Fernando Torres and substitute David Ngog left Manchester United
reeling as Liverpool brilliantly halted their four-game losing streak.
Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez had said prior to the game that
one win would change everything, and what a result his team delivered
to ease the pressure on the Spaniard. The champions were eventually
beaten after a stunning performance of defiance that followed days
of the worst crisis Liverpool have suffered in decades.
If the critics were to be believed, boss Benitez was for the chop,
Liverpool were all washed up and facing financial ruin. Well not
after this cracking Premier League battle. Liverpool restored their
pride with a victory over, for them, the best victims possible.
Torres forced his injured frame through the game and grabbed his
ninth goal of the campaign midway through the second half to get
Liverpool really firing.
Ngog hit the second in stoppage-time, with the match at boiling
point. United had by that stage lost defender Nemanja Vidic to his
third red card in successive matches against Liverpool.
Javier Mascherano saw red too, but it was Liverpool who inflicted
the second league defeat of the season on United to restore faith
among their worried fans.
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