Date: 28 January 2012 Opposition: Manchester United Competition
28 January2012 28 Date: 28 January 2012 Times Echo Sunday Times Sun Telegraph Observer Opposition: Manchester United MEN Sun Independent Sunday Mirror Mail on Sunday Competition: FA Cup Mail Guardian Mirror Independent Telegraph than four occasions, he might not have found the transition to English football so daunting. Evra suffers late lapse on difficult day In Vidic's long-term absence, Liverpool had precisely the artillery to expose United's frailties on Saturday, particularly once a series of substitutions allowed Liverpool 2 them to seize the initiative in the closing stages. As another route towards Agger 21, Kuyt 88 Wembley opened for Liverpool, another closed for United. It is that, rather than Manchester United 1 the regrettable treatment of Evra, that will have occupied Mancunian minds on Park 39 Referee: M Halsey. Attendance: 43,952 the journey back along the M62. Only at the end did it reveal itself as Patrice Evra's worst nightmare. At 2.31pm Line-ups the story was of one man's resilience in the face of hostility, but then he was LIVERPOOL 4-4-2 caught in a dream-like state and, after one expensive lapse, his fate five minutes J Reina M Kelly M Skrtel D Agger J Enrique J Carragher S Downing S Gerrard J later was to leave the stage to catcalls, ripping off his gloves as he went, as Anfield Henderson M Rodriguez A Carroll heralded a precious victory over Manchester United. Substitutes: D Kuyt (for Carragher, 63min), C Adam (for Rodriguez, 63), C Bellamy It had been a trial for Evra, jeered by Liverpool supporters throughout for having (for Gerrard, 72).
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