Weekend Football Round-Up: Liverpool bounce back to beat Man Utd
Liverpool produced a determined display to beat an out-of-sorts Manchester United yesterday.
Second half goals from Fernando Torres and David Ngog put the Merseyside club right back in the title race after the 2 – 0 win at Anfield.
Right from the off, the home side dominated the play and their dominance was rewarded with three points.
Torres opened the scoring on the 64th minute when Yossi Benayoun’s fine through ball pass found the fit again Spaniard, who used his strength to get past Rio Ferdinand and then strike the ball home.
United throughout the match failed to perform at their fluent best and struggled to cope with the atmosphere with Liverpool regularly closing them down.
Nemanja Vidic was dismissed for the champions as they looked for an equaliser.
Javier Mascherano also saw red in stoppage time after a foul on goalkeeper Edwin Van der Sar which brought him his second yellow card.
Seconds later Liverpool scored again to wrap up the match when Ngog through one-on-one calmly slotted the ball home. A big win for Rafa Benitez’s men after losing four consecutive games in all competitions.
Elsewhere in the Premier League – Chelsea returned to the top after thrashing Blackburn 5 -0. Arsenal had to settle for a point at West Ham after they let their 2 – 0 lead slip away at Upton Park.
Like Arsenal, Manchester City threw away a two goal lead at home as Fulham came back for a well earned point.
Tony Pulis’ Stoke produced arguably the shock of the weekend after winning 1 – 0 away at Tottenham thanks to Glenn Whelan’s 86th minute strike.
Everton’s bad form continued as they slipped to a 3 – 2 defeat away at Bolton and the West Midlands derby between Wolves and Aston Villa ended 1 – 1 at Molineux.
Newly promoted Burnley suffered their first home defeat of the season losing 3 – 1 to Wigan Athletic and Birmingham City beat Sunderland 2 – 1 in Steve Bruce’s return to St Andrews.
Strugglers Hull City and Portsmouth played out a stalemate at the KC Stadium with some of the home fans booing Phil Brown’s side after the final whistle.
In the Coca Cola Championship, Newcastle returned to the top of the league after an injury time winner from Kevin Nolan gave the Magpies a 2 – 1 victory at home to Doncaster.
Cardiff City moved to second after a thrilling 4 – 3 away win at Sheffield United. West Brom fell to third despite picking up a point in a goaless draw at Coventry.
The bottom two teams, Plymouth and Ipswich shared the spoils with a 1 – 1 draw at Home Park with Roy Keane’s men still looking for their first win of the campaign.
In League One, leaders Leeds United slipped to a 2 – 1 defeat away to Millwall and Colchester kept up the pressure with victory against Walsall at home.
Second placed Charlton had to settle for a point away at Gillingham after Simeon Jackson cancelled out an own goal from John Nutter.
In League Two, Bournemouth stayed top after beating struggling Grimsby Town 3 – 1. Managerless Notts County kept up their great home record, brushing aside Crewe Alexandra 2 – 0.
Steve Staunton’s Darlington remain bottom of the table losing 3 – 0 away at Barnet.
In Scotland, Rangers’ misery continued as they were held at home to Hibernian in a 1 – 1 draw.
Celtic took full advantage beating Hamilton 2 – 1 to return to the top of the SPL.
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Carl Dickinson put the boot into us at the weekend. Absolutely gutted. Traveled down from Ayrshire for this as one as my mate’s got corporate tickets through his work. Hate to say it but it was a cracking goal. Wee Burky had a great game. Although we travelled down and got beat we still had a ball. Traveled back to Wales in a supporters bus (sang all the way), had a party with the fans which was great and then stayed at the Village Cardiff Hotel. Hopefully be down for a home game after Christmas.