A superb free-kick from Steven Gerrard handed Liverpool a 2-1 win at Aston Villa.
Villa looked to have rescued a point when skipper Gareth Barry cancelled out Martin Laursen's first-half own goal with an 86th-minute penalty. But then Gerrard curled a 20-yard shot past the dive of Stuart Taylor barely 60 seconds later, after he had been brought down by Stiliyan Petrov. Overall Liverpool were worthy winners with record signing Fernando Torres making a satisfactory debut despite spurning a golden first half opportunity. The £20.2million capture from Atletico Madrid linked up effectively with Dirk Kuyt before being taken off with 11 minutes remaining.
But man of the match yet again was England midfielder Gerrard who exerted so much influence over proceedings even before his goal while Jamie Carragher excelled at the heart of the Reds defence. Villa huffed and puffed with Barry outstanding in midfield but they seldom tested Jose Reina until he turned over an injury-time John Carew header.
They made a bright start in front of a capacity 43,000 crowd and Reina had to be alert to deal with a stinging 30-yard volley from makeshift Villa right-back Craig Gardner. Carragher showed his class and awareness to block a shot from John Carew at the expense of a corner after he had been played in by Gardner. But Liverpool gradually took command and Torres had his first half-chance after 17 minutes when he blazed over the bar from a narrow angle following a long clearance by Reina.
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O Trailers Blog - http://trailersblog.blogspot.com/ - teve a ideia de eleger o melhor filme de sempre (desde 1895 a 2007), por isso seleccionou 22 filmes para ir em votação. Não seleccionou sem mais nem mais nem menos foram seleccionados, escolhemos os filmes mais conceituados (ou famosos) de cada década. O inquérito está na coluna do lado esquerdo do blog.
The Trailers Blog - http://trailersblog.blogspot.com/ -had an idea to make a voting to the best forever movie, so we selected 22 movies ( from 1895 to 2007) to vote. We don't not select without to think, we select the appraised movies (for other words, the famous) of each decade. The web poll is in the left side column from this blog.
Pedro Afonso
(Responsável do blog / The Blog Responsable)
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