West Brom vs Liverpool - as it happened: Firmino header secures victory for the Reds
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Your support makes all the difference.Liverpool travel to West Brom in search of all three points as they bid to secure a top-four finish. As for the home team, Tony Pulis’ men continue to sit pretty in the middle of the table with 44 points to their name having enjoyed a respectable season so far.
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When is it?
Kick-off is 13.30 at The Hawthorns, Sunday 16 April.
Where can I watch it?
Sky Sports 1. Coverage starts at 12.45.
Remember when…
Luis Suarez scored a scintillating hat-trick to help fire Liverpool to a 4-1 victory? The Reds ran riot at Anfield as they brushed past an overwhelmed West Brom side in October 2013.
Past three meetings…
Liverpool 2 West Brom 1, Premier League, October 2016
West Brom 1 Liverpool 1, Premier League, May 2016
Liverpool 2 West Brom 2, Premier League, December 2015
Form guide…
West Brom: LLDWLL
Liverpool: WDWDWW
Odds…
West Brom to win: 15/4
Liverpool to win: 19/25
Draw: 14/5
(Odds provided by Bet 888)
49 min: Robson-Kanu is shown yellow for a not-so-sneaky stamp on Can's foot. Completely uncalled for.
52 min: Another silly foul from Evans as he drags Origi to the deck inside his own final third. A Liverpool free-kick follows but West Brom keep their cool to clear the danger.
55 min: Origi gets hold of possession on the edge of the West Brom box and looks to whip the ball into the top right corner. He can't get enough curl on it though as attempt sails out for a goal-kick.
57 min: Chance for Liverpool! Coutinho had been put in behind down the right flank and with a lovely, perfectly weighted lob cut the ball back to the incoming Milner at the far post. From eight or so yards out, the defender simply had to hold his nerve to fire the ball into the back of the net but completely fluffed his volleyed attempt. West Brom goal-kick.
60 min: Goal.... but it's offside! Lucas picked out Firmino inside the West Brom box who nodded the ball across the goal mouth to Origi. The Liverpool forward rose like a salmon to meet the delivery and nod the ball into the back of the net but it wasn't to be. Firmino had been stood in an offside position, cancelling out the goal.
65 min: Milner floats one in from the left. Forster rushes from his line to punch it away but can only clear it as far as the edge of his own box. Liverpool recycle before Evans concedes another foul on the right-hand byline.
66 min: Milner delivers the free-kick to the far back post and it's Matip who gets there first, timing his run to perfection to make the sweetest of connections with the ball. His aim is way off though and the headed effort sails out for a West Brom goal-kick.
70 min: West Brom have looked a little ragged for the past 10 minutes but they're slowly making their way back into the game. A period of sustained pressure sees Lucas bring down Phillips on the left-hand side touchline. West Brom free-kick. It's pumped forward but Liverpool deal with it comfortably.
74 min: Livermore brings down Origi a few yards out from his own box. Liverpool free-kick. Coutinho delivers from the left but the West Brom defence gets a head to it to steer the ball away for a corner.
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