Suarez brace fires Liverpool to ninth
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January 1, 2013, Tuesday
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Beleaguered Queens Park Rangers edged closer to relegation with a lackluster 0-3 home loss to Liverpool, leaving the last-place club eight points adrift of safety heading into 2013.
Luis Suarez scored twice in the opening 16 minutes to take his league tally to 13 - one behind top scorer Robin van Persie of Manchester United - and Daniel Agger added the other for mid-table Liverpool, with all three goals coming in a one-sided first half.
Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers wasn't at Loftus Road - he was sent home from London hours before kickoff because of illness - but he would have enjoyed watching from afar as Suarez and his teammates ran amok.
"We played probably our best football of the season in the first half," Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard said. "Luis Suarez has been brilliant ... he's a magician."
Liverpool climbed to ninth and is five points off fifth-place Arsenal.
Earlier, Chelsea stayed in the title hunt by ending Everton's nine-month unbeaten run at home with a 2-1 victory, but the visitors will come away from Goodison Park knowing they were fortunate to survive an onslaught by David Moyes' side.
Meanwhile, expect fevered speculation about Cristiano Ronaldo, David Villa, Wesley Sneijder, Frank Lampard and Theo Walcott to be doing the rounds this month.
Yes, the "silly season" has arrived.
European football's January transfer window opens for business today, giving clubs a month-long opportunity to strengthen their squads for the second half of the season.
An inspired January signing could make the difference between winning the title, getting into Europe or surviving relegation, meaning plenty of deals will go through over the next 31 days.
Luis Suarez scored twice in the opening 16 minutes to take his league tally to 13 - one behind top scorer Robin van Persie of Manchester United - and Daniel Agger added the other for mid-table Liverpool, with all three goals coming in a one-sided first half.
Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers wasn't at Loftus Road - he was sent home from London hours before kickoff because of illness - but he would have enjoyed watching from afar as Suarez and his teammates ran amok.
"We played probably our best football of the season in the first half," Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard said. "Luis Suarez has been brilliant ... he's a magician."
Liverpool climbed to ninth and is five points off fifth-place Arsenal.
Earlier, Chelsea stayed in the title hunt by ending Everton's nine-month unbeaten run at home with a 2-1 victory, but the visitors will come away from Goodison Park knowing they were fortunate to survive an onslaught by David Moyes' side.
Meanwhile, expect fevered speculation about Cristiano Ronaldo, David Villa, Wesley Sneijder, Frank Lampard and Theo Walcott to be doing the rounds this month.
Yes, the "silly season" has arrived.
European football's January transfer window opens for business today, giving clubs a month-long opportunity to strengthen their squads for the second half of the season.
An inspired January signing could make the difference between winning the title, getting into Europe or surviving relegation, meaning plenty of deals will go through over the next 31 days.
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