Poor Peter Crouch made it 20 games without a goal for club and country, but a typical blockbuster from John Arne Riise gave Liverpool a fourth successive Premiership win to continue their ascent up the table. They leapfrog Manchester City, who are heading in the opposite direction.
Sunday Times
Crouch bores as Riise scores
The "I Saw Peter Crouch score" T-shirts have been packed away for another week and it is now touch and go whether any Liverpool youngster will find one under his Christmas tree.
Sunday Telegraph
Riise rocket sees Liverpool gain pace
If the sign of a good team is one that carves out victories while not playing well, then Liverpool must currently be a very good team indeed.
The Observer
Riise and shine for improving Liverpool
Liverpool, whose patchy form in the first two months of the season suggested May's Champions' League win was a fluke on the scale of scooping the National Lottery jackpot, are looking a force again.
Independent on Sunday
