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Liverpool

Torres 57’

Manchester City

Torres sees off sorry City

Fernando Torres scored his 32nd goal of the season as Liverpool secured a thoroughly deserved 1-0 win against Manchester City at Anfield. More

Live Commentary
Time:90'
- Liverpool
- Manchester City
- 90+2' All over at Anfield and Liverpool have a deserved three points. City were fairly unspectacular to say the least.
- 87' City with some pressure late on here. Liverpool should have wrapped this match up years ago.
- 82' Javier Garrido is on for Darius Vassell.
- 81' PING!!!! Benjani blasts a 30-yard free-kick and Jose Reina is forced to palm away.
- 78' Substitute number 3,000. Gerrard is replaced by Andrej Voronin.
- 78' City have yet to seriously threaten.
- 74' Xabi Alonso comes on for Leiva Lucas.
- 68' Liverpool replace Babel with Yossi Benayoun.
- 67' Double change for City. Dietmar Hamann and Alberto Castillo are on for Elano and Ireland.
- 66' TERRIBLE MISS FROM BABEL! Torres burns Dunne AGAIN! and tees up Babel from five yards. Wide!
- 65' Hyypia crosses and KUYT HITS THE BAR!!!
- 61' WHAT A HIT FROM KUYT!!! The ball hung in the air for an eternity and he shaped superbly to volley goalwards. Hart saved once, and then again as Torres tried an overhead kick.
- 58' Great goal from Torres! He glides past Dunne and shoots across Hart and home.
- 54' Wonderful, wonderful run from Javier Mascherano. The Argentine beats one, two, three, but undoes all his good work with a wild slice into the crowd.
- 50' Petrov wins a free-kick on the edge of Liverpool's box. Elano fancies this one...HITS THE POST!!!
- 47' Lovely ball from Gerrard to Torres, he's through but he side-foots wide. Hart had it covered.
- 46' Under way in the second half and almost a goal for Liverpool. Gerrard burst forward and Torres couldn't quite get a shot in. Kuyt then heads wide from a corner.
- 45' Half-time at Anfield and not much to report. Gerrard's curler was the best effort of the half, and Hart's stop matched it.
- 42' Gerrard almost puts Torres away, but Dunne intercepts.
- 37' Michael Johnson crosses for City and Sami Hyypia blocks with his...chest. Penalty shouts rightly turned down.
- 36' City haven't really started to play yet. Liverpool have dominated possession. Babel once again breaks and sends a decent cross into the box. City clear.
- 32 GERRARD WITH A CURLER...GREAT SAVE FROM JOE HART!!! That's more like it!
- 31' Oooooh. Martin Petrov is sent through and he hits the post, but it's offside. VERY VERY TIGHT CALL.
- 29' Good work from Babel, who holds off Sun Jihai to keep Liverpool's move going. Steve Finnan with a cross, but Babel can't make decent contact. City clear.
- 26' It's all gone hushly quiet at Anfield. Nothing too exciting has happened so far.
- 23' Kuyt slides in Torres, but he pulls his shot wide.
- 20 Closest we've come so far. Kuyt smashes a cross in from the right and Ryan Babel's header fizzes over.
- 19' Elano tries to slip in Stephen Ireland, but his pass is a touch heavy.
- 17' Kuyt finds Torres in the box, but he can't bring the ball down.
- 15' City skipper Richard Dunne is back in action today, and he's looked assured in the early exchanges.
- 11' Torres JUST offside. He had Gerrard with him and that was very nearly an excellent opening.
- 10' Good defensive work from Dirk Kuyt, tracking back to help his back four.
- 7' Fernando Torres starts for Liverpool, with Peter Crouch nowhere to be seen in the squad.
- 5' Liverpool on top here. Steven Gerrard his usual imposing himself so far. City are sitting back.
- 1' And we're under way at Anfield! Good atmosphere from both sets of fans and Liverpool with the early pressure.
- - Good afternoon and welcome to eurosport.yahoo.com's LIVE!! coverage of Liverpool v Manchester City at Anfield.

