Reds rise via Pantsil parcel

Liverpool have risen to seventh-spot in the Premier League after scrapping a 1-0 win over Fulham on Wednesday in a game John Pantsil will be keen to forget.

The Reds failed to find the fluidity that was on display against Wolverhampton Wanderers last weekend, but battled their way to three points at Anfield to give caretaker manager Kenny Dalglish his first win on home soil since returning to the Merseyside managerial hot-seat.

It was fitting that Dalglish, the Reds' most famous No. 7, lifted the Merseysiders into their highest position of the campaign as he rediscovered that winning feeling on home turf as the gaffer for the first time in over 20 years.

But unfitting was the way their winning goal came about, as Fernando Torres' deflected shot came off the post before Pantsil's wild hack saw him inadvertely turn the ball into his own net.

Kopites will demand further progress and closing the five point gap between sixth-placed Sunderland will be next on the agenda, but Liverpool's resurgence under Dalglish extends to successive wins in five days.

Fulham, who could have easily got on the scoresheet had Moussa Dembele taken either of his two close-range sitters, will feel aggrieved to leave Anfield pointless and they remain 15th, four points above the drop-zone.

Source: Sky Sports

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