Liverpool 1 Albion 0
Sunday 29th August 2010, 5:12PM BST.
Fernando Torres broke the hearts of 10-man Albion as he scored the only goal to give Liverpool victory at Anfield.
The Spaniard struck on 65 minutes to break the Baggies’ spirited resistance.
And Albion had James Morrison sent off on 86 for a poor tackle on Torres.
Albion held their own for much of the first half, withstanding spells of Liverpool pressure and creating a couple of half-chances for themselves.
Returning striker Marc-Antoine had two opportunities but he snatched at the first shot and sent it well wide before connecting tamely with the second and hitting it straight at keeper Pepe Reina.
But there were opportunities for the hosts too with Fernando Torres firing a shot too close to Scott Carson before Gabriel Tamas produced a strong tackle to block a Torres shot.
The Baggies continued to press after the interval and they carved out a chance on 65 minutes when Fortune and Peter Odemwingie combined on the left to tee up Gonzalo at the far post but his shot was held by Pepe Reina.
And Liverpool broke away immediately to grab the winner, Torres feeding Dirk Kuyt and collecting the return pass before volleying past Scott Carson.
Morrison was given his marching orders four minutes from the end when he caught Torres with a high tackle which was clumsy but not malicious.
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Did well, not bad against Liverpool.
Wolves managed a double over Tottenham, West Brom could do the same
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Surely I didn’t just watch the baggies ‘park the bus’ against a truly awful Liverpool!
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we was a tad unlucky, boing boing,
2 guess wat , u didnt have 2 watch it!
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2 wolf-If you watched the game,you would have heard the commentator say at the end that Albion were ‘excellent’ and ‘didn’t deserve to lose’,having attacked Liverpool from start to finish.But you wouldn’t be biased,would you?You were obviously just watching a different game.
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2 – No you didn’t. If you’d have gone, you’d have seen the Albion be the better team against a decent Liverpool team.
Proud of their efforts today, and we certainly deserved more from it.
Good to see ya Tez, aye boing boing!
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great show by albion today who pressed and could of came away with a well deserved draw.
keep playing like that every week and we will be ok paul scharner to sign this week.
shame about the rubbish left above by a numpty.
boing boing
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Wolf88 – Did you watch the match then?
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Wolves are better at parking the bus than WBA to be fair, and to think they were all buzzed about beating the worst away team in the prem, who wolves beat when they had a full side.
Think the real test will come for wba will be Tottenham, like 1 said, wolves beat twice.
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2. Ha ha ha ha ha, go back to your own room you crazy fool! Last season your 2-0 defeat at Liverpool was considered to be a good result against a quality team, but when we lose 1-0 in a battling performance, we are parking the bus against a rubbish side! Jog on and come back when you have actually played a decent team this season.
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Dorrens loves West Brom.
Warren
Astleistheking
This is just what I mean from the previous post,how can you have any sort of conversation with someone who posts comments like Wolf88 after a performance like that,Moronic,just ignore the idiots.
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E&S,
Another weak report,Why do you bother?. Brilliant display of attacking football by our courageous team. Yet again we didn’t have a bad player on the park. At least Morrisons
was a late tackle not a vicious studs first like that maniac wolves captain, ask Joey Barton. Keep on playing like that ALBION and we will definitely stay up. Thanks for a great game,
our team is full of footballers.
~~~~BOING~~~~BOING~~~~JtH.
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Liverpool could only play as well as they were allowed No.2 which wasn’t very good. Had we been given the certain penalty in the first half, it may well have been a different end too. We certainly did not deserve to lose. I watched it on the computer and was impressed with us overall, other than finishing.
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I forgot to say, Jonas, you were superb!
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We deserved a draw , i was impressed with the defence and Carson
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Don;t forget our Baggie friends have now got rid of two of the hardest away games. We still have to play, and lose both, ourselves. Good performance to only lose 1-0 and they played heaps better than we did against a poor Toon side
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Congratulations Scot on your England squad selection. Your skill and courage were never in question.
~~~~BOING~~~~BOING~~~~JtH.
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Well done lads proud on ya, not many teams will live with us on that performance,captain marvel couldent live with Molly,aye boing boing
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nice to see Scott as got his rightful place back,aye boing boing INGLAND INGLANDS NO1
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2, BE VERY AFRAID MATE BE VERY AFRAID CUZ YOW BUNCH OF LOSERS WONT LIVE WITH US,AYE BOING BOING
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dingles actualy thought jarvis was gunna be in england squad lololololo aye boing boing
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3 point for a win,1 for a draw,nothing for a loss.Watched Match of the day and only saw 1 shot on target for the Baggys.