Team Stats

Liverpool	Stats	Manchester City
52%	Possession	47%
25	Shots	5
8	Shots on target	2
1	Saves	4
12	Corners	5
5	Fouls	9
5	Offsides	1
0	Yellow cards	0
0	Red cards	0
39	Tackles	32
329	Accurate passes	289
54	Bad passes	26

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
Num	Name	G	S	SoT	F	FW	O	A	AP	BP	T
25	Jose Reina	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	5	0
23	Jamie Carragher	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	35	1	1
48	Emiliano Insua	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	33	9	9
3	Steve Finnan	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	35	3	0
4	Sami Hyypia	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	45	7	0
8	Steven Gerrard	0	5	1	0	0	1	0	22	4	3
20	Javier Mascherano	0	2	1	3	1	0	0	34	6	11
21	Lucas Leiva	0	4	2	2	1	0	0	30	0	8
19	Ryan Babel	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	14	9	0
9	Fernando Torres	1	4	2	2	1	1	0	11	3	1
18	Dirk Kuyt	0	5	2	0	1	1	1	27	3	3
14	Xabi Alonso	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	1	2
11	Yossi Benayoun	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	3	1
10	Andrej Voronin	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
37	Martin Skrtel	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	Charles Itandje	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Manchester City
Num	Name	S	SoT	F	FW	O	AP	BP	T
25	Joe Hart	0	0	0	0	0	16	1	0
16	Vedran Corluka	0	0	0	0	0	17	0	4
3	Michael Ball	0	0	0	0	0	30	5	4
17	Sun Jihai	0	0	1	3	0	32	0	6
22	Richard Dunne	0	0	2	1	0	36	5	1
7	Stephen Ireland	0	0	0	0	0	37	3	5
6	Michael Johnson	1	1	0	1	0	38	3	4
11	Blumer Elano	1	0	0	1	0	14	2	2
15	Martin Petrov	0	0	0	1	1	12	2	0
12	Darius Vassell	0	0	1	1	0	13	0	3
27	Benjamin Mwaruwari	1	1	0	1	0	12	2	1
24	Javier Garrido	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0
21	Dietmar Hamann	1	0	1	0	0	19	1	1
1	Andreas Isaksson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	Nery Castillo	1	0	0	0	0	9	1	1
28	Gelson Fernandes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Summary
- 65' Hyypia crosses and KUYT HITS THE BAR!!!
- 58' Great goal from Torres! He glides past Dunne and shoots across Hart and home.
- 50' Petrov wins a free-kick on the edge of Liverpool's box. Elano fancies this one...HITS THE POST!!!
- 32 GERRARD WITH A CURLER...GREAT SAVE FROM JOE HART!!! That's more like it!
- 20 Closest we've come so far. Kuyt smashes a cross in from the right and Ryan Babel's header fizzes over.

Live Team Line-Up

Liverpool

Manager: Rafa Benitez

Captain: Steven Gerrard

On the Field
- Reina
- Finnan
- Carragher
- Hyypia
- Insua
- Mascherano
- Lucas
- Gerrard
- Babel
- Kuijt
- Torres
Subs
- Benayoun 68′
- Alonso 74′
- Itandje
- Voronin 78′
- Skrtel
Injured
- Kewell
- Aurelio
- Agger
Suspended

None
Manchester City

Manager: Sven-Göran Eriksson

Captain: Michael Ball

On the Field
- Hart
- Ball
- Dunne
- Corluka
- Sun
- Ireland
- Elano
- Johnson
- Petrov
- Benjani
- Vassell
Subs
- Hamann 67′
- Isaksson
- Castillo 67′
- Gelson
Injured
- Bojinov
- Onuoha
Suspended

None

Man of the match

Torres - Liverpool

What a dynamic performance from the Spaniard, who ran Richard Dunne ragged all afternoon.

League Table

Prem

Pos.	Team	Pl	W	D	L	+/-	Pts
1	Manchester United	38	27	6	5	58	87
2	Chelsea	38	25	10	3	39	85
3	Arsenal	38	24	11	3	43	83
4	Liverpool	38	21	13	4	39	76
5	Everton	38	19	8	11	22	65
6	Aston Villa	38	16	12	10	20	60
7	Blackburn Rovers	38	15	13	10	2	58
8	Portsmouth	38	16	9	13	8	57
9	Manchester City	38	15	10	13	-8	55
10	West Ham	38	13	10	15	-8	49
11	Tottenham Hotspur	38	11	13	14	5	46
12	Newcastle United	38	11	10	17	-20	43
13	Middlesbrough	38	10	12	16	-10	42
14	Wigan Athletic	38	10	10	18	-17	40
15	Sunderland	38	11	6	21	-23	39
16	Bolton Wanderers	38	9	10	19	-18	37
17	Fulham	38	8	12	18	-22	36
18	Reading	38	10	6	22	-25	36
19	Birmingham City	38	8	11	19	-16	35
20	Derby County	38	1	8	29	-69	11

