• Date: Sat 15 November 2008
  • Venue: Reebok Stadium
  • Ref: Styles, R
  • Attendance: 24,893
0 - 2
Liverpool

Liverpool

Kuyt (28)

Gerrard (73)

Bolton Wanderers vs Liverpool

Team Lineups

Bolton Wanderers

Jussi Jaaskelainen
Jlloyd Samuel
Andy O'Brien
Gary Cahill
Gretar Steinsson
Matt Taylor (Ebi Smolarek, 84)
Kevin Nolan
Fabrice Muamba (Ricardo Gardner, 46)
Gavin McCann
Kevin Davies, K
Johan Elmander

Liverpool

Jose Manuel Reina
Sami Hyypia
Fabio Aurelio
Daniel Agger
Jamie Carragher
Albert Riera (Yossi Benayoun, 89)
Steven Gerrard
Javier Mascherano
Xabi Alonso
Dirk Kuyt (Leiva Lucas, 84)
Robbie Keane (Fernando Torres, 59)


Live Text Commentary
Full time
 

Full-Time: BOLTON 0-2 LIVERPOOL.

90

Liverpool corner as O'Brien cuts out Benayoun's cross, it eventually falls too Lucas whose header goes wide.

90

Bolton corner, credit to them they're still pressing, Gardner takes but Carraher clears.

90

Elmander caught offside in what was probably Bolton's last chance to salvage anything. Going into three added minutes.

89
Substitution
 

Benitez makes another change as Albert Riera is replaced by Yossi Benayoun.

87

Elmander wins a corner for Bolton, Gardner takes but it doesn't beat the first man.

86

Torres smashes a shot but sees it come off the post and go out for a goal kick, you'd put your life on him scoring from there.

85
Yellow Card
 

Jamie Carragher booked, honestly not sure why. It hasn't been a good day for referee Mr Styles today.

84

Unbelievable miss by Ricrado Gardner, he started the move with a neat back heel before getting it back and hitting it over the bar from 7 yards.

83
Substitution
 

Liverpool also make a change as Dirk Kuyt is replaced by Lucas Leiva.

83
Substitution
 

Matt Taylor replaced by Ebi Smolarek.

82

Bolton win a corner, Taylor takes but Reina punches clear.

80

Torres lays the ball off to Alonso whose shot produces a fine save from Jaaskelainen from distance.

79

Fernando Torres beat the offside trap but ran into keeper Jaaskelainen who saved with his legs.

77

The sting has been taken out of this game after the second Liverpool goal, Torres just caught offside.

72
Goal
 

BOLTON 0-2 LIVERPOOL. GERRARD scores with a sweet header from a brilliant cross by Torres, it was poor defending from Andy O'Brien but a wonderful goal of Torres' creation.

71

Nolan takes a shot but Reina saves.

70

Bolton win a free kick and O'Brien hits it long but Reina gathers.

69

Torres lets the ball run through for Gerrard but his shot is wide.

66

Bolton win another corner after Hypia miskicks the ball out of play, McCann takes but its too long and goes out for a Liverpool goal kick.

65

Elmander wins a corner for Bolton, Reina came and got no where near it but he does catch McCann's cross.

62
Yellow Card
 

Kevin Nolan booked for arguing with Rob Styles over that corner incident, replays showed it was a corner and it just doesn't seem like Bolton's day today.

62

Matt Taylor flashes a free kick over the Liverpool cross bar, it looked like Reina got a touch but Liverpool win a goal kick.

61

Torres nearly makes an immediate impact, the Spaniard hits a low cross and Gerrard steams in to meet it but somehow he misses from point blank range.

60

Gerrard hits a shot but Nolan blocks then clears for Bolton.

59
Substitution
 

Fernando Torres comes on for Robbie Keane.

55

Torres is warming up as Bolton still look the better side, Liverpool are defending well though and have just broken but Alonso puts the ball out of play with Aurelio down injured.

53

Daniel Agger lost a tooth in the last Bolton attack, he ran into the post and then hit himself in the face with his knee, ouch. Matt Taylor has just had a header saved after a Samuel cross.

