West Ham 2-3 Liverpool

[gerrard]

WEST HAM UNITED 2 - 3 LIVERPOOL
Saturday 19 September 2009 17:30 ,
Barclays Premier League






A Fernando Torres double and a poacher's goal from Dirk Kuyt earned Liverpool a 3-2 win at West Ham - call LFC TV now on 0845 234 4567 to discuss the game on our brand new post-match phone-in.


Teams

Liverpool: Reina, Insua, Carragher, Skrtel, Johnson, Benayoun, Mascherano (captain), Leiva, Kuyt, Gerrard, Torres. Subs - Babel, Degen, Dossena, Kyrgiakos, Cavalieri, Riera, Aurelio

West Ham United: Green, Ilunga, Tomkins, Upson (captain), Faubert, Hines, Parker, Behrami, Noble, Cole, Diamanti. Subs - Gabbidon, Kovac, Nouble, Payne, Kurucz, Spector, Dyer


Man-of-the-Match: Fernando Torres

Breakdown

16:31 GMT : Match Starts
1 min : Liverpool get the game underway at Upton Park
1 min : Faubert delivers a ball into the Liverpool area which Reina gathers comfortably
2 mins : West Ham should be ahead as Hines robs possession off Carragher but drives his shot against the post. Great chance for the home side
5 mins : Torres gets a bang on the ankle as Liverpool win a throw on the left
7 mins : Benayoun should score but shoots straight at Green when through on the Hammers goal
10 mins : Liverpool claim a penalty but the ref isn't interested as Torres' cross appears to strike an arm
12 mins : Insua charges forward into space but drives a low shot wide of the far post
15 mins : Faubert crosses from the right and Reina manages to hold a header towards his own goal from Johnson
16 mins : Diamanti has space outside the area but doesn't make good contact with his shot. No problem for Pepe
17 mins : Torres controls and turns in one instant inside the box, but can't find the target with his right footed shot
20 mins : Good play from Kuyt as he wins our first corner of the game - but Upson heads away under pressure from Skrtel
21 mins : GOAL! Fernando Torres: Torres drifts past Tomkins and beats Green to net a brilliant individual goal
25 mins : Substitution: Danny Gabbidon for Matthew Upson:
27 mins : Substitution: Radoslav Kovac for Valon Behrami:
28 mins : Carragher brings down Hines - penalty to West Ham
29 mins : First Booking: Jamie Carragher:
29 mins : Penalty Scored! Alessandro Diamanti: Diamanti beats Reina from the spot to level the scores
31 mins : First Booking: Scott Parker:
34 mins : Nice play from Ilunga to get away from Johnson, but his delivery is poor
36 mins : First Booking: Julien Faubert: Foul on Gerrard gives us a free kick in a good area outside the box
41 mins : GOAL! Dirk Kuyt: Kuyt stretches to score from close range after a Gerrard header was arrowing towards the corner
44 mins : First Booking: Martin Skrtel:
45 mins : GOAL! Carlton Cole: The Hammers are back on terms as Cole glances a header home from a corner on the stroke of half time
17:24 GMT : Half Time Reached
17:36 GMT : Second Half Begins
46 mins : West Ham get the second half underway
48 mins : Johnson shoots from distance but his effort is well blocked
51 mins : First Booking: Javier Mascherano: Late tackle on the lively Hines
58 mins : Both sides going forward - this game could go either way
59 mins : Good goalkeeping from Reina to palm the ball away following a well flighted corner
60 mins : Substitution: Ryan Babel for Dirk Kuyt:
62 mins : Benayoun goes on a mazy run towards the West Ham area and is only denied by a last ditch challenge
64 mins : Parker goes for goal from distance but his shot is blocked
65 mins : Substitution: Kieron Dyer for Alessandro Diamanti:
66 mins : Babel blazes high and wide after receiving a good ball from Gerrard
71 mins : Liverpool starting to exert some more pressure on the West Ham goal now
74 mins : GOAL! Fernando Torres: Babel crosses from the right and Torres rises to head home
77 mins : A corner from the right is headed off target by Tomkins. Can we hold the lead this time?
82 mins : Torres goes hat-trick hunting but his low shot is gathered by Green
85 mins : Substitution: Fabio Aurelio for Yossi Benayoun:
90 mins : Substitution: Albert Riera for Fernando Torres:
90 mins : First Booking: Carlton Cole:
18:25 GMT : Match Over

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**GREAT STUFF SHOWED REAL CHARACTER AND AWAY TO WEST HAM CAN BE A TRICKY MATCH

[gonzales]

Good result in the end and Nando was out on his own

But.. we have got to start defending better, we wont win the league defending the way we have been lately, dunno whats going on, we used to be really tight at the back

[Scousysmurf]

Yeah I was just thinking that myself Gonzo, we used to pull off clean sheets with no problem whatsoever.....I wonder what the difference is really

[elroja]

Have to agree with the folks our defending is causing concern, i mean why cant we just get it going on at the same time - if we're scoring goals we're leaking at the back, if we're defending well we arent scoring goals, really annoying