2nd December

Liverpool 4 - Bolton 0


Bolton where taken apart at Anfield, not the same Bolton that beat Man Utd last weekend. Gerrard provided assist for the 2 goals before half time with Hyypia heading in the first goal on the 17th min , Anelka missed an open goal shot , Gerrard passed a ball through to Torres to score on the 45th min. Back out for the second half and Gerrard scored on the 56th min with a penalty Meite fouled Crouch in the area, Babel made light work of the 4th on the 86th min. Bolton had nothing going forward and look so weak. The worries continue for Bolton as Anelka is expected to leave the club in January and there isnt much to replace him. On the other hand Liverpool are going from strength to strength maybe this will pursued the owners to release some funding for new signing come the transfer window (would they buy Anelka?).

Liverpool: Reina, Arbeloa, Hyypia, Carragher (Hobbs 51), Riise, Benayoun, Gerrard, Lucas, Kewell (Babel 67), Torres (Kuyt 76), Crouch.
Subs Not Used: Itandje, Mascherano.

Goals: Hyypia 17, Torres 45, Gerrard 56 pen, Babel 86. Bolton: Jaaskelainen, Samuel, Meite, Michalik, Gardner, McCann, Campo, Speed, Davies, Anelka, Diouf (Giannakopoulos 66).
Subs Not Used: Al Habsi, Wilhelmsson, Teymourian, Alonso.

Booked: Diouf, Campo, Michalik.

Att: 43,270

Ref: Steve Bennett (Kent).
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Tottenham 2 - Birmingham 3

Alex McLeish's debut game and a win at White Hart Lane, cant really ask for much more. McSheffrey took the Blues ahead on the 24th min from a Penalty that Kaboul had given away. The next goal didnt come until the second half as Berbetov was fouled in the area given Spurs a penalty Keane scored on the 50th min. 3 mins later Keane scored again. Jerome got through the Spurs defence like they where statues and blasted a shot past Robinson taking it even 2-2 on the 62nd min. Keane was shown a straight red for a late tackle on Muamba a very bad call from the ref as the replay showed no foul and not justified at all (ref's must be on xmas bonus for dishing out cards). Larsson finished it on the 90th min with a cracking 25yd shot went high right brilliant shot a well deserved win for Birmingham, unlucky for Spurs but the ref's bad call made the difference.

Tottenham: Robinson, Chimbonda, Dawson, Kaboul (Huddlestone 46), Bale (Lee 75), Lennon, Zokora, Malbranque, Keane, Berbatov, Bent (Defoe 46).
Subs Not Used: Cerny, Boateng.

Sent Off: Keane (68).

Goals: Keane 50 pen, 53.

Birmingham: Taylor, Kelly, Schmitz (Parnaby 63), Ridgewell, Djourou, De Ridder (Forssell 66), Larsson, Nafti, Muamba, McSheffrey (Kapo 77), Jerome.
Subs Not Used: Doyle, O'Connor.

Booked: Schmitz.

Goals: McSheffrey 24 pen, Jerome 62, Larsson 90.

Att: 35,635

Ref: Phil Dowd (Staffordshire).