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Gerrard's hat-trick inspires Liverpool win
(Agencies)
Updated: 2005-07-14 09:17
Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard scored a hat-trick as the European champions
opened their title defence with a comfortable 3-0 win over Welsh underdogs Total
Network Solutions on Wednesday.
Liverpool's Steven Gerrard (L) celebrates
scoring his first goal with Stephen Warnock (R) during their UEFA
Champions League first qualifying round, first leg soccer match against
Total Network Solutions at Anfield, northern England, July 13, 2005.
[Reuters] | Gerrard, playing the week after committing his future to his boyhood club by
signing a new contract, struck twice in the first half and again in the 90th
minute of the Champions League first qualifying round, first leg at Anfield.
Liverpool were allowed to defend their trophy, won against AC Milan in a
penalty shootout in May, after European soccer's governing body UEFA made the
unprecedented move of giving England a fifth place in the competition.
Ireland's Shelbourne beat Glentoran of Northern Ireland 2-1 away in a game
which passed off without the trouble some feared might be sparked during
Northern Ireland's marching season.
Liverpool, who were made to work by the Welsh champions, are likely to play
FBK Kaunas in the second qualifying round after the Lithuanians won 4-2 at HB
Torshavn of the Faroe Islands.
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