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  • Kuyt (28), Gerrard (73)
  • Date:2008-11-15
  • Kick-off:12:45
  • Venue:Reebok Stadium
  • Attendance:24893
  • Referee:Styles, R

Live Commentary

90mins

Full-Time: BOLTON 0-2 LIVERPOOL.

90mins

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

90mins

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

90mins

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

89mins

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

87mins

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

86mins

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.

85mins

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

84mins

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.

83mins

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

83mins

Matt Taylor replaced by Ebi Smolarek.

82mins

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

80mins

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

79mins

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

77mins

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

72mins

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.

71mins

Nolan takes a shot but Reina saves.

70mins

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

69mins

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

66mins

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.

65mins

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

62mins

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.

62mins

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

61mins

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.

60mins

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

59mins

Fernando Torres comes on for Robbie Keane.

55mins

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.

53mins

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.

51mins

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.

49mins

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.

48mins

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

48mins

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

46mins

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

46mins

Ricardo Gardner on for Fabrice Muamba at half time.

45mins

Half-Time: BOLTON 0-1 LIVERPOOL.

45mins

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.

45mins

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.

41mins

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.

40mins

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.

38mins

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.

37mins

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

35mins

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.

33mins

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.

28mins

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

27mins

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

26mins

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

24mins

Bolton free kick, McCann delivers but Carragher clears.

21mins

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.

20mins

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

18mins

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

17mins

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

16mins

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

15mins

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

11mins

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

10mins

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

8mins

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

6mins

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.

5mins

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

3mins

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.

2mins

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

1mins

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

1mins

Liverpool get the game underway at the Reebok.

0mins

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.

Match Preview

The pressure is off Bolton Wanderers as they prepare to take on in-form Liverpool in Saturday's early kick-off.

The Trotters lifted the gloom that had engulfed the club with last weekend's 1-0 victory over Hull City as the rare three-point haul moved them from the relegation zone up to the dizzy heights of 11th place in the table.

Matty Taylor scored the vital goal to ease the pressure on Gary Megson, but the under-fire boss had goalkeeper Jussi Jaaskelainen to thank for preserving the lead with a string of top-drawer saves.

The Finn was expected to end his 11-year association with the club last summer after failing to agree a new contract, but Megson will be glad he struck an agreement with the impressive shot-stopper after his match-winning display at the KC Stadium.

Saturday's win - only the fourth of the season - gave Wanderers some more breathing space at the foot of the table following their victory against Manchester City.

The injury problems which hampered Megson at the beginning of the season have improved and, for second week running, he has a clean bill of health.

Captain Kevin Nolan is also available again after serving a suspension last weekend for accumulating five yellow cards.

Liverpool maintained pace with Chelsea at the top of the table with a comfortable 3-0 victory over West Bromwich Albion last weekend.

Robbie Keane's brace were his first league goals for the Reds, while Alvaro Arbeloa's late third set the seal on another impressive victory for Rafael Benitez's side.

The Anfield victory last Saturday evening also provided the perfect response to the critics who claimed the previous weekend's 2-1 defeat to Spurs suggested they were not yet capable of mounting a serious title challenge.

Benitez will welcome back Steven Gerrard and Keane to the fold after resting the pair for the midweek Carling Cup meeting with Tottenham.

Fernando Torres is also in line to make his first Premier League start in six weeks following his recovery from a hamstring injury.


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Match Report

Before the game Bolton manager Gary Megson spoke in high regard about Liverpool's title credentials and the former West Brom boss had his point endorsed at the Reebok Stadium by goals in either half from Dirk Kuyt and Steven Gerrard.

Liverpool deserved the win, although Bolton did give them the odd scare in the second half when they upped the ante.

Dutchman Kuyt opened the scoring on 28 minutes, with his head, after he had connected to Fabio Aurelio's pin-point left-wing delivery.

That could have been the striker's second because he had hit the bar from 14 yards out just seven minutes earlier.

But one man who should definitely have made it two was Robbie Keane, who failed to connect with the ball from just one yard out soon after the goal.

Despite winning their last two games against Manchester City and Hull City, Wanderers have been struggling to score goals this season.

They had only scored 11 goals in 12 matches before this one, and six of those came in two wins over Stoke and West Ham.

Defender Gary Cahill then had a header ruled out on the stroke of half-time because captain Kevin Nolan was impeding Jose Reina.

Wanderers came out for the second half with much more purpose, as substitute Ricardo Gardner, Nolan and Kevin Davies all went close.

Davies actually played Gardner, on for Fabrice Muamba, through, but the Jamaican winger slipped after pushing the ball slightly too wide in his attempts to round Reina.

Reds defender Daniel Agger then collided with the post, and appeared to lose a tooth.

Gerrard then should have doubled the visitors lead when he made a bad contact with sub Fernando Torres' cross after sliding in at the far post.

But with 17 minutes left on the clock the skipper, and England midfielder, did make the game safe when he glanced home, with his head, the Spaniard's exquisite ball with the outside of his right boot.

Bolton Wanderers

Liverpool

Corners

73

Fouls

77

Goal attempts

1415

Shots off target

67

Offsides

15

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