Sports - Football - Pre-Season-Friendly - Malaysia XI 1:1 Liverpool
Liverpool enjoyed a mixed half against the Malaysia, enjoying most of the possession and dominating the opposition's area, going ahead on a penalty thanks to Charlie Adam, to then be stunned shortly before half time by a cracker of a free kick by the Malaysian skipper Mohd Rafiq Rahim to take his side to half time at 1:1, all level with Liverpool.
Text commentary of the first half (min):
- (1) Liverpool kick off the first half.
- (3) First couple of minutes the visitors enjoy most possession, press forward but attack disolves in the box.
- (4) First free kick goes to Liverpool, from the left wide outside the box, Charlie Adam with the delivery, comes around but is eventually smashed away by the defence.
- (6) Foul by Joe Cole on nr 3 defender Mohd Shas, free kick to Malaysia XI.
- (8) Andy Carrol misjudges role of the ball and plays it out on the right, slightly unfortunate, slightly runs it over.
- (11) Possession all Liverpool the first ten minutes: Malaysia XI 32%-68% Liverpool.
- (11) Carroll's shot off Adam's nice diagonal cross is punched away brilliantly by the Malaysian goalkeeper Ramli, good jump to his left, and he also blocks Meireles's follow up shot nicely.
- (12) Free kick to Liverpool, Carroll fouled from 25 yards.
- (13) Adam can't get the depth on the ball, free kick curls high and wide.
- (14) Free kick to Liverpool, nothing from it.
- (17) Joe Cole shoots with his left, softest of soft shots, easy stop for goalkeeper.
- (18) Joe Cole is offside in the box, didn't time his run, a bit over-enthusiastic there.
- (20) John Flanagan gives away a free kick not too far from the halfway line, long ball ends up out, goal kick for Brad Jones.
- (21) Free kick to Liverpool, Adam caught late by Ahmad, the nr 2 is the first name in the book.
- (25) PENALTY to Liverpool, Carroll has gone down, controversy, the Malaysia XI is not happy with that decision, the nr 4 Mahali Jasuli is the one behind Carroll who goes down a bit too easy. There is an arm out, littlest of little contact, but spot kick is given.
- (26) Penalty netted by Adam but has to be retaken, Adam nets the second even better, more confident with his left into the left corner, goalkeeper wrongsided, soft penalty gives Liverpool the lead. Malaysia XI 0:1 Liverpool. Mahali Jasuli is booked for his troubles.
- (29) First corner for the home side, easy pick up for Australian goalkeeper Jones.
- (33) Good dominance by Liverpool, strong defending and header out by Mohd Shas leads to Liverpool's first corner, the ball eventually hit wide by Raul Meireles, clumsy, could and should have made more of that.
- (37) Foul by Adam on nr 23, free kick to Malaysia XI, ends up in Jones' arms without much pressure.
- (38) Meireles going close, good stop by the Malaysian goalkeeper.
- (39) Malaysia XI change: Izzaq Faris Ramian on for Abdul Hadi Yahya.
- (42) Free kick to the home side, just outside the goal, belter, Jones beaten, 1:1. Fantastic free kick by skipper Mohd Safiq Rahim, right footer into the right corner, no chance for the goal keeper.
- (47) Another free kick taken by Rahim, headed wide by Bakhtiar.
- (48) Free kick put high over goal by skipper Rahim.
HALF TIME. MALAYSIA XI 1:1 LIVERPOOL
Malaysia XI: Ramli; Mahali Jasuli (booked 26), Putra, Mohd Shas, Ahmad (booked 21); Bakhtiar, Rohidan, Rahim (scored 42), Subramaniam; Yahya (Ramian 39), Saarani.
Subs not used: Che Mat, Nasril Nourdin, Ashari, Mohd Sali, Muslin Ahmed, Remeli, Haidi Zainal, Suppiah, Shamsuddin, Shaari, Ismail, Rizal Fahmi.
Liverpool: Jones; Robinson, Agger, Carragher, Flanagan; Adam (scored pen. 26), Coady, Spearing, Meireles, Cole; Carroll.
Subs not used: Gulacsi, Hansen, Maxi, Pacheco, Kyrgiakos, Kuyt, Wilson, Ngog, Poulsen, Shelvey, Kelly, Wisdom, Aquilani, Insua.
1st half stats:
Malaysia XI-Liverpool
Attempts: 4-7
On target: 3-4
Offsides: 0-2
Corners: 1-1
Free kick: 6-5
Possession: 32%-68% (10)
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