2-2 v Liverpool FC - 7 October 2007 - Away

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Spurs 2

Liverpool FC

Liverpool FC

2

  • Voronin
    12'
  • Torres
    90+2'
Details
Match Number

6654

Opposition
Liverpool

Liverpool FC

Competition
Premier League

Premier League

Season

2007/08

Date

7th October 2007

Kick Off

15:00

Venue

Anfield

Attendance

43,986

Referee

Mark Halsey

League Position

17th

Opposition League Position

4th

Opposition Form

DWWWDW

Weather at Kick Off

13.8° - Overcast

Facts & Milestones
  • 6619th overall match (3135 wins, 1452 draws, 2019 losses)

  • 5096th competitive match (2264 wins, 1196 draws, 1636 losses)

  • team

    149th match vs Liverpool FC (40 wins, 38 draws, 71 losses)

  • competition

    591st Premier League match (213 wins, 156 draws, 222 losses)

  • 6089th match in England (2833 wins, 1370 draws, 1873 losses)

  • 73rd match at Anfield (7 wins, 21 draws, 45 losses)

  • 8th consecutive match with a goal scored

  • 6th consecutive match without losing

  • Jermain Defoe's 25th birthday

Report

Fernando Torres' injury-time header rescued a draw for Liverpool.

Liverpool went ahead after Spurs goalkeeper Paul Robinson spilt Steven Gerrard's free-kick and Andriy Voronin pounced to snaffle the rebound.

But Robbie Keane's goals at the end of the first half and the beginning of the second changed the game's course.

On both occasions Dimitar Berbatov's headers unsettled Liverpool and Keane's eye for goal proved deadly, but Torres' downward header rescued the home side.

Liverpool might have been three goals up before Keane got to work but Gerrard hit the post and Voronin missed a reasonable chance.

Manager Rafael Benitez made five changes for this game, with Peter Crouch deemed not even worthy of a place on the Liverpool bench.

Voronin and Torres might have scored for Liverpool but this was a performance that will raise further question marks about Benitez's rotational policy.

Overall it was a disjointed performance from Liverpool and Spurs were unlucky not to leave with their first away win of the season.

Prior to Sunday's game, Spurs had won just one league match and Jol's side got off to the worst possible start.

Robinson is having a difficult time of it at the moment - he was at fault for three of Aston Villa's goals in the 4-4 draw on Monday - and he will wince if he looks at the video replays of Voronin's goal.

True, Gerrard's free-kick took a deflection, but Robinson should have held his England colleague's effort.

Instead the ball squirmed out of his hands and Voronin had the simplest of tasks to put Liverpool ahead.

Later in the game Robinson spilled a Steve Finnan shot, though this time he was rescued by Michael Dawson.

With 13 minutes remaining Robinson did better in dealing with a Javier Mascherano shot, getting down quickly to make a good save.

Another Mascherano effort - this time from distance - had Robinson worried, but the ball faded away from the goal at the last moment.

Had Liverpool taken their chances in the first half Benitez's side might not have had such a worrying afternoon.

On the half-hour Gerrard was unlucky not to score when his curling free-kick cannoned back off the post.

A sweeping move involving Gerrard, Torres and Voronin dissected the Spurs defence but the Ukraine forward elected to pass rather than shoot and the opportunity to score passed.

In first-half stoppage time Liverpool were made to rue those missed chances when Berbatov's flicked header released Keane, who clipped the ball past Jose Reina.

Sami Hyypia was badly at fault, barely managing a challenge on Berbatov.

The Spurs strikers were quickly back to work at the start of the second half when Berbatov flicked on again and Keane acrobatically volleyed past Reina.

But Torres proved equally adept in the air and when Finnan crossed from the right, the Spaniard headed the ball past Robinson to give Liverpool the draw.

Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez:

"We made two bad mistakes. "I'm disappointed. We were controlling the game and we didn't take our chances - you can't explain that.

"The second goal was especially bad - we need to learn for the future as the small details change games."

Tottenham manager Martin Jol:

"I feel rotten about the result - we gave them a big fright. "If you attack the spaces behind them you can cause Liverpool problems.

"We're in the last 16 of the Carling Cup and in the group stages of the Uefa Cup and now we have to start winning games in the Premier League.

"There is a lot to come from this team, but we must start climbing the table."

Timeline
KO

Andriy Voronin

12'
HT

Fernando Torres

90+2'
FT
Location
League Table
# Team PL W D L GF GA GD PTS
1
Manchester united
9 6 2 1 11 2 9 20
2
Arsenal
7 6 1 0 16 4 12 19
3
Manchester city
8 5 1 2 11 6 5 16
4
Liverpool
7 4 3 0 12 2 10 15
5
Aston villa
8 4 2 2 12 8 4 14
6
Everton
8 4 1 3 10 8 2 13
7
Portsmouth
8 3 3 2 15 12 3 12
8
Blackburn rovers
7 3 3 1 7 5 2 12
9
Chelsea
8 3 3 2 7 8 -1 12
10
Newcastle united
7 3 2 2 10 8 2 11
11
West ham united
8 3 1 4 9 8 1 10
12
Birmingham city
8 2 2 4 7 10 -3 8
13
Middlesbrough
8 2 2 4 9 13 -4 8
14
Wigan athletic
9 2 2 5 8 12 -4 8
15
Sunderland
8 2 2 4 8 13 -5 8
16
Fulham
8 1 4 3 12 14 -2 7
17
Reading
8 2 1 5 9 18 -9 7
18
Tottenham Hotspur Badge Tottenham Hotspur
8 1 3 4 14 16 -2 6
19
Bolton wanderers
8 1 2 5 9 13 -4 5
20
Derby county
8 1 2 5 5 21 -16 5
# Team PL W D L GF GA GD PTS
1
Arsenal
8 7 1 0 19 6 13 22
2
Manchester united
9 6 2 1 11 2 9 20
3
Manchester city
9 6 1 2 14 7 7 19
4
Liverpool
8 4 4 0 14 4 10 16
5
Portsmouth
9 4 3 2 17 12 5 15
6
Blackburn rovers
8 4 3 1 9 6 3 15
7
Chelsea
9 4 3 2 8 8 0 15
8
Aston villa
8 4 2 2 12 8 4 14
9
Newcastle united
8 4 2 2 13 10 3 14
10
Everton
9 4 1 4 12 11 1 13
11
West ham united
8 3 1 4 9 8 1 10
12
Reading
9 3 1 5 10 18 -8 10
13
Birmingham city
9 2 2 5 8 12 -4 8
14
Wigan athletic
9 2 2 5 8 12 -4 8
15
Middlesbrough
9 2 2 5 10 16 -6 8
16
Sunderland
9 2 2 5 10 16 -6 8
17
Tottenham Hotspur Badge Tottenham Hotspur
9 1 4 4 16 18 -2 7
18
Fulham
9 1 4 4 12 16 -4 7
19
Bolton wanderers
9 1 2 6 9 14 -5 5
20
Derby county
9 1 2 6 5 22 -17 5
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