LIVERPOOL 2 - 1 MIDDLESBROUGH
Saturday 23 August 2008 15:00
Barclays Premier League
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Liverpool:
Reina, Dossena, Carragher, Skrtel, Arbeloa, Benayoun, Gerrard (captain), Alonso, Kuyt, Torres, Keane. Subs - Agger, Plessis, Aurelio, Ngog, El Zhar, Babel, Cavalieri
Middlesbrough:
Turnbull, Taylor, Pogatetz (captain), Huth, Wheater, Downing, O'Neil, Shawky, Aliadiere, Sanli, Alves. Subs - Johnson, , Hoyte, Williams, Digard, Emnes
Referee: Mike Riley
Conditions: Fine
Attendance: 43168
Liverpoolfc.tv Man-of-the-Match: Fernando Torres
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Mido-70
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Carragher -85
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Gerrard-90+
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Live Commentary:
14:00 GMT : Match Starts
1 min : Boro kick off after the now customary captains' handshake - which incidentally, is going to mean YNWA comes on once the players are already out this season
3 mins : The visitors off to a bright start...Skrtel has to intercept after a poor pass by Dossena
3 mins : Torres surges forward...lays off to Kuyt, whose 20-yard shot is well saved by Ross Turnbull
4 mins : Turnbull wasn't actually down to play today until first-choice stopper Brad Jones injured his hand in the warm up
5 mins : Gerrard finds Torres...he cuts it inside to Keane, who scuffs his shot
6 mins : Good atmosphere6 mins : Dossena wins a free-kick from Wheater in a good position
7 mins : Yossi volleys over from the edge of the box
8 mins : Torres heads over after a dangerous ball into the box
10 mins : Great covering again from Skrtel
11 mins : Dossena and Aliadiere are down after a clash of heads...both looks hurt 13 mins : Reina forced into action with a fingertip save from a volley
14 mins : Dossena was forced to leave the pitch but he's back now...Aliadiere looks a bit ridiculous in his bandage...not quite Terry Butcher
18 mins : Torres tries his luck from a good 50 yards...oh dear.
21 mins : Dossena skins his man but his cross is too close to Turnbull
22 mins : Confusion in the Liverpool box but Reina gets there in the end
23 mins : Now Xabi is down...received a knock to his left leg
26 mins : Electronic advertising boards at Anfield for the first time
26 mins : First Booking: Alvaro Arbeloa: Late challenge
27 mins : Dossena loses possession in a dangerous area but thankfully Riley blows his whistle
29 mins : Great challenge by Kuyt sets us on the attack...Keane and Gerrard exchange the ball...it's back to Kuyt who cuts back...Gerrard claims he was pushed by the ref is having none of it
31 mins : Nice interception from Carra31 mins : Torres finds Gerrard on the far edge of the box...the skipper's curling effort is just wide
33 mins : Corner...
33 mins : ...Xabi plays it short to Yossi whose cross is met by a trademark overhead kick from Skrtel...wide
34 mins : Huth is surely holding Torres back in the box? Rafa is furious that hasn't been given
37 mins : Keane and Torres link up well...corner
37 mins : Comes to nothing and Boro break
38 mins : Lovely flick by Torres...our best player so far
39 mins : Brilliant from Keane to skin Huth before finding Torres with a terrific pass...El Nino's shot is deflected wide
43 mins : Nice to see a Liverpool keeper in Grobbelaar green again
45 mins : Three minutes injury time
14:48 GMT : Half Time Reached
15:05 GMT : Second Half Begins
46 mins : Keane and Torres get the second half underway
47 mins : Liverpool corner...Alonso doesn't beat the first man
49 mins : Keane crosses for his strike partner...Torres' foot is high as he goes for the ball and Riley blows. The Kop doesn't like it
52 mins : Intelligent ball from Alonso to set Torres down the right...Andrew Taylor does well to challenge
56 mins : Alonso lingers on the ball to put Boro on the attack...
57 mins : Ngog warming up...
57 mins : Torres tumbles in the box but this time Riley is probably right
58 mins : Keane wins a free-kick in a dangerous area...Gerrard takes the ball...
59 mins : ...and hits the wall. Corner...
59 mins : Once again Alonso doesn't beat the first man
60 mins : Substitution: Mido for Afonso Alves:
62 mins : Mido skins Carra then beats Arbeloa before sending a low cross to Tuncay, whose brilliant turn takes him away from Skrtel and through on goal...thankfully the shot is close enough to Reina
64 mins : Torres fouled 18 yards out but the free-kick comes to nothing...the crowd is getting impatient
65 mins : Substitution: Ryan Babel for Yossi Benayoun:
65 mins : Torres tries one from 30-plus yards. Just wide
67 mins : Kuyt through...offside
70 mins : Alonso slips and gives the ball away in the middle...Boro on the attack...oh dear
70 mins : GOAL! Mido : Long range shot beyond Reina and into the bottom corner
75 mins : Babel falls over the balls but Skrtel recovers
75 mins : Substitution: Fabio Aurelio for Andrea Dossena:
75 mins : Substitution: Justin Hoyte for Andrew Taylor:
78 mins : First Booking: Robbie Keane: Keane booked for protesting after blatant handball in the box!
79 mins : First Booking: Mido :
82 mins : We are really pressing now
83 mins : Substitution: Nabil El Zhar for Alvaro Arbeloa:
84 mins : Torres surely...oh the ref blows. God knows what for
85 mins : GOAL! Jamie Carragher: !!!!!!! !!!!!!!! !!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!! !!!!!!! Ha ha what a legend. Massive deflection but no one's taking that off Carra
85 mins : Substitution: Didier Digard for Tuncay Sanli:
90 mins : GOAL! Steven Gerrard: Unbelievable. Screamer from inside the box into the top corner. Anfield goes mental
15:57 GMT : Match Over
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