Liverpool kept their Premier League title chase on
course with a 3-1 win over ten-man Hull City at The KC Stadium on
Saturday afternoon, deepening the Tigers’ relegation plight in the
progress.
This was a must-win game for Rafael Benitez’s side with the
Merseysiders running out of games and Manchester United firmly
ensconced in the driving seat to retain their league crown. The
Spaniard’s charges did the necessary however, with Xabi Alonso and
Dirk Kuyt (two) getting the goals, the second and third of
which were sandwiched by one from Hull’s Geovanni.
The win saw the Reds climb back to the top of the league table for
a couple of hours at least. For relegation-haunted Hull, it is now
just two wins in 25 league efforts and Phil Brown’s men never
really looked like getting anything out of this game, their cause
not helped by a straight red card for striker Caleb Folan, just
before the hour mark.