Riise's goal gave Liverpool 4th consecutive Premiership win

26 Nov 2005 Man City 0-1 Liverpool - EPL

Zenden didn't in the squad because of a knee injury and would miss the next three or four weeks. Alonso was still out, suffering some pain in the knee, while Garcia returned after missing the midweek clash against Real Betis.

Liverpool:
Reina
Warnock, Hyypia, Carragher, Finnan
Riise (Garcia 77min), Hamann, Sissoko, Gerrard
Crouch (Morientes 81min), Cisse (Kewell 51min)

Gerrard missed the perfect chance to give Liverpool a lead in the first half when he burst through into the box on the left and hit a curling shot just narrowly wide. But after 10 minutes after the half time, he made up for it by assisting a goal for Riise. Hamann threaded a pass to the feet of Riise, who exchanged passes with Gerrard on the edge of box before firing a powerful left-foot drive pass David James.

Now Liverpool leapfrogged Man City in the Premiership table with the fourth consecutive Premiership victory, and also the sixth successive cleansheet.


Benitez: "The most important thing is the result and we deserved to win the game. The players worked really hard in the first half and then played really well in the second half."

"I am happy with the way we are playing and we have a good balance. We are defending much better home and away and we are attacking and creating chances."