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Sunday May 4, 2008 Finished Anfield

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Liverpool

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  1. Torres sees off sorry 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
      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
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      25 Joe Hart 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 1 0
      16 Vedran Corluka 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 4
      3 Michael Ball 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 5 4
      17 Sun Jihai 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 32 0 6
      22 Richard Dunne 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 36 5 1
      7 Stephen Ireland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 3 5
      6 Michael Johnson 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 38 3 4
      11 Blumer Elano 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 14 2 2
      15 Martin Petrov 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 12 2 0
      12 Darius Vassell 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 13 0 3
      27 Benjamin Mwaruwari 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 12 2 1
      24 Javier Garrido 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0
      21 Dietmar Hamann 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 19 1 1
      1 Andreas Isaksson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      30 Nery Castillo 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 1 1
      28 Gelson Fernandes 0 0 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 Substitution Out (74′)
    • Gerrard Substitution Out (78′)
    • Babel Substitution Out (68′)
    • Kuijt
    • Torres Goal

    Subs

    • Benayoun Substitution In68′
    • Alonso Substitution In74′
    • Itandje
    • Voronin Substitution In78′
    • 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 Substitution Out (67′)
    • Johnson
    • Petrov Substitution Out (67′)
    • Benjani
    • Vassell Substitution Out (82′)

    Subs

    • Hamann Substitution In67′
    • Isaksson
    • Castillo Substitution In67′
    • Gelson

    Injured

    • Bojinov
    • Onuoha

    Suspended

    None