Harry Kewell was the toast of Anfield yesterday after his second-half stunner sealed a hard fought 3-1 victory over Everton in a game which saw the European champions play without their talismanic captain,Steven Gerrard for over 70 minutes.
The game was a relative bore until Liverpool captain, Steven Gerrard was sent off for a second bookable offence.
What followed was a game controlled by Everton until an own-goal by Phil Neville in the first-half of stoppage time handed Liverpool the lead. The second-half started in brilliant fashion for the Reds as Luis Garcia scored a gem of a goal to give Liverpool an unexpected 2-0 lead two minutes from the restart. Tim Cahill pulled one back on the hour mark after a superb header past Reina to give the blues a lifeline. In a game filled with ill tempers and gruesome tackles, Everton's Dutch substitute Andy Van Der Meyde was sent off in the 72nd minute for elbowing Liverpool's Xabi Alonso. The reds dug deep for the rest of the game and almost went close to scoring a winner after man-of-the match Xabi Alonso's freekick struck the crossbar.The Reds's persistence finally paid off in the 80th minute when Harry Kewell let fly a 30-yard stunner to end the 203rd merseyside derby in favour of the Red half of merseyside.
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Awesome reporting!! - even non-football fans (like us) can appreciate the narration... Ever think of writing a book??....
ReplyDeleteNot bad for an Aussie too. I've said it before and I'll say it here, watch out for Australia, first time qualifiers for the World Cup. They go far..........in Germany!
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