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[JBG]

Hugely impressive.

[Igor Zidane]

Argh Morienties should have scored that  sitter.

are you for real i can't believe that quote 3-0 win 2nd place 7 clean sheets (best since 1988) unfukinbelievable

[lakes10]

bbc
Liverpool 3-0 Wigan

Peter Crouch ended his agonising wait for a goal in style as his first-half brace against Wigan earned Liverpool their sixth win in a row in the league.
Crouch opened the scoring in fortunate fashion, his heavily deflected shot looping into the air and helped into the net by Wigan keeper Mike Pollitt.

The giant hitman's second was superbly executed, lifting the ball over the advancing Pollitt to double the lead
Luis Garcia chested in from Fernando Morientes' header to seal the victory.

Crouch recieved a standing ovation when he was withdrawn after 74 minutes and his relief was tangible.

That was hardly surprising - when the 11th minute passed he had gone 24 hours without scoring for club or country.

Rafael Benitez's side started at an electric pace, with Steven Gerrard playing two gorgeous passes inside the Wigan full-backs to keep the visitors pinned back.

And it was no surprise that they took the lead 19 minutes in. Though the identity of the scorer almost certainly stunned the majority of the 44,098 Anfield crowd.

Crouch lashed in a shot from 20 yards, it looped ludicrously high and goalwards off Leighton Baines and as the ball fell out of the sky, Pollitt incredulously hooked it into the goal instead of over the bar.

After seven goalless months and an horrific run of bad luck in front of goal, there was little doubt he would be claiming it.

Six minutes before the break Harry Kewell should have scored his first of the season, but the subdued Australian side-footed wide from close-range.

It was left to the on-fire Crouch to double the advantage and if his first had a touch of the ridiculous about it, this one was sublime.

He allowed a long ball from Steve Finnan to bounce in front of him before beautifully lifting over the advancing Pollitt and into the net.

Wigan's only hope of getting back into the game was an early riposte after the break and they went agonisingly close when Graham Kavanagh's sweetly-stuck volley flew inches over the bar.

Moments later Morientes climbed high to meet a Finnan cross from the right, only to see his clever header cannon back off the bar.

Jimmy Bullard's shot was well-saved by Jose Reina at the other end as Wigan pressed but some sloppy defending soon after cost them dearly.

Morientes was not picked up at a corner and his header was diverted into the net off the chest of Garcia.

Gerrard and Morientes were both denied by magnificent Pollitt saves late on as a rampant Liverpool eased home and picked up their eighth clean sheet in a row into the bargain

[Santa]

their keeper had a very good game (except the comedy error for the first goal) or we could hit them for 5 or 6 goals today Comfortable victory...

[lakes10]

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[Santa]

lakes...good to see that you are happy

[lakes10]

[Sabre]

Thank you for that, look the joy of Crouchy , wow, good stuff, and look the happyness of the crowd, hell bells! we¡re happy! and we have good reason to be!!!!!!!!!

[lakes10]

lakes...good to see that you are happy

lol yes it is.....still think Djibril Cisse should start insted of Morientes.
we have started to play like a english tean in the prem and not a euro team in the prem.

[lakes10]

sky sports

Crouchy only got one goal

[Igor Zidane]

sky sports

Crouchy only got one goal

booooooooo fukkin murdoch mafia

[lakes10]

Dubious Goals Panel
have taken one goal away from him

[stoney]

No according to skysports he has two goals. check his player profile

[lakes10]

this is the news just in live on sky sports

[kidder]

sky sports

Crouchy only got one goal

yeah my bookmakers wont pay me out on crouchy scoring 1st     w@nkers