Premier League / Joe Dyer / 25 October 2009 / Leave a comment

United beaten 2-0 as Liverpool haul themselves back in the title chase

"Liverpool, four points behind United and six back from Chelsea, are in to [12.5] to win the league having touched [18.0] at the height of their woes."

A determined Liverpool dragged themselves back into the Premier League title race with a 2-0 win over great rivals Manchester United today.

After four straight defeats the pressure on everyone at the Anfield club was huge but they were encouraged by an off-colour display from the champions.

Fernando Torres opened the scoring in the 65th minute after latching on to a Yossi Benayoun through ball and the home side sealed matters with a very late second - David N'Gog obliging after referee Andre Mariner had sent off both Nemanja Vidic and Javier Mascherano in separate incidents.

Liverpool, four points behind United and six back from Chelsea, are in to [12.5] to win the league having touched [18.0] at the height of their woes.

N'Gog's late strike saw some huge prices matched on Betfair - the 2-0 final score was backed at [55.0] while over 1.5 goals touched [21.0].

Arsenal were surprisingly held in the late kick-off at Upton Park where after establishing a 2-0 lead, they were pegged back West Ham.

The Gunners were backed at [1.01] to win the game before the Hammers hit back late on through Carlton Cole and Alessandro Diamanti. The draw touched [70.0] on the exchange .

Manchester City missed their chance to clamber into the top three after giving away a two goal lead at home to Fulham.

Goals from Joleon Lescott and Martin Petrov helped City establish their advantage only for Clint Dempsey and Damien Duff to hit back as Fulham pulled off an unlikely comeback.

City had been backed at [1.02] to go on for the win while the draw drifted to [60.0]. The final score of 2-2 was a [100.0] chance!

Everton's tough start continued with a 3-2 defeat at Bolton, having fought their way back from 2-0 down. The result leaves the Toffees in 13th place, with Bolton one place above.

Wanderers were backed at [8.0] for the win having given up that two-goal advantage. The final score of 3-2 was backed at [55.0] in-running on Betfair - a result that was only sealed thanks to an 86th minute winner from South Korean midfielder Chung-Yong Lee.

Tags: Everton's tough start continued with a 3-2 defeat at Bolton, Fernando Torres, Liverpool, Manchester United