Win makes injury-hit Liverpool second

Press, 26 September 1988, Page 28

Win makes injury-hit Liverpool second

NZPA-Reuter London Injury-hit Liverpool, allowing itself the luxury of keeping the striker, lan Rush, on the substitutes’ bench, moved smoothly into second spot in the English first division on Saturday, replacing Southampton after beating it 3-1 away. Fourth at the start of the day, the league champion leap-frogged Southampton and the first division newcomer, Millwall, which dropped two points with a hard fought 2-2 draw at surprise leader Norwich. Arsenal, , Everton and Derby, on the heels of the top four, were all beaten and it was left to Manchester United, a comfortable 2-0 winner over West Ham, to take fifth place. Liverpool, with seven first team regulars unavailable, shrugged off the handicap with a highly competent display that spells another long hard season for the rest of the division. John Aldridge, the man who keeps Rush idle, tapped them into a thirty-first-minute lead and although a penalty from Derek Statham three minutes later put Southampton back on terms, a forty-seventh-minute goal from the England striker, Peter Beardsley, and a penalty from Jan Molby six minutes from time clinched Liverpool’s three points. Norwich led Millwall 1-0 early in the second half thanks to a goal from lan

Crook but Millwall hit back within a minute through Tony Cascarino. Robert Rosario made it 2-1 for the leader after 73 minutes but once more, within a minute, Millwall levelled, this time through Kevin O’Callaghan. Norwich now has 13 points from five games after surrendering its 100 per cent record, two clear of Liverpool and Millwall and three ahead of Southampton and Manchester United. In Scotland, the champion, Celtic’s, miserable start continued when it was beaten 1-0 at lowly Dundee. Arch-rival Rangers consolidated its place at the top, coming from behind to beat St Mirren 2-1. Results of Saturday’s games.— England Division' one: Aston Villa 1, Nottingham Forest 1; Charlton 2, Newcastle 2; Derby 0, Queens Park Rangers 1; Everton 0, Luton 2; Manchester United 2, West Ham 0; Norwich 2, Millwall 2; Sheffield Wednesday 2, Arsenal 1; Southampton 1, Liverpool 3; Tottenham 3, Middlesbrough 2; Wimbledon 0, Coventry 1. 'Division two: Barnsley 1, Manchester City 2; Blackburn 3, Birmingham 0; Bournemouth 2, Oxford 1; Ipswich 1, Bradford 1; Leeds 0, Chelsea 2; Leicester 2, Watford 2; Oldham 2, Hull 2; Plymouth 1, West Bromwich 1; Portsmouth 1, Crystal Palace 1; Shrewsbury 0, Sunderland 0;

Swindon 3, Brighton 0; Walsall 1, Stoke 2. Division three: Aidershot 0, Bolton 3; Brentford 1, Sheffield United 4; Bristol City 0, Port Vale 1; Bury 0, Mansfield 1; Chester 3, Huddersfield 0; Chesterfield 0, Blackpool 2; Fulham 1, Wigan 1; Gillingham 0, Reading 1; Northampton 1, Bristol Rovers 2; Notts County 0, Preston 0; Swansea 2, Wolverhampton 5. Played Friday: Southend 0, Cardiff 0. Division four: Burnley 2, Colchester 0; Carlisle 0, Rotherham 2; Doncaster 2, Wrexham 2; Exeter 2, Scunthorpe 2; Grimsby 1, Rochdale 3; Hartlepool 3, Cambridge United 2; Lincoln 2, Hereford 0; Peterborough 0, York 1; Scarborough 5, Torquay 2. Scotland Premier division: Aberdeen 1, Hearts 0; Dundee 1, Celtic 0; Hibernian 1, Hamilton 0; Motherwell 1, Dundee United 2; Rangers 2, St Mirren 1. Division one: Airdrieonians 5, Partick 1; Ayr 2, St Johnstone 1; Clyde 1, Falkirk 2; Dunfermline 3, Kilmarnock 0; Forfar 1, Raith 0; Meadowbank 0, Clydebank 0; Morton 1, Queen of South 0. Division two: Albion .1, Queen’s Park 1; Dumbarton 1, Alloa 1; East Fife 0, Arbroath 0; East Stirling 4, Brechin 3; Montrose 4, Stanraer 2; Stenhousemuir 3, Berwick 2; Stirling 2, Cowdenbeath 3.