Here's part of the match report from
http://football.guardian.co.uk/ I find their football coverage quite good, although they are fanatical in their hatred for Chelsea
"Later, Rafael Benitez refused to single out individuals but acknowledged team responsibility for a disappointing performance and result. They had gone to Goodison Park having won all but one of the previous 13 derbies. 'If you make mistakes in defence, you cannot attack effectively,' he said.
Yet in an effort to put more bite into Liverpool's game, he had signed Jermaine Pennant and the Dutchman Dirk Kuyt - and left them on the bench until the cause was lost.
Peter Crouch and Robbie Fowler did not click. Steven Gerrard tried his damnedest, but came close only a couple of times. When Kuyt did come on, he threatened repeatedly. That shortfall has to be down to the manager.
Liverpool were then struck by a wicked blow as they mounted a comeback near the end, John Arne Riise being carried off with a recurrence of an ankle injury - and being simultaneously booked for his injudicious tackle on Arteta.
Johnson's second goal, in the last minute, was an emphatic full-point. He had followed in, with characteristic energy, a long-range volley by Carsley, nodding in Reina's fumble. The big boys from down the road were no match for a team so obviously in synchronicity.
As a local warbler once said, money can't buy you love."
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