Kuyt-ing Edge the Difference

Last updated : 25 September 2006 By John Roache
So often the case, a turning point in the game was a poor piece of finishing from the opposition, and just seconds after the former Newcastle man missed the chance of the match, Gerrard – magnificent, class and all over the park all day – took the ball inside to provide a similar opportunity for Craig Bellamy.

With confidence as low as Chelsea's morals, the Welshman hit the post from a yard, bizarrely echoing the events down the other end; luckily for both him and Liverpool, the ball came straight back out to Gonzales who put it right in the far corner.

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