Reds tame Tigers as chase goes on
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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.