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Match report
English Footie
FA Cup: Round 3 (setup 1, season 27)
Liverpool
v.
Stockport County
Formation:
4-4-2
League position:
4
Overall form:
Home form:
Manuel NEUER16Mat RYAN
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
8
Overall form:
Home form:
Daniel Alves da Silva, DANI ALVES727Anele NGCONGCA
Layvin KURZAWA73Joel WARD
Javier Alejandro MASCHERANO74John Obi MIKEL
THIAGO Emiliano da SILVA75Mike WILLIAMSON
Daniele DE ROSSI6Nathan BAKER
Andrés INIESTA Luján676Craig GARDNER
Juan Manuel MATA García86Steven NAISMITH
Zlatan IBRAHIMOVIC9Steven FLETCHER
Lionel Andrés MESSI7107Thulani SERERO
PEDRO Eliezer Rodríguez Ledesma116Eric CHOUPO-MOTING
Ady Lippiatt Manager
Branislav IVANOVIC612George WILLIAMS
Salvatore SIRIGU13Alex McCARTHY
Nigel DE JONG614Kris COMMONS
Fernando Luiz Roza, FERNANDINHO15Mitch HANCOX
Laurent KOSCIELNY167Steve SIDWELL

Liverpool 3 Stockport County 2
(Half-time: 2-1, Attendance: 72,851, Stadium: Anfield, Referee: Colin WEBSTER 5½, TV: highlights)
10 Messi, 23 Messi, 55 IbrahimovicScorers8p Fletcher, 78 Sidwell
76 De Rossi <=> De Jong, 76 Dani Alves <=> IvanovicSubstitutions72 Fletcher <=> Sidwell
Sendings off
Bookings
12Corners5
22Fouls15
9Offsides10
6Shots on9
7Shots off4
13Total shots13
2Shots saved7
50%Possession50%
Man of the match: Mike WILLIAMSON
2A free-kick from GARDNER flew just wide.
4The 'keeper saved a swerving effort from FLETCHER.
5A mix up in the Liverpool defence enabled GARDNER to hit an effort over.
8GOAL!! A foul on GARDNER inside the area gave Stockport County a penalty which FLETCHER made look easy.
10GOAL!! A refined set-piece enabled MESSI to flick the ball into the back of the net. (1-1)
16A fine dribble was ended by a good save by the oncoming Liverpool 'keeper.
18An inswinging corner was flicked into the arms of the 'keeper by NAISMITH.
19A lovely pass from MIKEL, was nudged goalbound by SERERO only for NEUER to claw away.
22DE ROSSI nutmegged WARD but knocked the ball into the arms of the 'keeper.
23GOAL!! The creative DANI ALVES neatly nodded on a cross for MESSI to hit the ball in. (2-1 Liverpool)
31GARDNER's shot beat the Liverpool 'keeper but rebounded off the Liverpool post.
41PEDRO rattled a simple chance past the far post.
44The Liverpool 'keeper did well to hold onto a powerful strike from SERERO.
 
49A tame strike from KURZAWA trickled agonisingly wide.
52FLETCHER's header was well saved by NEUER.
53INIESTA headed inches over.
54FLETCHER dribbled away from MATA and stabbed a tame shot wide.
55GOAL!! A nice run by MATA on the left was capped by a delightful cross which IBRAHIMOVIC fired in at the near post. (3-1 Liverpool)
63A twenty yard drive from KURZAWA caused RYAN little difficulty.
65IBRAHIMOVIC shot wide.
73PEDRO chipped the ball to MESSI who forced it over the bar.
77MATA hit a left foot shot wide from long range.
78GOAL!! A long ball from GARDNER down the middle found the lurking SIDWELL who flicked a left foot shot into the top corner. (3-2 Liverpool)
79DE JONG beat two Stockport County players and stroked a great chance over the bar.
88A good effort from WILLIAMSON scraped the upright.
90A shot from MESSI seemed a certain goal but RYAN managed to fist the ball clear.