Liverpool 1-0 Everton — live as it happened

Live text commentary as it happened: Liverpool 1-0 Everton

1754 BST: Full-time. Liverpool 1 Everton 0 and Liverpool win the Merseyside derby and do the double over their great city rivals. Torres’ 27th goal of the season seals the deal, and Liverpool jump five points clear of Everton in fourth.

Stoppage time: Gerrard clears the ball with a great clearance. Kuyt is troubling the Everton defence with some sneaky play, staying up and forcing Howard to clear. One minute left.

Liverpool win a free-kick. It would now appear to be game over. Liverpool make one final change — Peter Crouch is on for Steven Gerrard.

90th minute: That results in Torres being replaced for safety by Jermaine Pennant. Torres’ goal in the 7th minute could turn out to be the winner here… Gerrard drives a rasping shot at Howard who tips it out for the corner. Three minutes of stoppage time. Arteta does well at the corner to win the goal kick.

89th minute – YELLOW: Fernando Torres earns a totally needless booking for kicking the ball away to time-waste.

88th minute: Corner taken short. Jagielka heads clear.

87th minute: Hyypia heads away the corner. Carsley wants to shoot but doesn’t get it right and Liverpool clear easily. Down the other end, Kuyt appears to have scored but just missed wide after a deflection.

86th minute: Everton keen to keep a hold of the ball to maximise their chances. Cross from Osman. Reina can’t deal with the cross — scary thoughts of last week’s Man Utd match come to mind — and Skrtel concedes the corner.

84th minute: Arteta squares the free-kick to Fernandes, whose shot from distance is blocked. Liverpool break quickly and Torres plays a brilliant ball in, saved well by Howard.

83rd minute: Carragher gets a cross in but it flies over the goal on the other end and out for a goal kick. Everton win a free-kick in a good position up the other end.

82nd minute: Hibbert takes an attacking throw short. The ball is lost for a goal kick, although Hibbert wants a corner. Ref Webb has to talk to Hibbert about dissent. Replays show it should have been a corner. Babel is taken off for Benayoun.

80th minute: Everton have an attack going. Liverpool’s defence holds strong, however. Liverpool counter. Torres down the left, but can’t get past two defenders in the box. Osman finds Yakubu but Skrtel makes a good challenge.

78th minute: Liverpool keeping possession but appear to be content to hang on to the ball. You cannot help but feel that Everton will somehow get a point from somewhere. Torres caught offside. The ball goes missing for a while and Howard only takes the kick a minute later.

76th minute: The Everton defence switches off and Tim Howard has to rescue his colleagues by clearing the ball outside his box before Ryan Babel can get to it. Liverpool looking for a killer blow here.

75th minute: Torres caught offside. Liverpool should have buried this game a while ago.

74th minute: Everton win a corner. Reina deals with it by punching it away. Goal kick as it comes off Yakubu.

71st minute – YELLOW CARD: Phil Jagielka is booked for a high challenge on Gerrard. Phil Neville is off for Leighton Baines.

69th minute: Yobo loses the ball a bit too easily. Gerrard breaks down the left but his cross is blocked and out for a corner. Eventually cleared short and Everton play upfield quickly. Skrtel reads the situation well and challenges successfully to clear.

66th–68th minutes: Liverpool make a number of good passes but it comes to nothing as Babel’s cross is cleared. Everton break down the other end and win a throw. Taken quickly by Arteta. The cross is headed away and it’s Liverpool’s turn to break. Early ball in from Kuyt is not cleared properly and Alonso has a shot, blocked by Yobo. The resulting corner comes to nothing.

65th minute: Everton have an attacking throw. Taken long by Neville, but headed away. Liverpool win the ball. Gerrard tries to play it early but Jagielka is aware and puts it out into touch.

62nd minute: More from the stats department: Everton have had 60-40 of possession this half. Rafa Benítez is seen discussing something with fourth official Rob Styles.

61st minute: Everton want a penalty. Not given. Replays show Yakubu dived. Fernandes is finally on, he replaces Steven Pienaar.

60th minute: Everton want to bring Manuel Fernandes on, but Osman’s struggling a little and Moyes has to halt the change to consider Osman’s situation.

59th minute: Everton win another free-kick, in a less promising position but still upfield. Arteta’s cross is headed by Osman but it’s wide. Osman has gone down.

58th minute: Everton win a free-kick in an ever-so-promising position.

57th minute: The game’s gone ever so slightly dull right now. Gerrard plays a one-two with Alonso, but the ball is lost further up the field. Rather dull right now.

54th minute: Yakubu’s cross is easily cut out. Liverpool now with possession in midfield, playing well. A loose ball finds its way to Osman, but he wastes the chance. Lee Carsley has gone down hurt after a challenge on Gerrard saw the Liverpool skipper accidentally injure him. He’s back up now though.

53rd minute: Everton have had more possession this half than they had last but need to make something happen soon. Osman finds Pienaar in an offside position.

