Torres sparks late rally for Liverpool

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11/10/2007 - Liverpool, England (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Fernando Torres came on as a second- half substitute on Saturday at Anfield and scored in the 81st minute before Steven Gerrard converted from the penalty spot to give Liverpool a 2-0 win over Fulham.

It looked for much of the game like Liverpool was headed for another scoreless draw, which the club has done three times already this season.

Peter Crouch had the best chance of the first half as he sent a glancing header off the crossbar in stoppage time, and Fulham keeper Antti Niemi did well to keep the home side off the scoreboard early in the second half.

Niemi was called upon to make a good reaction stop on Liverpool's Fabio Aurelio when the defender curled a free kick past the wall, and he then did a nice job of tipping an Andriy Voronin effort over the crossbar.

Yossi Benayoun scored three goals in Liverpool's 8-0 pounding of Besiktas in the Champions League on Tuesday, but he was denied as well by Niemi as the keeper got up and tipped the ball away before it could get to the upper corner.

Torres came on in the 70th minute replacing Voronin, and he got Liverpool on the scoreboard 11 minutes later.

It was an innocent looking play that started with Liverpool keeper Jose Reina clearing the ball out of the back. Torres got under the long ball and brought it down off his chest. He then carried the ball into the box and cut it back to avoid a defender. The Spaniard finished off the play by driving the ball into the lower right corner to put the Reds ahead.

Gerrard then gave the hosts an insurance tally four minutes later when he converted from the penalty spot after Crouch was tripped up inside the box by Fulham's Carlos Bocanegra.

In Saturday's other EPL contests, James Milner helped Newcastle earn a 1-1 draw with Sunderland as he scored in the 65th minute, while Derby's struggles continued in a big way as West Ham got two goals from Lee Bowyer in a 5-0 thrashing of the last-place club.

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