Reds revival takes them third
Liverpool move above Arsenal into third after a 3-0 win over Charlton Athletic
Myhre beaten
The fans had to wait 80 minutes until the next goal when Bellamy volleyed past keeper Thomas Myhre after running on to a neat through-ball.
Gerrard added the third in the 88th minute, guiding the ball home after a knockdown by substitute Peter Crouch.
“We created a lot of chances, we scored three goals but we could have scored two or three more,” Rafael Benitez, the Liverpool manager, told Sky Sports.
Charlton’s Les Reed said: “We had a couple of chances, we didn’t take them and then got punished for some bad defending. “That made it 2-0 and put it out of our grasp…we did lack confidence today.”
Charlton are second from bottom with just 12 points.
Gunners fight back
Portsmouth, who had two former Arsenal favourites in striker Nwankwo Kanu and defender Sol Campbell, scored either side of the break
Gilberto rescued a point for Arsenal |
But five minutes in the second half gave Arsenal a share of the points.
Then, two minutes later, Brazilian midfielder Gilberto steered home another ball into the area from Walcott.
Super saves
Goalkeeper Jussi Jaaskelainen was the hero of Bolton’s 1-0 victory. The Finn produced three super second-half saves to frustrate Villa before
Newcastle shrugged off a midweek defeat at Chelsea with another win courtesy of Obafemi Martins who scored both of Newcastle United’s goals in a 2-1 home win over bottom club Watford. The Nigerian struck twice in the second half, either side of an equaliser from Watford’s French striker Hameur Bouazza.
David Bentley got a late goal as Blackburn Rovers won 2-1 at Reading and Sheffield United beat Wigan Athletic 1-0 away to go seven points clear of the drop.