days, this club might be in deep troubles by January.
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