Barclays Premier League – 2nd December 2007 – Result
Liverpool 4 Bolton 0
Reaction:
Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez: “The team had confidence and you can see that in the number of chances we are creating. We’re trying to keep the momentum, but we’re in good position, much better than last season. The second goal was important as it gave us more space and they had to change their shape.”
Bolton’s manager, Gary Megson: “It was a poor day for us, but we will pick up ourselves up. There will be no knee-jerk reaction. Given Nicolas Anelka’s status it was a poor miss, but there were many other things that didn’t go for us. I’m most disappointed about the first goal as we didn’t get our best headers on it. You learn from adversity and we’ll see how we react to this.”
Liverpool: 25 Reina, 17 Arbeloa, 4 Hyypia, 23 Carragher (46 Hobbs, 51), 6 Riise, 11 Benayoun, 8 Gerrard, 21 Lucas, 7 Kewell (19 Babel, 67), 9 Torres (18 Kuyt, 76), 15 Crouch
Unused subs: 30 Itandje, 20 Mascherano
Goals: Hyypia 17, Torres 45, Gerrard 56 (pen), Babel 86
Bolton: 22 Jaaskelainen, 3 Samuel, 5 Meite, 28 Michalik, 11 Gardner, 19 McCann, 8 Campo, 6 Speed, 14 Davies, 39 Anelka, 21 Diouf (7 Giannakopoulos, 66)
Unused subs: 26 Al Habsi, 10 Wilhelmsson, 16 Teymourian, 18 Alonso
Bookings: Diouf 11, Campo 61, Michalik 69
Stats: (Liverpool – Bolton)
Possession: 64% – 36%
Shots on target: 14 – 3
Shots off target: 9 – 3
Corners: 5 – 5
Fouls: 11 – 14
Half-time: 2-0
Referee: Steve Bennett
Attendance: 43,270