| Saturday 28 July 2007 15:00
Reserves Friendly |
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| "Colchester
United" |
1 - 1 |
"Liverpool" |
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(1-0) |
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| GOAL |
| Platt 31 |
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Roque 72 |
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1 Dean Gerken
7 Karl Duguid
12 Pat Baldwin
18 Matthew Connolly
16 George Elokobi
11 Mark Yeates
4 Johnnie Jackson
10 Kemal Izzet
14 Kevin McLeod
20 Kevin Lisbie
9 Clive Platt
Subs:
23 Mark Cousins
2 Danny Granville
3 John White
19 Garry Richards
17 Luke Guttridge
15 Jamie Guy
30 Medy Elito |
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1 Martin Hansen
2 Miguel Roque
3 Stephen Darby
4 Jack Hobbs
5 Ronald Huth
6 Jay Spearing
7 Nabil El Zhar
8 Ryan Flynn
9 Jordy Brouwer
10 Besian Idrizaj
11 Raymond Putterill
Subs:
13 Chris Oldfield
12 Craig Lindfield
14 Ryan Crowther
15 Krisztian Nemeth |
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| SUBSTITUTIONS |
Izzet (Guttridge 72)
Lisbie (Guy 72)
McLeod (White 78)
Elokobi (Granville 83) |
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Brouwer (Lindfield 66)
Putterill (Crowther 73)
El Zhar (Nemeth 77) |
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| OFFICIALS & BOOKINGS |
| Referee: Barry Knight Linesman:
Evetts |
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| VENUE |
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RESERVES
MANAGERS |
Layer Road (capacity 6,180)
Attendance: 3,761 |
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Geraint Williams (Colchester U)
Gary Ablett (Liverpool) |
 Price: J
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YOUNG REDS EARN DRAW AT
COLCHESTER
A young Liverpool XI side earned a 1-1 draw with Colchester United at Layer Road on
Saturday after Miki Roque's second half-volley cancelled out Clive Platt's early strike
for the home side during an entertaining pre-season friendly.
The Reds - managed by Gary Ablett - fell behind when Platt, Colchester's
ВЈ300,000 record signing from the MK Dons, scored in the 31st minute but produced a
superb second-half display and scored a richly-deserved equalizer when Roque struck from
12 yards in the 72nd minute.
The Liverpool squad that made the long journey south was largely the same as that
which earned a 0-0 draw at Peterborough last week, but they were strengthened by the
inclusion of Stephen Darby, Jack Hobbs and Nabil El Zhar, who all appeared in the first
team for our recent games against Werder Bremen and Auxerre in Switzerland.
Colchester, managed by ex-Derby County player Geraint Williams, boasted a number of
former Premiership players in their squad. The biggest of those, Teddy Sheringham, missed
the game with a calf injury, but the U's did have another old foe in their line-up, Kevin
Lisbie, who scored a hat-trick against the Reds when playing for Charlton in 2003.
Gary Ablett's men will have known to expect a tough challenge from a Colchester
side which finished an impressive 10th in last season's ultra competitive Championship.
And with the Layer Road pitch in superb condition, hopes were high for an entertaining
match.
When we got underway it was Colchester who were first to threaten when Lisbie
headed wide, but Liverpool were soon on the attack and they almost went in front in the
9th minute when Spearing's instant pass found Flynn and his well struck shot brought a
good save from U's stopper Gerken.
The Liverpool youngsters were acquitting themselves well in the face of a
competitive Colchester approach and they came close again in the 15th minute when this
time a combination of El Zhar, who looked really sharp, and Brouwer gave Idrizaj a
shooting chance that again needed saving.
The Reds should have taken the lead in the 28th minute when El Zhar's cross gave
Brouwer a close range chance that he headed over, but they fell behind themselves when
Platt put Colchester ahead just three minutes later. The goal coming after Hansen had done
brilliantly to parry Lisbie's point blank header only to find Platt perfectly positioned
to poke home the rebound.
It took a goalline clearance from Elokobi to stop Idrizaj's prodded effort from
giving Liverpool a deserved equalizer on the stroke of half time, but Platt's goal meant
they went in for the break behind.
Liverpool came out for the second half and stepped up a gear. They'd played well in
the first half, but they came out after the interval and took the game to Colchester.
Jordi Brouwer twice came close to drawing them level and it took a brilliant save from
Gerken to deprive Roque, but Ablett's men weren't to be denied and they scored an
excellent equalizer through Miki Roque in the 72nd minute.
It came when Putterill swung in a corner from the right and Roque found space on
the penalty spot to swivel and strike a superb volley into the corner of the net. It was
no more than Liverpool deserved and they almost won the game when Huth hit a blistering 35
yard shot just wide close to full time.
Liverpool: Hansen, Roque, Darby, Hobbs, Huth,
Spearing, El Zhar (Nemeth 77), Flynn, Brouwer (Lindfield 66), Idrizaj, Putterill (Crowther
73). Subs not used: Oldfield.
Referee: Barry Knight.
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