[Eaglesfan27]

2 minute mark: Downing passes to Djemba.. he dribbles into the box.. shoots.. upper left corner.. Kirkland turns it away.

5 minute mark: rooney dribbles into the box.. draws two defenders.. passes to Djemba.. he shoots.. upper right corner.. the keeper dives.. blocks it.

6 minute mark: Kirkland starts the counter attack.. long pass to Yakubu.. he outjumps Brown.. heads it to Cisse.. Cisse passes it between two defenders to Yakubu in the box.. he shoots.. lower right corner.. Howard dives.. tips it.. but it still rolls into the net! GOAL. Down 1-0.

16 minute mark: Rooney dribbles into the box.. draws two defenders.. passes to Schreurs in the middle of the box.. he shoots.. Kirkland saves it.

28 minute mark: Luis Garcia with a free kick... passes it to Yakubu in the box.. he fakes out Ferdinand.. shoots.. upper right corner.. Howard dives... it is past him. GOAL. Down 2-0.

36 minute mark: Downing with a corner to the far post.. Rooney heads it.. into the crossbar.

38 minute mark: Downing passes to Cook outside the box.. he shoots.. the keeper punches it over the bar.

44 minute mark: Cisse passes to Yakubu in the box.. he shoots.. upper left corner.. Howard dives.. catches it.



Halftime: 2-0 lead for Liverpool. They have over 61,000 fans here today.



50 minute mark: Downing passes to cook in the box.. he shoots.. a defender blocks it.

60 minute mark: Lucio passes to Djemba just outside the box.. he shoots.. the keeper blocks it.

61 minute mark: Rooney dribbles into the left side of the box.. crosses to Smith.. great pass.. Smith wiffs on it!

61 minute mark: McFadden on for Djemba - moving McFadden to AMC in a 4-3-1-2. King on for Smith, and Godoy on for Schreurs. Time to fire up the offense.

68 minute mark: Rooney dribbles into the box.. is tackled.. the ball rolls to McFadden.. he shoots.. upper right corner.. barely wide right.

74 minute mark: cook passes to McFadden in the box.. he shoots.. hard shot.. upper left corner.. the keeper saves it.

77 minue mark: Downing with a corner kick.. to Lucio by the near post.. he heads it.. into the crossbar.. Rooney gets the rebound.. shoots from 5 yards out.. Great save by Kirkland. He is having a great year.


Game over. Disappointing 2-0 loss.

We outshot them 16-13 (7-7 on target)

Kirkland was great with a 10 for form, but Yakubu won MoM. 10 for form, 28 of 32 passes, 0 of 2 tackles, 9 of 26 headers, 1 interception, 1 run, 3 fouls drawn, and 2 goals.