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Hull Shock Again as Torres Inspires Liverpool Comeback at City

Written by Adeleke Afolayan

Sunday, 05 October 2008

Liverpool this afternoon won a game of two halves at the City Stadium as the Reds defeated Manchester City 3-2, coming from two goals down in the first half to remain second behind Chelsea that won at home to Aston Villa.

Manchester City had the first half im control and was on its way to a famous victory after going 2-0 up before half time with goals from Steven Ireland and Javier Garrido with a 22 yard free kick.

However, Liverpool came out a different team in the second half with Fernando Torres scoring immdiately after the restart before levelling scores with less than 20 minutes to play, minutes after City had Zabaleta sent off.

Robinho and Torres could have scored a crucial match winner for both sides but it was Dirk Kuyt, off Torres' blocked shot, that won a dramatic three points for Liverpool in the 90th minute.

The win puts Liverpool on 17 points behind Chelsea on goal difference after the Blues convincingly defeated Aston Villa 2-0 with first half goals from Joe Cole and Nicholas Anelka; off rebounds of efforts from himself and Michael Ballack by Brad Friedel.

However the result of the evening came at White Hart Lane where HUll City picked its second win from North London in as many weekends with a Geovanni free kick giving the Tigers a shock 1-0 win over bottom of the league Tottenham Hotspur and lifting the club to third on 14 points, one ahead of Arsenal and three behind Chelsea and Liverpool.

In other results, Portsmouth beat Seyi Olofinjana's Stoke City 2-1 with Peter Crouch and Jermain Defoe goals either side of Ricardo Fuller's lone goal for Stoke while Newcastle United, without Obafemi Martins, gained a crucial point as it drew 2-2 at Everton after being 2-0 down at one point. Bolton Wanderers also defeated West Ham 3-1 at Upton Park.

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