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Match report
English Footie
Premier League: Round 29 (setup 1, season 31)
Birmingham City
v.
Liverpool
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
20
Overall form:
Home form:
Loris KARIUS61Joe HART
Formation:
4-1-3-2
League position:
1
Overall form:
Home form:
Justin HOOGMA2Daniel Alves da Silva, DANI ALVES
Chris BRUNT83Layvin KURZAWA
Michael CARRICK747Javier Alejandro MASCHERANO
Matthijs DE LIGT5THIAGO Emiliano da SILVA
Reece BURKE767Nemanja MATIC
Gareth BARRY777Óscar DE MARCOS Arana
Andy KING686Thomas MÜLLER
Carlton MORRIS697Luis Alberto SUÁREZ Díaz
Jason PUNCHEON107Lionel Andrés MESSI
Eric CHOUPO-MOTING6117PEDRO Eliezer Rodríguez Ledesma
ManagerJoshua Cook
Ahmed MUSA12Laurent KOSCIELNY
Emmanuel Agyemang BADU13Manuel NEUER
Joe LEDLEY147Aaron RAMSEY
Glenn WHELAN156ADRIEN Sebastian Perruchet da SILVA
Shane LONG16Robert LEWANDOWSKI

Birmingham City 2 Liverpool 3
(Half-time: 1-3, Attendance: 33,760, Stadium: St.Andrews, Referee: Andy D'URSO 5)
12 Brunt, 80 BarryScorers4 Messi, 38 Messi, 43 Messi
Substitutions76 De Marcos <=> Ramsey, 76 Pedro <=> Adrien Silva
Sendings off
Bookings
2Corners12
17Fouls16
5Offsides12
5Shots on10
5Shots off14
10Total shots24
2Shots saved7
46%Possession54%
Man of the match: Chris BRUNT
4GOAL!! A nice run by DE MARCOS on the right was capped by a great cross which MESSI turned home from inside the penalty box. (1-0 Liverpool)
5A mix up in the Birmingham City defence enabled MESSI to hammer the ball wide.
10MORRIS worked the ball to CHOUPO-MOTING, KING controlled his cross and kicked the ball within easy reach of the 'keeper.
11BRUNT dribbled past PEDRO and stabbed a poor shot well wide.
12GOAL!! After being forced wide BRUNT managed to drive the ball in from the tightest of angles. (1-1)
19SUÁREZ placed a deadly shot just wide from twenty yards out.
19The 'keeper was able to palm clear a poor shot from MÜLLER.
28A fine piece of skill was ended by a good save by the advancing KARIUS.
31MORRIS made space on the left and dragged the ball to KING who rasped the ball over.
38SUÁREZ's shot was well held by the 'keeper.
38GOAL!! MESSI hit a curling twenty-five yard shot past the stunned 'keeper. (2-1 Liverpool)
40MESSI booted the ball wide of the righthand post from just inside the area.
43GOAL!! Unlucky PEDRO hit the post before MESSI rattled the ball into the back of the net as PUNCHEON failed to clear. (3-1 Liverpool)
 
49A good effort from MESSI scraped the outside of the lefthand post.
59A drive from MORRIS seemed a certain goal but HART managed to parry the ball away.
64KURZAWA shot over.
67SUÁREZ fired the ball through a crowd of players but KARIUS was a match for it as he dived to his right.
73KURZAWA ran onto a wonderful ball from PEDRO but dragged his effort wide of the goal.
75KARIUS saved a lovely strike from MASCHERANO.
80GOAL!! A poor drive from BARRY seemed to hold no problem for HART but the ball somehow squeezed into the net. (3-2 Liverpool)
82MESSI scuffed an easy chance.
88A tame shot from RAMSEY bounced agonisingly wide.