Football
Reuters 18y

Soccer-Ten-man Liverpool beat city rivals Everton 3-1

LONDON, March 25 - Liverpool produced a superb
display to recover from an early red card for captain Steven
Gerrard to beat Everton 3-1 in a typically fractious Anfield
derby that ended with the visitors also down to 10 on Saturday.

England midfielder Gerrard was sent off in the 18th minute
after a foul, having being booked for dissent 30 seconds
earlier, but Liverpool looked the better side from then on and
fully deserved the victory against their in-form city rivals.

Everton defender Phil Neville glanced in an own-goal in
first-half stoppage time and Luis Garcia got the second two
minutes after the restart.

Tim Cahill headed a 61st minute reply but after substitute
Andy van der Meyde was sent off for elbowing Alonso six minutes
after coming on, Harry Kewell settled it with a 25-metre strike
six minutes from time.

The win takes Liverpool to second place on 54 points, 11
behind Chelsea and one ahead of Manchester United, who have
three games in hand, starting with a home game against
Birmingham City on Sunday.

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