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I was absolutely delighted to see Scott Carson back in the England squad. I thought that 1st Chelsea goal might upset him and Capello, but remember, ‘when the going gets tough, the tough get going’. Also, no one has commented on Jonas. He was, a couple of minor blemishes apart, superb. Fortuné put himself about well enough and I think the new arrangement might work against lesser teams than Liddypol, but I still preferred Peter Odemgoldenslippers in the middle. Those 1/2 chances could have been a goal, for whatever
other attributes Marc Antoin has, quick feet he ain’t got. And I don’t mean running speed.
It’s the difference between a ‘striker’ and a ‘playmaker’. We should appeal against the Morrison red card. The linesman gave that decision. There was no malice, just badly timed. It was a ‘crowd pleaser’ in the same way we didn’t get a penalty up the Kop end.
I watched the highlights of the Wulfie/Newcastle game. That could have been ‘X’ rated and over 18s only for tackling.
Delighted to see Joey Barton get his come-uppance though.
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same old handsworth, priddy football and no end product…
11. Jack, at least your players play football (matt carbon anyone?) yeh and it will send you where you belong…
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agree with my mate terry,,you dingles wunt live with us when we meet..rdm has assembled a well balanced team of quality players,get these hard away games out the way and it will be up up and away as we charge up the table..you watch us go….staying in the prem the di mattio way,,in style of course,,ooooooooooooooh yes….
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Why all the fuss about the Pakistan match fixing. They’ve been doing it at Anfield for 40 years now. Like the NOTW we have the video evidence of the man with the whistle fixing it for the Mr Bigs at PL headquarters.
Perhaps if we’d had that ref who gave the penalty against Blues last week his young eyes might have spotted one of the numerous WWF bouts of wrestling in the Liverpool penalty area. Perhaps not.
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No 2.
And they wonder why we call some of them Dingles. Do they understand what parking ‘parking the bus’ means, despite watching it all last season.
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Paul Scharner? Very good player if his attitude is right. Naturally talented and would provide cover in any defensive position as well as midfield.
Also has that ‘Premier League’ experience the knockers go on about. Although no doubt there will be something else wrong with him, too old etc.
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23.
Yeah and what about that bad tackle your centre half did on our centre forward in 1912?
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Pip
Do you REALLY believe that what you see on MOTD is a genuine yardstick for what actualy happened ?
MOTD has long become a propaganda tool for for Chelsea, Man Utd et-al, and has zero credability.
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We had 13 shots in total with 6 on target. Watch football focus for a fair reflection of our play – we dominated for 70 minutes and, if it wasn’t for a sublime Reina throw, would have had our well-earned points.
It’s funny the Dingles can’t praise anyone but themselves – we played very well away at Anfield and were unlucky to come away empty-handed. You kicked your way to a point at home versus a newly promoted side. I know which I prefer!
Go back where you deserve to be Dingles
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Liverpool are rubbish at the moment. fact. yes you may have played ok but you still lost. dont get to carried away with only losing 1 – 0 to Liverpool. and yes Wolves did go defensive last season but guess what. job done we finished 15th. this season we have moved on and attack teams and play some great football, lets seee where both teams are at the end of the season. neither team as done anything yet this season.
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well, im not impressed, we should have beat em or at least a draw, a mediocre performance by liverpool, we should have won, it just guts me why we couldnt score,wingie should be in the middle or leading the line, fortune should be binned, he is heskey in disguise, he done a runner last time , so should have left him in scotland, and thats it my rant over, but points need to be had at home, against spurs and the blues, come on and get a grip, we wont get a better chace than that against the top four
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23 biily-you say Albion play football,meaning open,passing,entertaining stuff,then you say we belong in a lower division-which sums up wolves attitude-park the bus,physical,long ball to be in the top flight???I think Albion fans would prefer watching natural skill compared to your battering rams.
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21 pip-I read a report that said against Newcastle,wolves had 2 shots.At HOME against the NEW BOYS?How impressive is that???
