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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Football: Liverpool v Portsmouth in the Premier League

Liverpool v Portsmouth: Liverpool v Portsmouth
Across the divide – Portsmouth and Liverpool fans stand united in their disquiet about the ownership of their respective clubs
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Liverpool v Portsmouth: Liverpool v Portsmouth - Premier League
On the field itself, both teams are in turmoil. Portsmouth are eight points adrift of safety and their hosts, Liverpool, four short of fourth-place. Here, Fernando Torres competes with Marc Wilson for a high ball
Photograph: John Cocks/Liverpool FC via Getty Images
Liverpool v Portsmouth: Liverpool v Portsmouth - Premier League
In the 26th minute, Steven Gerrard charges down Pompey goalkeeper Jamie Ashdown's clearance ...
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Liverpool v Portsmouth: Liverpool v Portsmouth - Premier League
... allowing Torres a simple tap-in to give Liverpool the lead, his 14th goal of the season
Photograph: John Cocks/Liverpool FC via Getty Images
Liverpool v Portsmouth: Liverpool v Portsmouth
Ryan Babel makes it 2-0 two minutes later as he cuts through Portsmouth's hopeless defence – a defence which had conceded 48 goals before this game
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Alberto Aquilani scores a third just four minutes later – his first goal for the club since joining from Roma
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Liverpool v Portsmouth: Liverpool v Portsmouth
Michael Brown and Gerrard got a little too aggressive in combat at times. In another incident caught only by the TV cameras, Gerrard appeared to elbow his counterpart as they chase possession
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Liverpool v Portsmouth: Fernando Torres
Torres makes it 4-0 when given space to unleash another devastating shot following Aquilani's pass
Photograph: Tim Hales/AP
Liverpool v Portsmouth: Liverpool v Portsmouth - Premier League
Belhadj eventually grabs a consolation goal for the visitors from close range in the 89th minute to make it 4-1, a result which lifts Liverpool to within one point of fourth-placed Tottenham
Photograph: Michael Regan/Getty Images
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