A scintillating first-half performance set the tone for a one-sided
Liverpool victory over Sunderland at Anfield that kept the Reds
in the race for Champions League qualification.
Fernando Torres struck a brilliant opener in the third minute and
Glen Johnson's deflected strike made it 2-0 at the end of a first
half in which the hosts could easily have scored six.
Torres scored his seventh goal in four matches, and his 18th in
21 Premier League appearances, midway through the second half before
Liverpool coasted in the latter stages.
For Liverpool, this was an eighth successive home league win, their
best run at Anfield since winning eight in a row towards the end
of the 2007-08 season.
More importantly, it kept Rafael Benitez's side within four points
of Tottenham, whose win over Portsmouth on Saturday cranked up the
pressure in the race for fourth.
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