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its funny how you only notice Wolves fans who criticise your team. Newcastle are a big strong team. (who by the way we should have had a certain pen against when 1-0 up) i think this was probably the best time to play a Liverpool team, and where is it we deserve to be in your opinion. it doesnt matter how well you play football is about scoring goals. you didnt Liverpool did therefore you lose, understand or do you want a picture. both Wolves and Albion have fans on here that talk crap but i dont tar every Baggies fan with the same brush. you have a good chance to get some points against Spurs and Blues. i for one hope you do stay in the prem.Let’s show this league what a proper derby is about.
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34. you need about 30 shots to score one goal we had 2 one hit the post and one hit the back of the net. right there is your problem.
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pip
You should of tryed watching it on Sky`s
Football First!!,Albion were fantastic and
certainly one of our best performances against
Liverpool.(WATCHED IT ON LIVE STREAM)
sid
Fortune was the best Albion player on the pitch which is why we played so well as any
balls played up to him were sticking meaning
our midfeild players could play.
michael
I listened to the Wolves match on Dingle WM
and it sounded like you are a team full of
cloggers like Stoke City,if the dingle fans
are happy watching that type of football then
I pity you.
Wolves have beaten 2 dross sides who are both
a bunch of cloggers ie.STOKE CITY and
NEWCASTLE UTD and suddenly you are going to
reach Europe.
I cant wait until Fulham play their passing
game against you as this is where your team
will come unstuck as the quality simply isnt
there.Wolves are alright playing against the
Clogger type of teams but against the football
sides like ALBION,MAN UTD,FULHAM,CHELSEA,
MAN CITY,LIVERPOOL,B`HAM CITY,VILLA,ARSENAL,
SUNDERLAND,SPURS,BLACKPOOL,WIGAN,WESTHAM.
`Thick Mic wont stand a chance`!!!
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I watched virtually all the match at Liverpool. The BBC so-called ‘highlights’ was a disgraceful, unbalanced, biased, prejudiced load of rubbish (note, not one swear word). The statistics showed we had 53% possession and more shots on goal, yet you saw next to nothing of that. And an uglier set of ‘presenters’ on BBC2 you’d search a while for.
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Unlucky baggies but what a good insight into our midfield. Mulumbo, Brunt, Dorrens, Morrison(apart from red card) I thought used the width of the pitch well. St Pete started running at them in the 2nd half and could see the confidence growing.
I’m very happy with that performance!
PS: Fortune held the ball up well and maybe if he run a little more could prove a very good signing for us.
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36 Mick… 2 shots one hit the post and one hit the back of the net…erm think you’ll find the one that hit the post wqs a header ..obviously the paper you read when following your lot got it wrong….
not seen any of the albion game v liverpool as I was away for a mini break but fair few papers and pundits said we played well and attacked Liverpool at every opportunity I know we got no points from the game but we according to press reports more than held our own against a team that will finish top 6.
spurs will be a big test at home because they are a very decent side this year
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Pip.
Your post shows you to be VERY naive.
If you actually went to any games with any regularity, you would surely have, at some point in the past, watched highlights of the game you went to and seen just how different editing can make a game look.
I don’t have any actual statistics to hand, but Albion had pretty much the same corner/posession/shots count as Liverpool, but of course Liverpool had the stat that really counts! Thats football mate, if i were you, i’d wise-up and don’t believe everything you see or hear in the media.
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IMO Torres was the only real difference between the 2 teams. He took his chance well but then he’s a world cup winner so I’m not surprised he scored.
Englands No1 done his job well throughout but not many keepers would have saved that shot in a crowded area.
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Wolves fans – The Albion played Newcastle 3 times last season drawing 1-1, 2-2 and beating them 4-2 !
You haven’t played a decent team yet but your arrogance is amusing. You spent millions more than any other club in the Championship with the tax exiles hidden money, yet were still pipped to the Premiership by a cash-strapped Albion, who have been in the premiership for more seasons than you.
Fair dues though fantastic result against Southend well done.
Let’s see after 15 games who is the better team.
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after 15 games? why 15 and not 3? oh because a poor wolves side who only beat southend are currently 7th ,unbeaten, stopped saha,carrol, and kenwynne jones,beattie. in thier tracks, and all this without a full team?.
i think we played plenty of decent teams last season and finished comfortably 7 points clear of the relegation zone.
as for arrogance, believe me wba fans have plenty despite not winning anything since the late 60s.
utw
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Simple Simon, If I remember correctly Newcastle give Villa a rite hammering the week before so your comments arent really valid are they??
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Even as a Wolves fan I thought WBA gave a good account of themselves. Took a class strike to make the difference. Looking forward to our clashes. UTW
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