Football: Cost of flirting afflicts Albion ; The Premiership FIRST Edition
The sight of Liverpool turns them into a quivering wreck. Saturday's 2-0 home defeat to the champions of Europe at The Hawthorns was their sixth consecutive loss to Liverpool since returning to the Premiership. Nineteen goals conceded without a solitary reply indicates the Indian sign that Live...
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| Published in | Birmingham post (Birmingham, England) |
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| Format | Newspaper Article |
| Language | English |
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Birmingham (UK)
Mirror Regional Newspapers
04.04.2006
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| Summary: | The sight of Liverpool turns them into a quivering wreck. Saturday's 2-0 home defeat to the champions of Europe at The Hawthorns was their sixth consecutive loss to Liverpool since returning to the Premiership. Nineteen goals conceded without a solitary reply indicates the Indian sign that Liverpool hold over Bryan Robson's men. Defeat to Rafael Benitez's team was the fifth time in six outings that Albion had failed to garner any tangible reward. All this despite some proficient performances - Saturday's lame effort excepted -has left Albion teetering on the relegation precipice. Rob-son was irked after their first-half capitulation and victory for Birmingham City tonight would send Albion into the bottom three after months of serious flirting. |
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