Liverpool continue revival by beating Bolton
Reuters - Saturday 30 January 2010, 17:46
Liverpool beat Bolton Wanderers
2-0 at Anfield on Saturday to stretch their unbeaten league run
to six matches and close the gap on Tottenham Hotspur in the
race for a top four finish in the Premier League.
Aston Villa also closed the gap following their 2-0 win at
Fulham while Spurs, who were leading 1-0 until the second minute
of stoppage time at Birmingham, conceded a late goal to draw 1-1
and dropped two vital points.
Liverpool beat Bolton with goals from Dirk Kuyt and an own
goal from Kevin Davies, while Spurs took the lead after 69
minutes at St Andrews with Jermaine Defoe scoring his 17th of
the season, but just when the victory seemed assured, Liam
Ridgewell equalised in stoppage time.
It is the second time in a week that Spurs have allowed
victory to slip from their grasp in the dying seconds after
Leeds United scored with a last minute penalty to force a 2-2
draw in their FA Cup fourth round match last Saturday.
FULHAM SLIDE
Aston Villa, who are also chasing fourth spot, ended a run
of four league matches without a goal with a 2-0 win at Fulham,
who have now lost their last five league matches.
Two goals from Gabriel Agbonlahor in four minutes just
before halftime allowed Villa to climb above Manchester City
into sixth place, although City do not play bottom-of-the-table
Portsmouth until Sunday and have three games in hand on
Liverpool and Spurs and two in hand on Villa.
There were only 11 goals scored in the six matches with Hull
City and Wolverhampton Wanderers locked in a 2-2 draw in a
relegation scrap. The result left Hull in the bottom three.
Improving Everton won 1-0 at Wigan Athletic with Tim Cahill
scoring the winner six minutes from time to stretch their
unbeaten league run to nine while West Ham United drew 0-0 with
Blackburn Rovers at Upton Park in a disappointing first match in
charge for their new co-owners David Gold and David Sullivan.