Football: CROUCH IS HEAD BOY FOR RAFA ; The FA CUP LIVERPOOL 1 MAN UTD 0 But Smith injury taints win FIRST Edition

Fortunately, a vast majority of the Kop and the rest of the stadium applauded [Alan Smith] man and the concern shown by Liverpool duo Steven Gerrard and John Arne Riise underlined the genuine concern of the Anfield camp. United skipper Gary Neville managed to survive the ordeal on his 31st birthday...

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Published inSunday mercury (Birmingham, England)
Main Author PAUL WALKER at Anfield
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Birmingham (UK) Mirror Regional Newspapers 19.02.2006
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Benitez, RAFAEL
Crouch, Peter
Ferguson, Alex
Gerrard, Steven
Smith, Alan
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Summary:Fortunately, a vast majority of the Kop and the rest of the stadium applauded [Alan Smith] man and the concern shown by Liverpool duo Steven Gerrard and John Arne Riise underlined the genuine concern of the Anfield camp. United skipper Gary Neville managed to survive the ordeal on his 31st birthday with just a yellow card and a highly professional performance in the face of persistent abuse from the Anfield fans, following his wild celebrations of United's winner at Old Trafford last month against Liverpool in the league. Stewards had to calm down the United fans who were abusing Gerrard at a corner, and there was a flurry of incidents after the final whistle in the corner of the ground where United's 6,200 followers were separated from Liverpool's gloating throng.