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Liverpool beat Aston Villa 2-0
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2005-11-06 10:06

Liverpool won their first back-to-back Premiership victories of the season on Saturday when they beat Aston Villa 2-0 with late goals from Steven Gerrard and Xabi Alonso.

Gerrard calmly slotted home a penalty on the 85th minutes after substitute Peter Crouch was fouled by Liam Ridgewell.

Four minutes later, Xabi Alonso cracked in a shot that Villa keeper Thomas Sorensen probably should have kept out.

Prior to his fumble, Sorensen had kept Liverpool at bay, making notable saves from Djibril Cisse and Gerrard.

Prior to those late goals the game had looked to be heading for a draw, because of a combination of Sorensen's goalkeeping and Liverpool's indifferent finishing.

Just before winning the penalty Crouch missed the game's best chance with a poorly-placed header, while Cisse and Fernando Morientes had subdued matches.

Villa were just as indifferent in attack and Milan Baros had a quiet game against his old club.

Baros was superbly tackled by Jamie Carragher in the first half, while he was robbed of the ball by Alonso on the 67th minutes when in a good position.

Liverpool have struggled badly for goals this season in the Premiership and in the first-half there was plenty of evidence of their misfiring attack.

Despite starting in the centre, Cisse was quickly instructed to play on the right wing, a position he looked clearly uncomfortable in.

Morientes looked just as out of sorts and he managed just one shot in the entire game, an effort comfortably saved by Sorensen.

Midway through the second half the Spaniard was replaced by former Villa striker Crouch.

The England striker quickly made his presence felt, picking out Gerrard, whose rasping shot was saved by Sorensen.

Liverpool fans will be wondering quite why it took them 85 minutes to find a way past Sorensen.

Early on, after an elaborate Liverpool move the ball arrived at Luis Garcia's feet, the Spaniard turned quickly and sent in a shot that went narrowly wide.

Cisse was the next to probe Villa's defence, slipping the ball to Gerrard, whose cross was blocked by Ridgewell.

Having weathered that early storm Villa came back into the game.

Baros was stopped in his tracks by a well-timed Carragher tackle, while Kevin Phillips flashed a header past the post.

The best chance of the first half fell to Cisse when Gerrard's raking pass released the Frenchman.

Cisse quickly controlled the ball but his shot was well saved by Sorensen.

The Frenchman made amends for his miss when he robbed Gareth Barry of possession only for his cross to elude Morientes and Garcia.

Finally, with five minutes to go, Crouch and Ridgewell tangled in the box and to the Villa defender's disbelief, referee Steve Bennett awarded the penalty.

Four minutes later the ball broke to Alonso on the edge of the box and the Spanish midfielder's swerving shot found its way past Sorensen.




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