FT: LIVERPOOL 1-0 READING

Date: Saturday 20 October 2012
Kick Off: 15:00
Venue: Anfield, Liverpool
Competition: Barclays Premier League
Referee: Roger East (Wiltshire)
Broadcast: n/a


LINKS

http://www.wiziwig.tv/broadcast.php?matchid=172538


DIDI'S PREDICTIONS LEAGUE - LAST CHANCE!

http://www.ja606.co.uk/articles/viewArticle/160396


LIVE ARTICLE

http://www.ja606.co.uk/articles/viewLiveArticle/160793


Liverpool finally earned their first home league win of the season against Reading on Saturday afternoon.

It was a narrow margin of victory for the Reds and it should have been a much wider margin as a host of chances went begging, with Luis Suarez being the main man wasteful in front of goal.

Reading made a decent start to the game but it was not long before Liverpool settled and took full control of the match. Their goal came on 29 minutes when Suarez lifted the ball over the Reading defence for Raheem Sterling to slot into the bottom left corner of the net.

Nuri Sahin should have done better when he blazed over the bar, and moments later a lapse of concentration saw him miss the ball. Suarez also had chances to add to Liverpool's lead, but he blazed his shots high and wide throughout the afternoon.

At the other end, Reading threatened when they went forward but Reds keeper Brad Jones, in for the injured Pepe Reina, did not have very much to do during the match and he looked assured whenever he had to collect the ball.

The win lifts Liverpool to 11th place and within five points from fourth spot, although the current occupiers of that spot, Everton, have a game in hand.


LIVE SCOREBOARD

LIVERPOOL - 1
Sterling 29'

READING - 0


LEAGUE POSITIONS AS IT STANDS

11. Liverpool - Pld 8, W 2, D 3, L 3, F 10, A 12, GD -2, Pts 9.
18. Reading - Pld 7, W 0, D 3, L 4, F 8, A 14, GD -6, Pts 4.


TEAMS

Liverpool
1 Jones
47 Wisdom
37 Skrtel
5 Agger
2 Johnson
8 Gerrard
24 Allen
4 Sahin (Shelvey 63')
30 Suso (Enrique 75')
7 Suarez
31 Sterling (Henderson 85')

Subs: 42 Gulacsi, 3 Enrique, 11 Assaidi, 14 Henderson, 19 Downing, 23 Carragher, 33 Shelvey.

Reading
21 McCarthy
24 Cummings
17 Gorkss
6 Mariappa
3 Shorey
14 Kebe
20 Guthrie (Roberts 81')
8 Leigertwood
4 Karacan (McCleary 25')
11 McAnuff
7 Pogrebnyak (Le Fondre 74')

Subs: 41 Taylor, 2 Gunter, 5 Pearce, 9 Le Fondre, 12 McCleary,
19 Robson-Kanu, 33 Roberts.


KEY UPDATES

25: READING SUB
Jem Karacan is replaced by Garath McCleary due to injury.

29: GOAL - LIVERPOOL 1-0 READING
Luis Suarez lifts the ball over the Reading defence and Raheem Sterling (1) runs onto it. He races forward and slots the ball past Alex McCarthy into the bottom left corner.

57: LIVERPOOL BOOKING
Daniel Agger receives a yellow card (1) for a foul on Pavel Pogrebnyak.

63: LIVERPOOL SUB
Nuri Sahin is replaced by Jonjo Shelvey.

74: READING SUB
Pavel Pogrebnyak is replaced by Adam Le Fondre.

75: LIVERPOOL SUB
Suso is replaced by Jose Enrique.

81: READING SUB
Danny Guthrie is replaced by Jason Roberts.

85: LIVERPOOL SUB
Raheem Sterling is replaced by Jordan Henderson.

90+1: READING BOOKING
Adrian Mariappa receives a yellow card (2) for a foul on Luis Suarez.


LAST MATCHES

Liverpool
Sunday 7 October 2012
Barclays Premier League
Liverpool 0-0 Stoke

Reading
Saturday 6 October 2012
Barclays Premier League
Swansea 2-2 Reading

Head to head
Wednesday 13 January 2010
The FA Cup sponsored by E.ON Third Round Replay
Liverpool 1-2 Reading
AET


TOP SCORERS

Liverpool
Luis Suarez - 7
Steven Gerrard - 3
Nuri Sahin - 3

Reading
Pavel Pogrebnyak - 4
Noel Hunt - 2
Kaspars Gorkss - 1