Carroll, Suarez fire Reds past Everton in Merseyside derby
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October 2, 2011, Sunday
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ANDY Carroll and Luis Suarez scored to give Liverpool a comfortable 2-0 win over Everton in the 216th Merseyside derby at Goodison Park yesterday after the home side was controversially reduced to 10 men after only 23 minutes.
Referee Martin Atkinson showed what appeared to be a harsh red card to Jack Rodwell for what looked to be a legitimate challenge on Suarez, with the defender winning the ball fairly, but clipping the Uruguayan as his momentum carried him forward.
Rodwell fiercely protested his innocence and walked off reluctantly, but his dismissal helped tip the balance Liverpool's way. As well as their two goals the Reds also missed a penalty and hit the crossbar in the first half.
Carroll scored his first league goal of the season, and only his third league goal since his 35 million pounds (US$54.5 million) move from Newcastle United in January, after 71 minutes and he took it well, sweeping home Jose Enrique's cutback into the bottom corner.
Suarez wrapped up the points for Kenny Dalglish's team when he took advantage of some slack Everton defending to score his fifth goal of the season in all competitions eight minutes from time.
Dalglish was back at Goodison as Liverpool's manager for the first time since he famously resigned after an epic 4-4 FA Cup draw there in 1991. He said his side had deserved to win.
"We were very professional. When you play against 10 it's easy to lose your concentration and be complacent and we didn't do either," he said.
Missed a penalty
"Everyone played very well, Andy's off the mark with a league goal, and although Dirk (Kuyt) missed a penalty it did not affect him and that's great credit to him. It was a good result for us."
Liverpool had two good chances to establish a lead in the closing minutes of the first half. The first came after 44 minutes when Everton defender Phil Jagielka tripped Suarez to concede a penalty, but Everton escaped going behind when Tim Howard dived low to his left to save Kuyt's spot kick.
Three minutes later Charlie Adam lashed a swerving shot that hit the bar.
Liverpool dominated for most of the second half and improved to 13 points from seven matches, level with third-place Chelsea which plays at Bolton Wanderers today. Five more matches were to be played later yesterday.
Manchester United, on 16 points from six matches, leads Manchester City on goal difference at the top.
In Germany, Dutchman Khalid Boulahrouz scored and set up another to help VfB Stuttgart win 2-0 at Kaiserslautern on Friday and lift it up to fourth place in the Bundesliga.
Germany forward Cacau tapped in Boulahrouz's low cross seven minutes after the restart for his third goal of the season before the rugged defender added another with a deflected shot.
The win took Bruno Labaddia's team to 13 points from eight games, five behind leader Bayern Munich. Kaiserslautern is just above the drop zone on five points. Bayern was at Hoffenheim yesterday while second-placed Werder Bremen, two points behind, takes on Hanover 96 today.
Referee Martin Atkinson showed what appeared to be a harsh red card to Jack Rodwell for what looked to be a legitimate challenge on Suarez, with the defender winning the ball fairly, but clipping the Uruguayan as his momentum carried him forward.
Rodwell fiercely protested his innocence and walked off reluctantly, but his dismissal helped tip the balance Liverpool's way. As well as their two goals the Reds also missed a penalty and hit the crossbar in the first half.
Carroll scored his first league goal of the season, and only his third league goal since his 35 million pounds (US$54.5 million) move from Newcastle United in January, after 71 minutes and he took it well, sweeping home Jose Enrique's cutback into the bottom corner.
Suarez wrapped up the points for Kenny Dalglish's team when he took advantage of some slack Everton defending to score his fifth goal of the season in all competitions eight minutes from time.
Dalglish was back at Goodison as Liverpool's manager for the first time since he famously resigned after an epic 4-4 FA Cup draw there in 1991. He said his side had deserved to win.
"We were very professional. When you play against 10 it's easy to lose your concentration and be complacent and we didn't do either," he said.
Missed a penalty
"Everyone played very well, Andy's off the mark with a league goal, and although Dirk (Kuyt) missed a penalty it did not affect him and that's great credit to him. It was a good result for us."
Liverpool had two good chances to establish a lead in the closing minutes of the first half. The first came after 44 minutes when Everton defender Phil Jagielka tripped Suarez to concede a penalty, but Everton escaped going behind when Tim Howard dived low to his left to save Kuyt's spot kick.
Three minutes later Charlie Adam lashed a swerving shot that hit the bar.
Liverpool dominated for most of the second half and improved to 13 points from seven matches, level with third-place Chelsea which plays at Bolton Wanderers today. Five more matches were to be played later yesterday.
Manchester United, on 16 points from six matches, leads Manchester City on goal difference at the top.
In Germany, Dutchman Khalid Boulahrouz scored and set up another to help VfB Stuttgart win 2-0 at Kaiserslautern on Friday and lift it up to fourth place in the Bundesliga.
Germany forward Cacau tapped in Boulahrouz's low cross seven minutes after the restart for his third goal of the season before the rugged defender added another with a deflected shot.
The win took Bruno Labaddia's team to 13 points from eight games, five behind leader Bayern Munich. Kaiserslautern is just above the drop zone on five points. Bayern was at Hoffenheim yesterday while second-placed Werder Bremen, two points behind, takes on Hanover 96 today.
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