Liverpool vs Middlesbrough

1. 94'

   10 straight clean sheets for Liverpool, and they are now nine points behind Chelsea in second place. A good, hard-fought win. Boro were no match for Liverpool in either defence of attack, but in the middle they battle hard.

2. 94'

   And the ref blows his whistle and that's the end of the match.

3. 93'

   Gerrard takes a hit on the foot from Ehiogu - who apologies for his last-ditch defending taking out the Liverpool skipper.

4. 92'

   Cisse shows great pace to hunt down a loose ball; his electric pace wins a corner for the Reds.

5. 90'

   We're into stoppage time now as Liverpool play keep-ball.

6. 89'

   Schwarzer collects a cross from the left to deny Liverpool a third.

7. 88'

   This win will set Liverpool up for the long trip to Japan for the Club World Championship (or is it World Club Championship?). It will also send the Reds second in the Premiership.

8. 87'

   Hasselbaink looses the ball after collecting it deep in the Liverpool hafl - but with no support he eventually lost out to Risse and Hyypia.

9. 86'

   Boro getting a bit tetchy, arguing with the ref. Rochemback (how he's still on the pitch I have no idea) chief among Mr Bennett's detractors.

10. 85'

    And another sub! Morientes goes off to a cheer and on in his place comes fellow Spaniard; Josemi.

11. 84'

    Change for Boro; Yakubu makes way for Ugo Ehiogu - a sign that Boro are not going to press for the last five minutes.

12. 83'

    Chris Riggott is sent off for a second bookable offense. The tackle on Gerrad was crude, but neither dangerous or malicious. A tough one for Riggott to take after having had a great game to this point.

13. 82'

    Terrific movement by Liverpool; Morientes releasing Garcia with a great bit of skill after solid work by Gerrard. For his part Garcia brought a smart save out of Schwarzer from a tight angle.

14. 82'

    Another Liverpool change; this time Djibril Cisse takes the place of Harry Kewell.

15. 81'

    Boro stand tall and defend Liverpool's latest attack - but they fail to hold onto the ball.

16. 80'

    Gerrard wins Liverpool a corner - can Morientes grab a hat-trick?

17. 79'

    Offside given against Boro.

18. 78'

    Kewell goes down like a sack of potatos after being closed down in the penalty area. No interest from the ref, quite rightly.

19. 77'

    A booking for Riggott after a full-bloded challenge on Morientes.

20. 76'

    Another goal for Morientes; this time a composed finish to lift the ball over the on-rushing Schwarzer after the Spaniard latched onto mis-timed header from Frank Queudrue. Boro unlucky, but a quality finish.

21. 75'

    Goal for Liverpool!!

22. 74'

    Here's a change, finally, for Boro. Off goes Morrison who almost scored a moment ago, and on comes Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink.

23. 73'

    The Scousers again cheer Hyypia who heads the croner clear - despite his bandages!

24. 73'

    Hyypia returns to the game with his head heavily bandanged - the Anfield crowd cheer his brave return.

25. 72'

    Reina makes a vital stop to deny Boro a goal from their best attack of the game. Viduka slipped Morrison a return ball and Morrison can consider himself very unlucky. Corner ball.

Leaders

LIVMID

Total Shots

Peter Crouch

6

Fabio Rochemback

1

Saves

Pepe Reina

1

Mark Schwarzer

14

More from this season series: LIV leads series 2-1-2

• MID 0 vs LIV 0Final, Aug 13
• LIV 1 vs MID 1Final, Apr 30
• MID 2 vs LIV 0Final, Nov 20
• LIV 2 vs MID 0Final, Nov 10
• LIV 2 vs MID 0Final, May 2

More EPL games on December 10

• Birmingham3-3-91

  Fulham4-4-80
  Final
• Blackburn6-3-73

  West Ham6-4-52
  Final
• Bolton8-3-41

  Aston Villa4-5-71
  Final
• Charlton7-1-72

  Sunderland1-2-140
  Final
• Chelsea14-1-11

  Wigan8-1-60
  Final
• Man United9-4-2

  Everton5-2-8
  Postponed
• Spurs7-6-2

  Portsmouth2-4-9
  Postponed
• West Brom4-4-82

  Man City7-3-60
  Final
• Newcastle6-4-61

  Arsenal8-2-50
  Final