English Premier League: Blackpool 1-1 vs. Liverpool - Half time report
Venue: Bloomfield Road
Starting XI for Blackpool: http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Craig-Cathcart-c9473, Ian Evatt, Stephen Crainey, Elliot Grandin, Charlie Adam, David Vaughan, Gary Taylor-Fletcher, Campbell, Luke Varney.
Subs: Paul Rachubka, Keith Southern, Brett Ormerod, Alex Baptiste, Jason Euell, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ludovic-Sylvestre-c22626, Matthew Phillips
Starting XI for Liverpool: http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Dirk-Kuyt-c11348.
Subs: Peter Gulacsi, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Jonjo-Shelvey-c19081
Liverpool’s new manager Kenny Dalglish was under the spotlight as he took charge of his 1st Premier League game against the all-action Blackpool. With http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Steven-Gerrard-c34196 serving a 3-match ban, new signing Christian
Poulsen took over that position.
Liverpool took the lead in the 2nd minute, thanks to a brilliant finish from http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Martin-Kelly-c24395 from the right flank and the player managed a cool finish on the far corner to give
Liverpool the early lead. Furthermore, Dalglish would be delighted for Torres, who scored his 9th goal of the season.
However, the hosts refused to back down and managed to make most out of their opportunities. The side really took the game to Liverpool as it was awarded with an equalizer in the 12th minute, as Gary Taylor-Fletcher
scored the goal to level his side with the visitors. Meireles lost the ball in midfield while http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Daniel-Agger-c9884 and then slotted a low finish past Reina.
Meanwhile, the home crowd went into a frenzy after the goal and Blackpool had 63% of possession. Blackpool had the chance to take the lead in the 30th minute when Reina was played into trouble from a back-pass. However,
Campbell hounded him down and made him rush his clearance, which fell to Taylor-Fletcher, who went for the lob, but had too much bend on it and Reina gathered it gratefully!
At the stroke of half time, a corner was swung in to the far post and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lucas-c22528 steered it goalwards. The ball came in between Kingson and Adam and the keeper grabbed hold of it. There were shouts for handball against Adam from several
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Liverpool-c39809 players, but the referee was not interested.
At half time, the scores were level and Blackpool had to be credited for playing better football.
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