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The first half Yeovil were certainly the better side, forcing a couple of good saves (one of them vital) from Dudek. Liverpool's defending was appalling, and that's coming from a Newcastle fan. Henchoz was struggling at right back and allowed Yeovil to pump in way too many crosses. The marking for those crosses was also terrible and with better finishing this could have been embarrassing for Liverpool. The second half began the same way as the first, Yeovil were fired up and harrassing Liverpool's full backs and for 10 minutes they looked the most likely to score. But from then on Liverpool finally got their act together and started to slow the game down with possession play. Gradually Yeovil were tiring and Liverpool just ran through them for Heskey's goal with 20 minutes to go, although it was a well taken finish. Despite their dominance late on Liverpool continued cynical attempts at gaining free kicks/pens. Pongolle and Diouf had been at it all game with some very theatrical falls, but it was Kewell who dropped under minimal contact on the edge of the box to finally get Liverpool a pen. A very harsh pen in my book but the game was officiated by the most incompetent ref in the Premiership. Murphy tucked the pen away and the game was sealed with 13 minutes to go.
Not a great day for Liverpool, Kewell was surprisingly anonymous, Diouf saw a lot of the ball but produced little and Henchoz looked very uncomfortable at right back. In the end Liverpool's superiority won it, but it took them a long time to gain the upper hand. Had Heskey not scored a neat goal on 70 minutes it could still have gone any way.
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