Sunday's Premier League Highlights on Betfair: Torres' late intervention fires Liverpool back into title race

Betfacts / Joe Dyer / 01 February 2009 / Leave a comment

Chelsea look like holding on to a 10-man draw at Anfield until Spanish star breaks deadlock at the death.

Fernando Torres may well have just fired Liverpool back in to the title race.

The Spaniard set Anfield alight with two late goals to take the home team to a 2-0 win after a draw had seemed likely.

Liverpool were [6.1] for the win before Torres' intervention, while the draw was backed at a low of [1.28].

In-running punters who took a flyer on the 2-0 correct score were able to back at a high of [110.0]

A spirited if uninspiring game hinged on a red card for Frank Lampard early in the second half, that rewarded backers of the sending off at [4.4] and ensured Chelsea were unlikely to win the game. Nevertheless, it looked like they'd done enough, only for Torres to make his late intervention.

Chelsea are now out to [11.5] to win the title with Liverpool trading at [6.2].

In the early kick-off Sunderland nearly had the better of rivals Newcastle after taking the lead at St James' Park. The Black Cats touched [1.42] on the exchange only for the home team to equalise midway through the second half.