50th minute: Another little bit from the random stats department: Everton are statistically the ‘cleanest’ team in the Premier League this season, with the lowest number of yellow and red cards. This despite having two men sent off last time they played their Merseyside rivals.

48th minute – YELLOW CARD: Yakubu does well to latch on to a through ball and wins a corner for his team. Taken by Arteta. Reina punches it clear and Babel takes the ball down the left. Brought down by Pienaar who is booked.

46th minute: Right from the get-go, Liverpool threaten again. Everton manage to deal with it, but this surely isn’t a good sign for David Moyes’ men. Torres attempts a little chip from 20 yards which is easily saved.

1705 BST: Everton get us underway in the second half. Will Liverpool be made to pay for failing to take a number of their chances? We’re about to find out.

1704 BST: The teams re-appear for the start of the second half.

Man Utd 3-0 Liverpool – live as it happened

Live text commentary as it happened: Man Utd 3–0 Liverpool

1523 GMT: Full time. Manchester United 3 Liverpool 0 after a crazy game. Liverpool looked for a while like getting back into it but United buried the game in the end.

Stoppage time: Three minutes of added time. Liverpool might as well give up playing. Arguably Mascherano would have stayed on the pitch had the Ashley Cole/Alan Hutton/Mike Riley controversy not happen in midweek, but still, it’s not forgivable.

89th minute: Worth pointing out Mascherano is suspended for next weekend’s Merseyside derby. If Everton win that at Anfield, Everton would go fourth by a point.

87th minute: Ronaldo goes down rather easily in the box. No penalty. Only one other team have scored thrice against Liverpool this season — Reading.

86th minute: Arguably the turning point of the match was Mascherano’s absolute stupidity. United are just passing the ball around now.

83rd minute: Defensive substitution as John Arne Riise is on for Fernando Torres. One wonders what Rafa’s trying to accomplish with Peter Crouch left on the bench.

81st minute – GOAL (Man Utd): And that, truly, is game over, as Nani finishes sublimely from just outside the box.

79th minute – GOAL (Man Utd): Liverpool appeal for an offside but Ronaldo is ruled onside – rightly. His attempt at a chip hits the bar. Corner goes in, however, as Cristiano Ronaldo buries the game.

76th minute: Torres goes down under a heavy challenge by Carrick. Bennett goes to have a word with his assistant. Rooney has gone over to the touchline temporarily. Carrick escapes sanction.

73rd minute: Rooney does very well down the left and a brilliant pass finds Anderson, but he wastes the effort, blasting over. Rooney has a niggle right now. United make a double change: Nani on for Ryan Giggs. Anderson comes off for Carlos Tévez. Rooney is really, really struggling.

72nd minute: Gerrard’s speculative effort goes wide. Man Utd have had 70% of possession this half.

70th minute: Liverpool enjoying a good spell right now. Throw-in to Liverpool on the right.

68th minute: Liverpool get a free-kick in a promising position. The kick beats everyone though. Follow-up is cleared and United breaking but Ronaldo’s cross is intercepted well. Torres on a good run trips up in the area and it’s cleared.

66th minute: Yossi Benyoun is on for Ryan Babel.

65th minute: Man Utd pick up another free-kick on the left in a perfect Ronaldo position. The kick hits the wall and it’s cleared.

64th minute: Torres requires a little talking-to as he just catches Vidic slightly late. Torres is on a yellow card, but Bennett handles it well.

62nd minute: Good call as Evra is caught offside. Liverpool getting Yossi Benayoun ready.

62nd minute: Powerful 25-yard attempt from Anderson is safely caught by Reina.

60th minute – YELLOW CARD: For once, it’s a United player into the book as Rio Ferdinand. Very little in it and Bennett could’ve been trying to even things up. Free-kick, taken quickly, almost catches the defence asleep.

58th minute: Liverpool with a rare foray into the United half. Cleared easily. Aurélio does well at the back to hold Ronaldo off.

56th minute: A great clearance by van der Sar finds Rooney unmarked. A great save by Reina with his right foot, and Anderson’s follow up misses wide.

55th minute: Liverpool are pinned back in their own half now and have hardly threatened this half. United are totally dominating the match.

53rd minute – YELLOW CARD: Arbeloa is booked and United have a free-kick on the edge. Barely outside the box though. Free-kick from Ronaldo is wide.

51st minute: Another stat for you. Past five minutes, United have had 80% of the possession to Liverpool’s 20.

47th minute: Busy start to the second half. Reina makes a brilliant point-blank save from Ronaldo then down the other end almost immediately van der Sar has to run out to clear a ball. Gerrard has a good effort parried by the Dutch shot-stopper too.

1435 GMT: The second half kicks off.

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The English Premier League is considering playing some matches overseas, BBC Sport has learned.

At a meeting in London on Thursday, all 20 clubs agreed to explore a proposal to extend the season to 39 games.

Those 10 extra games would be played at venues around the world, with cities bidding for the right to stage them.

It is understood the additional fixtures could be determined by a draw but that the top-five teams could be seeded to avoid playing each other.

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