51

Taylor plays through Gardner who runs one on one with Reina, he rounds the Liverpool keeper but falls over as he takes his shot and misses an open goal.

49

Elmander, Davies and Nolan all see shots blocked inside the Liverpool 18 yard box, Some good work from Bolton and they look a lot brighter.

48

McCann lays it off to Nolan and his shot goes through the wall but straight into Reina's arms.

48

Elmander takes a shot which Reina parries from the corner, Bolton pressure and win a free kick following corner.

46

Bolton win a free kick right on the edge of the Liverpool box, McCann takes but Liverpool clear.

46
Substitution
 

Ricardo Gardner on for Fabrice Muamba at half time.

Half time
 

Half-Time: BOLTON 0-1 LIVERPOOL.

45

That was controversial. Referee Rob Styles ruled out a Bolton goal for Nolan fouling keeper Reina when the corner came in, replays showed Reina pushing Nolan.

45

Bolton corner just before half time, McCann takes and Cahill scores but Rob Styles rules it out, controversial there didn't seem to be anything wrong with that at all.

41

Bolton win a throw after a spell of pressure, they win a throw which Steinsson takes long to Davies but Reina gathers his flicked header.

40

Bolton on the break and Reina comes steaming out of his penalty area and just beats Kevin Davies to the ball, suprisingly the big Bolton man seemed to shy away from the challenge.

38

Keane caught offside, it was a close call but I think the linesman got it right, he would have been through on goal after Gerrard played a sweet pass.

37

Bolton's first attack in about 10 minutes but McCann's pass it loose and Reina gathers.

35

Bolton seem to have gone 4-4-2 wth Elmander moving up front, they need to do something it's all Liverpool at the moment.

33

Liverpool really in control of this game now, Bolton just can't seem to get a touch and Agger has just seen an effort go wide from distance for Liverpool.

28

Liverpool should have scored again but somehow Robbie Keane missed Kuyt's cross.

27
Goal
 

BOLTON 0-1 LIVERPOOL. Dirk KUYT scores with a wonderful header from Aurelio's cross.

26

Some of the pace seems to have gone out of the game, Liverpool look frustrated by a lack of opportunities.

24

Bolton free kick, McCann delivers but Carragher clears.

21

Gerrard manages to shake off Muamba whose been man marking him all game, Gerrard lays it off to Kuyt and his thunderous shot comes back off the bar.

20

Robbie Keane forces a save out of Jaaskelainen from a tight angle, quick break from Liverpool.

18

Bolton put some nice passes together and work their way into a shooting position but Nolan tries a pass instead of shot.

17

Riera crosses and Agger meets it but his header is wide of the Bolton goal.

16

Liverppool corner, taken short to Mascherano who crosses towards Hypia but Taylor clears.

15

Liverpool's period of dominance seems to have ended now, Bolton probeing but just don't look dangerous in the final third.

11

Riera cuts in from the left and takes a right footed shot but Gary Cahill blocks for Bolton before Steinsson clears.

10

Liverpool have turned it up a gear now and are enjoying more possesion, not managed to test Jaaskelainen yet though.

8

Liverpool win a free kick after Samuel brings down Kuyt, Gerrard takes but Steinsson clears.

6

All Bolton still, Davies sends a cross in but Reina gathers, if it carries on like this we might be seeing Torres sooner rather than later.

5

Steinsson sends a right footed cross into the Liverpool box but Hypia manages to clear.

3

Agger plays a hopeful ball over the top towards Keane but Jaaskelainen gets there first, his goal kick produces a neat shot from Taylor but it goes wide.

2

Bolton looking the more adventourous of the two sides so far, no shots yet but Reina has had to deal with a cross.

1

Bolton on the attack, they've won a throw deep in Liverpool territory but Liverpool clear.

1
Kickoff
 

Liverpool get the game underway at the Reebok.

Awaiting Kickoff
 

Awaiting kick off at the Reebok for this lunch time kick off. Nolan back for Bolton but Torres will have to settle for a place on the liverpool bench.