Liverpool stormed in front of Tottenham into an automatic qualifying place for the Europa League on Sunday, beating Kenny Dalglish’s former club Newcastle 3-0 at Anfield.
The Reds leapfrog Spurs on goal difference, having played an extra game, and also the two sides still need to play each other at Anfield on May 15. Maxi Rodriguez, Dirk Kuyt and also the brilliant Luis Suarez grabbed the goals on Merseyside, adding further weight to Dalglish’s bid being the permanent manager of Liverpool beyond the end of this season.
Dalglish had Andy Carroll back among his ranks on Sunday, however the towering England forward started on the bench against his former club, allowing Rodriguez to continue to use in the hole following his hat-trick in your own home to Birmingham last week. Within Ten minutes that decision had repaid for that Reds, with Rodriguez’s volley deflected past Tim Krul following John Flanagan’s right-wing cross.
Jamie Carragher was making his 655th appearance inside a red shirt, moving him alongside Ray Clemence and Emlyn Hughes into second devote Liverpool’s all-time appearance list, and he ensured Pepe Reina’s goal wasn't truly threatened before first minute of the second half, when Joey Barton found the side-netting when arriving unmarked at the back post.
It had been the Reds who continued to look the much more likely to score the next goal though, and after Rodriguez almost doubled his tally when his mishit cross dropped onto Krul’s bar, Liverpool pressed about the accelerator to win a penalty through the relentless running of Suarez. Mike Williamson chose to dither instead of clear, so when Suarez nipped the ball off his toes Williamson clumsily pulled his tormentor down, allowing Kuyt to notch his seventh goal in eight games.
Suarez’s running, enthusiasm and overall movement was on the different level towards the remainder of his peers, also it was just right that he ended a personal drought of 4 games by claiming Liverpool’s third, calmly slotting in to the corner from Kuyt’s pass.
Wolves stay in the relegation zone after a Michael Mancienne error saw them discard a 1-0 benefit to draw 1-1 at Birmingham. The end result leaves Wolves a place adrift of 17th-placed Blackpool with three games remaining.
Mick McCarthy’s men got a flying start at St Andrew’s, using the lead inside seven minutes thanks to a Steven Fletcher penalty. Stephen Ward was the person to generate the spot-kick following a foul by Ben Foster, much to the dismay of the Birmingham players.
However, Blues responded impressively, hitting the bar via a Sebastian Larsson free-kick before the Swede eventually found the web on 27 minutes. Mancienne was the villain for Wolves, creating a mess of his header to Wayne Hennessey to allow Larsson to pounce.
Wolves were afforded a numerical advantage starting half-time, after Craig Gardner saw red for a second bookable offence following an act of simulation, but Wolves could not take advantage in the second period.
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