Birmingham City vs Liverpool

Premier League

Birmingham

9-8-14

2-1

Final

Liverpool

14-10-7

St Andrews Stadium

TV: Fubo

Match pulse

BIRAttacking pressure by 5 minutes

0'LIV

27%Possession73%

5Shots14

2On target9

0Corners0

0Saves0

0Fouls0

Who won: Birmingham 2-1

Birmingham City beat Liverpool 2-1 on Sunday, February 23, 2003 at St Andrews Stadium. Goals for Birmingham: Stephen Clemence (34') and Clinton Morrison (68'). Goals for Liverpool: Michael Owen (77').

Play by play

94'
Although substitute Owen got a goal back, Liverpool didn't have one shot afterwards. They never looked like equalising, had no urgency and got exactly what they deserved
94'
Goals from Clemence and Morrison put the Blues in control, and at that stage they were cruising
94'
Birmingham thoroughly deserved their victory and move six points clear of the relegation zone
94'
And there goes the final whistle
93'
Heskey crosses from the left, there's three red shirts in the box but Vaesen rises high to claim
92'
Liverpool pour forward for the leveller
91'
Savage plays the free-kick to Horsfield in the corner. He makes a mess of it and gifts possession back to Liverpool
90'
Three minutes to be added on
90'
Birmingham win a rare free-kick for a foul by Diao on Devlin
90'
Birmingham break, Savage picks out Lazaridis on the left but Dudek races out, belatedly, to clear
90'
Baros is muscled off the ball on the right wing. A real chance for Liverpool. Riise's free-kick is woeful and Savage heads clear
89'
A final change for Birmingham as the hard working Clinton Morrison, scorer of the vital second goal, is replaced by Paul Devlin
88'
Murphy plays a threaded ball throught he centre, straight to Vaesen
87'
Liverpool probing for the equaliser now, trying to find a way through
86'
Riise lauches a long throw into the box from the right, Heskey fails to get a touch, Owen's shot is blocked by Cunningham and Birmingham clear
85'
Bruno Cheyrou is replaced by Neil Mellor in an attacking change
85'
Hamann brings Johnson to the floor, precious seconds for the Blues
84'
Morrison gets to the byline and looks to cut the ball back into the box, but he takes his eye off the ball and it just runs over the line for a goal-kick
83'
Geoff Horsfield comes on for Christophe Dugarry
82'
Dugarry looks to be struggling with cramp, and gets some treatment off the pitch
82'
Birmingham hoist a long throw into the box, and Morrison just fails to get on the edge of Dugarry's flick
81'
Darren Carter enters the fray in place of the scorer of the first goal, Stephen Clemence
80'
...Diao gets there ahead of Morrison to head the ball away
79'
Clapham tries to get past Diao on the left flank, but is pushed to the ground. Free-kick to Birmingham, played into the box by Savage...
78'
Owen did well to watch the flight of the ball and stab it past the helpless Vaesen. Question marks over the defending, but Liverpool are back in this at 2-1

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Final