Source: FOOTYMAD
FA Cup 2nd Round Cup Replay MATCH REPORT: Latics 0 Shrimpers 0
Premier League Liverpool FC will face in the third round of the countries top knock-out competition Blues boss Paul Sturrock was true to his word, changes he certainly made, four of them in fact, with both Anthony Grant and Ryan Leonard back in midfield as predicted along with Harris up front, joined by son of Luggy Blair, which is a surprise, as Ferdy, Dickinson and Hall are all given a rest, while JP Kalala is suspended. Leonard has started on the right wing and Bilel Mohsni the left as the game opens quietly in a vicious wind makes it feel far colder than it actually probably is, no, forget that, it is freezing! Then a flurry of Blues action, Moshni has a 30 yarder well tipped over the bar by Latics keeper Alex Cisak, followed by a Neil Harris effort from a similar range well pushed wide by the Oldham shot stopper. With Hall on the bench, left back Peter Gilbert is stepping up for the set pieces and on 18 minutes his corner is headed over by Mark Phillips, a long time since he scored now. Four minutes later a first yellow card is shown and it's Bilel, his ninth, a chat with the FA beckons and a two-match ban when he picks up his next. Grant joins him in the referee's note book only four minutes later. Inbetween Taylor for the home side heads a Diamond free-kick close to the Luke Daniels right post but not close enough. With Leonard back the long-throw weapon is back and just after the half-hour Bomber rises well but Cisak is equal to his pin-point header. Then disaster, Mohsni is going to have his chat earlier than expected, he's off with only seven minutes to go to the break. A needless foul and a second yellow, all the old 'liability' questions are going to be raised again, and for all his talent and the excitement he can bring to the side, you have to wonder how long Luggy will put up with this. Harris now goes wide and Blair is on his own up front, a tough task has now entered mission impossible territory. The second half begins
