1st minute: Downing burns two defenders.. crosses to Smith who heads it to Djemba.. who heads it on goal... the keeper saves.
7 minute mark: John Arne Riise gets a yellow card for tripping Eagles.
19 minute mark: McFadden passes to Smith just outside the box.. it was a long pass and the keeper came out of the box to get it.. Smith chips it.. over the bar.
22 minute mark: Eagles passes to Smith in the box.. Jordi tackles him before he can get off a shot.
31 minute mark: Howard stops a long shot from Garcia.
36 minute mark: Howard stops a long shot from Yakubu.
39 minute mark: Howard stops a long shot from Cisse.
44 minute mark: Cisse with a 20 yard shot.. curving.. left corner.. Howard dives.. catches it!
45 minute mark: Eagles with a long pass to McFadden in the box.. Great pass from Eagles.. Mcfadden controls it.. dribbles around a defender.. around the keeper.. shoots.. into the left side of the net! GOAL!!!! 1-0. That is McFadden's 5th goal of the year.
Halftime: We are up 1-0. Liverpool has over 61,000 fans here today.
55 minute mark: cook is tired, and I try an experiment by putting King on at midfield.
59 minute mark: Howard stops a 20 yard hard curving Gerrard shot.
59 minute mark: Garcia gets a yellow card for tripping Eagles.
62 minute mark: Smith is tired, I put Adriano on for him.
65 minute mark: King passes it to Adriano in the box.. Adriano is tackled by Jordi.. whistle.. yellow card for Jordi! Penalty shot awarded! McFadden steps up to take it.. hard shot.. left side of the net.. the keeper dives.. blocks it.
72 minute mark: Garcia crosses to Cisse who heads it.. Howard with a brilliant play to punch it over the bar.
75 minute mark: Carragher gets a yellow card for tripping Downing.
80 minute mark: Lucio gets a yellow card for tripping Cisse just outside the box.. Le Tallec takes the free kick.. blasts it over the bar.
81 minute mark: Eagles takes a corner kick..sends it to Ferdinand in the box.. Traore trips Ferdinand.. whistle.. penalty shot awarded.. Traore gets a yellow card. King steps up to take the penalty shot.. shoots.. lower right corner.. GOAL!!!! 2-0.
Game over. A great 2-0 win on the road against a tough opponent!
We outshot them 14-10 (9-7 on target)
Christopher Eagles wins MoM, 9 for form, 22 of 28 passes, 6 of 10 tackles, 2 of 5 headers, 7 interceptions, 5 runs, 2 fouls drawn, and 1 assist.
Howard and Ferdinand also had 9's for form. Smith, Cook, Adriano, and King had 7's for form. The rest of the team had 8's.