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Champ

Pos.	Team	Pl	W	D	L	+/-	Pts
1	West Bromwich	46	23	12	11	33	81
2	Stoke City	46	21	16	9	14	79
3	Hull City	46	21	12	13	18	75
4	Bristol City	46	20	14	12	1	74
5	Crystal Palace	46	18	17	11	16	71
6	Watford	46	18	16	12	6	70
7	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	18	16	12	5	70
8	Ipswich	46	18	15	13	9	69
9	Sheffield United	46	17	15	14	5	66
10	Plymouth Argyle	46	17	13	16	10	64
11	Charlton Athletic	46	17	13	16	4	64
12	Cardiff City	46	16	16	14	4	64
13	Burnley	46	16	14	16	-7	62
14	Queens Park Rangers	46	14	16	16	-6	58
15	Preston North End	46	15	11	20	-6	56
16	Sheffield Wednesday	46	14	13	19	-1	55
17	Norwich City	46	15	10	21	-10	55
18	Barnsley	46	14	13	19	-13	55
19	Blackpool	46	12	18	16	-5	54
20	Southampton	46	13	15	18	-16	54
21	Coventry City	46	14	11	21	-11	53
22	Leicester City	46	12	16	18	-3	52
23	Scunthorpe United	46	11	13	22	-23	46
24	Colchester United	46	7	17	22	-24	38

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L1

Pos.	Team	Pl	W	D	L	+/-	Pts
1	Swansea City	46	27	11	8	40	92
2	Nottingham Forest	46	22	16	8	32	82
3	Doncaster Rovers	46	23	11	12	24	80
4	Carlisle United	46	23	11	12	18	80
5	Leeds United	46	27	10	9	34	76
6	Southend United	46	22	10	14	15	76
7	Brighton and Hove Albion	46	19	12	15	8	69
8	Oldham Athletic	46	18	13	15	12	67
9	Northampton Town	46	17	15	14	5	66
10	Huddersfield Town	46	20	6	20	-12	66
11	Tranmere Rovers	46	18	11	17	5	65
12	Walsall	46	16	16	14	6	64
13	Swindon Town	46	16	13	17	7	61
14	Leyton Orient	46	16	12	18	-14	60
15	Hartlepool United	46	15	9	22	-3	54
16	Bristol Rovers	46	12	17	17	-8	53
17	Millwall	46	14	10	22	-15	52
18	Yeovil Town	46	14	10	22	-21	52
19	Cheltenham Town	46	13	12	21	-22	51
20	Crewe Alexandra	46	12	14	20	-18	50
21	Bournemouth	46	17	7	22	-10	48
22	Gillingham	46	11	13	22	-29	46
23	Port Vale	46	9	11	26	-34	38
24	Luton Town	46	11	10	25	-20	33

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L2

Pos.	Team	Pl	W	D	L	+/-	Pts
1	MK Dons	46	29	10	7	45	97
2	Peterborough United	46	28	8	10	41	92
3	Hereford United	46	26	10	10	31	88
4	Stockport County	46	24	10	12	18	82
5	Rochdale	46	23	11	12	23	80
6	Darlington	46	22	12	12	27	78
7	Wycombe Wanderers	46	22	12	12	14	78
8	Chesterfield	46	19	12	15	20	69
9	Rotherham United	46	21	11	14	4	64
10	Bradford City	46	17	11	18	2	62
11	Morecambe	46	16	12	18	-4	60
12	Barnet	46	16	12	18	-7	60
13	Bury	46	16	11	19	-3	59
14	Brentford	46	17	8	21	-18	59
15	Lincoln City	46	18	4	24	-16	58
16	Grimsby Town	46	15	10	21	-11	55
17	Accrington	46	16	3	27	-34	51
18	Shrewsbury Town	46	12	14	20	-9	50
19	Macclesfield Town	46	11	17	18	-17	50
20	Dag & Red	46	13	10	23	-21	49
21	Notts County	46	10	18	18	-16	48
22	Chester City	46	12	11	23	-17	47
23	Mansfield Town	46	11	9	26	-20	42
24	Wrexham	46	10	10	26	-32	40