Wanderers

4-4-2

KEITH BRANAGAN ... 7

NEIL COX ... 7

CHRIS FAIRCLOUGH ... 6

ANDY TODD ... 7

GUDNI BERGSSON ... 7

PER FRANDSEN ... 6

JOHN SHERIDAN ... 7

ALAN THOMPSON ... 8

ARNAR GUNNLAUGSSON ... 6

NATHAN BLAKE ... 8

DEAN HOLDSWORTH ... 5

Subs: Michael Johansen, Jimmy Phillips, Scott Taylor, Mark Fish, Gavin Ward. LIVERPOOL

4-4-2

Friedel; Jones, Harkness, Matteo, Bjornebye; Leonhardsen, Ince, Redknapp, McManaman; Owen, Riedle. Subs: Kennedy for Riedle 34 mins, Kvarme, Carragher, Thompson, James.

Referee: Keith Burge (Tonypandy).

Attendance: 44,532.

Goals: Liverpool - Ince 58 mins, Owen 64 mins; Wanderers - Thompson 7 mins.

Shots/headers on target: Liverpool 6, Wanderers 4.

Fouls committed: Liverpool 12, Wanderers 12.

Corners: Liverpool 20, Wanderers 5.

Offsides: Liverpool 5, Wanderers 2.

Bookings: Liverpool - Redknapp 28 mins (foul); Wanderers - Bergsson 45 mins (foul). Man of the Match ALAN THOMPSON EMERGED from a couple of indifferent performances and rose to the occasion on the big stage, as he did with his consolation strike against Liverpool in the 1995 Coca-Cola Cup Final. Magic Moment THOMPSON'S goal was the highlight of the game - one of the highlights of the season. He started the move with a surging run from half way and was there with the sensational finish after Blake's lay-off. Moan of the Match THE myth of the so-called 'sporting' Liverpool fans. Silenced apart from their whingeing and whining before Ince's equaliser, they suddenly changed their tune with taunts of "Going down, going down!"

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