Sunday, September 10, 2006
REDS SLUMP TO DERBY DEFEAT
Two goals from Andrew Johnson and one from Tim Cahill condemned Liverpool to a 3-0 Derby defeat at the hands of Everton and their first defeat in 18 games at Goodison Park on Saturday.
The Reds finished the game with 10 men when after Rafa Benitez had used all of his substitutes John Arne Riise had to go off after suffering a 78th minute recurrence of the ankle injury that has kept him out since the opening day of the season.
The statistics of this game will show that it was Liverpool who created by far the most goalscoring chances, but they slipped to their first Derby defeat since 2004 after Everton capitalised on the few they had.
Everton's goals both came in the first half. Tim Cahill opened the scoring in the 24th minute after meeting Carsley's flick on before sliding the ball under Reina from 6 yards. And Andrew Johnson made it 2-0 in the 36th minute when beating Carragher to the ball and placing it beyond Reina into the bottom left corner.
Not that it was all one way traffic in the first half because Fowler forced Howard into a smart save after just 8 seconds; and Steven Gerrard was agonisingly close when hitting the post after Howard had only been able to parry Luis Garcia's shot.
The Reds dominated the second half and Gerrard hit the post again in the 75th minute in an incident that should have seen them awarded a penalty after Hibbert handled the ball when on the ground.
Liverpool's misery was compounded in injury time when Andrew Johnson scored his second to make it 3-0, in the process making it the first time Everton have scored three times against their neighbours since the Premiership began.
So it will be the blue half of Merseyside who have the bragging rights after this 204th Merseyside Derby, but Liverpool must quickly put that behind them. The Reds have big games almost every week and they're playing PSV Eindhoven in the Champions League on Tuesday.
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The Reds finished the game with 10 men when after Rafa Benitez had used all of his substitutes John Arne Riise had to go off after suffering a 78th minute recurrence of the ankle injury that has kept him out since the opening day of the season.
The statistics of this game will show that it was Liverpool who created by far the most goalscoring chances, but they slipped to their first Derby defeat since 2004 after Everton capitalised on the few they had.
Everton's goals both came in the first half. Tim Cahill opened the scoring in the 24th minute after meeting Carsley's flick on before sliding the ball under Reina from 6 yards. And Andrew Johnson made it 2-0 in the 36th minute when beating Carragher to the ball and placing it beyond Reina into the bottom left corner.
Not that it was all one way traffic in the first half because Fowler forced Howard into a smart save after just 8 seconds; and Steven Gerrard was agonisingly close when hitting the post after Howard had only been able to parry Luis Garcia's shot.
The Reds dominated the second half and Gerrard hit the post again in the 75th minute in an incident that should have seen them awarded a penalty after Hibbert handled the ball when on the ground.
Liverpool's misery was compounded in injury time when Andrew Johnson scored his second to make it 3-0, in the process making it the first time Everton have scored three times against their neighbours since the Premiership began.
So it will be the blue half of Merseyside who have the bragging rights after this 204th Merseyside Derby, but Liverpool must quickly put that behind them. The Reds have big games almost every week and they're playing PSV Eindhoven in the Champions League on Tuesday.
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