Fernando Torres netted twice against Lille to take Liverpool through to the quarter finals of the Europa League. Watch the video highlights and the goals below.
Thursday, 18 March 2010: Europa League
Liverpool 3 – Lille 0
Gerrard (pen) 9
Torres 49
Torres 90
Liverpool 1-0 Lille (Gerrard):
Liverpool 2-0 Lille (Torres):
Liverpool 3-0 Lille (Torres):
Full Highlights:
Liverpool’s schizophrenic season continued with a 4-1 thumping over Portsmouth. Liverpool managed to score 3 goals within 6 minutes of the first half, effectively ending the game for Portsmouth and giving them no route back into it.
The victory puts Liverpool within 1 point of 4th place in the Premier League.
Liverpool’s Goals:
Torres 26 mins
Babel 28 [...]
Video of all of Steven Gerrard goals and assists in 2009/2010.
Babel Chance:
Gerrard chance:
Benitez said:
“I am confident we can beat anyone at Anfield on our day with the fans behind us. We were just not strong enough today but there is still 90 minutes to play.”
“When you play away you have to score when you have chances. To score an early goal you can manage the [...]
Liverpool’s quest for 4th place in the Premiership hit yet another stumbling block as they are beaten by Wigan 1-0. Wigan pounced on a Dirk Kuyt mistake and made the reds pay with a goal from Rodallega on 35 minutes.
This was another forgettable performance from Liverpool – they were scrappy, badly organised and failed to [...]