Benayoun goal snatches draw
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Liverpool's Martin Skrtel scores the opening goal.
Yossi Benayoun spared Liverpool's blushes as his equaliser earnt Rafael Benitez's side a 2-2 draw with Manchester City. After Martin Skrtel had opened the scoring, goals from Stephen Ireland and Emmanuel Adebayor gave City the lead before Benayoun struck. [+]
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Two draws on the trot
I'm not sure again how Liverpool failed to beat Birmingham last Monday. Rarely does a team have so much of the ball, have so many clear chances, score two goals but really fail to test a keeper. Liverpool dominated this game from start to finish but again ended up not on the winning side. Not only did we not win but Torres injury didn't see him in the squad and we lost arguably our best player of the season for 3-4 weeks in yossi Benyou. The lively Albert Rierra also limped off with a hamstring injury just seconds before B'ham took an unbelievable lead. Continued...
| Latest Transfers | ||||
| Date | Player In | Team | Fee | |
| Nov 17 | Dave Moli | Luton Town | Undisclosed | |
| Date | Player Out | Team | Fee | |
| Oct 16 | David Martin | Tranmere Rovers | Loan | |
| Oct 8 | Robbie Threlfall | Darlington | Loan | |
| Aug 31 | Charles Itandje | Kavala | Loan | |
| Aug 25 | Andreas Simon | Cordoba | Loan | |
| Aug 25 | Krisztian Nemeth | AEK Athens | Loan | |
| Full Index | ||||
| Current Squad | |
| G1 Diego | M4 Alberto Aquilani |
| G42 Peter Gulacsi | M19 Ryan Babel |
| G41 Martin Hansen | M15 Yossi Benayoun |
| G25 Pepe Reina | M31 Nabil El Zhar |
| D5 Daniel Agger | M8 Steven Gerrard |
| D12 Fabio Aurelio | M21 Lucas |
| D40 Daniel Sanchez Ayala | M20 Javier Mascherano |
| D23 Jamie Carragher | M28 Damien Plessis |
| D32 Stephen Darby | M11 Alberto Riera |
| D27 Philipp Degen | M26 Jay Spearing |
| D38 Andrea Dossena | F39 Nathan Eccleston |
| D22 Emiliano Insua | F18 Dirk Kuyt |
| D36 Steven Irwin | F24 David Ngog |
| D2 Glen Johnson | F50 Dani Pacheco |
| D34 Martin Kelly | F9 Fernando Torres |
| D16 Sotirios Kyrgiakos | F10 Andriy Voronin |
| D37 Martin Skrtel | |
| · Complete Squad | |
| Latest Fixtures/Results | |||
| DATE | OPPONENT | RESULT | Competition |
| Wed 11/4 | A - Lyon | D 1 - 1 | Champs Lge |
| Mon 11/9 | H- Birmingham | D 2 - 2 | Premier League |
| Sat 11/21 | H - Manchester City | FT | Premier League |
| Tue 11/24 | A - Debrecen | 19:45 UK | Champs Lge |
| Sun 11/29 | A - Everton | 13:30 UK | Premier League | · Complete Club Fixtures/Results |
| 2009/10 Tables: English Premier League | ||||||
| CLUB | P | W | L | D | GD | Pts |
| Chelsea | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 33 |
| Manchester United | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 28 |
| Arsenal | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 25 |
| Aston Villa | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 22 |
| Tottenham Hotspur | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 22 |
| Manchester City | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 21 |
| Liverpool | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 20 |
| Sunderland | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 20 |
| Burnley | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | -10 | 17 |
| Stoke City | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | -3 | 16 |
| Fulham | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | -1 | 15 |
| Birmingham | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | -3 | 15 |
| Everton | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | -5 | 15 |
| Wigan Athletic | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | -9 | 14 |
| Blackburn Rovers | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | -11 | 13 |
| Hull City | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | -15 | 12 |
| West Ham United | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | -4 | 11 |
| Bolton Wanderers | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | -9 | 11 |
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | -14 | 10 |
| Portsmouth | 12 | 2 | 9 | 1 | -8 | 7 |
| · Complete Tables | ||||||
| 2009/10 Leaders: Premier League | |||||
| PLAYER | Goals | ||||
| Fernando Torres | 10 | ||||
| Steven Gerrard | 4 | ||||
| Dirk Kuyt | 3 | ||||
| Yossi Benayoun | 3 | ||||
| David Ngog | 3 | ||||
| Glen Johnson | 2 | ||||
| PLAYER | Yellow Cards | ||||
| Martin Skrtel | 4 | ||||
| Jamie Carragher | 3 | ||||
| Steven Gerrard | 2 | ||||
| Javier Mascherano | 2 | ||||
| Fernando Torres | 1 | ||||
| Dirk Kuyt | 1 | ||||
| PLAYER | Red Cards | ||||
| Jamie Carragher | 1 | ||||
| Javier Mascherano | 1 | ||||
| Philipp Degen | 1 | ||||
| · Complete Statistics | |||||
| Club History | ||||||||
| LC | GP | W | L | D | PT | GD | POS | |
| 2009/2010 | P | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 7 |
| 2008/2009 | P | 38 | 25 | 2 | 11 | 86 | 50 | 2 |
| 2007/2008 | P | 38 | 21 | 4 | 13 | 76 | 39 | 4 |
| 2006/2007 | P | 38 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 68 | 30 | 3 |
| 2005/2006 | P | 38 | 25 | 6 | 7 | 82 | 32 | 3 |
| 2004/2005 | P | 38 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 58 | 11 | 5 |
| 2003/2004 | P | 38 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 60 | 18 | 4 |
| 2002/2003 | P | 38 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 64 | 20 | 5 |
| 2001/2002 | P | 38 | 24 | 6 | 8 | 80 | 37 | 2 |
