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| Luis Suarez reacts after missing a penalty against Sunderland (AP photo) |
Sunderland midfielder, Sebastian Larsson, who scored Liverpool forced a 1-1 draw, at the first Premier League match at Anfield Stadium on Saturday.
Larsson scored in the 57th minute due to poor coordination of the defense of
The Reds. Nobody escorted Larsson in the penalty box. As a result, cross Ahmed Elmohamady successfully forwarded Larsson with an acrobatic kick into goalkeeper Pepe Reina.
Previous Liverpool ahead with a goal by Luis Suarez in the 12th minute. Charlie Adam free-kick could be completed Suarez with his header into the goalkeeper Simon Mignolet.
Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish down four new players since the first minute. This strategy is promising in the first half, but then the next part looks weak coordination antarpemain. Sunderland were not playing true too special, except for their aggressive game early in the second half.
However, a lot of chances they wasted. In the seventh minute for example, Liverpool's successful to get a penalty after Kieran Richardson breaking Suarez. However, the execution of Suarez soared over the bar.
Then, in the 20th minute,
The Reds also had scored again through a shot Andrew Carroll. However, the referee disallowed the goal after Carroll's first foul on Sunderland defender.
Liverpool tried to increase their attacks in the second half by inserting Dirk Kuyt and Raul Meireles. However, these efforts failed to improve their fortunes.
Line-Up:
Liverpool: Pepe Reina; Daniel Agger, Jamie Carragher, Sanchez Jose Enrique, John Flanagan, Charlie Adam, Lucas, Stewart Downing, Jordan Henderson (Dirk Kuyt 59); Luis Suárez (Raul Meireles 75), Andrew Carroll
Sunderland: Simon Mignolet; Anton Ferdinand, Wes Brown, Kieran Richardson, Phillip Bardsley; Lee Cattermole, Jack Colback, Stephane Sessegnon, Sebastian Larsson (David Vaughan 81), Ahmed Elmohamady; Asamoah Gyan (Dong-Won Ji 66)
