Liverpool takes revenge

Press, 16 April 1979, Page 16

Liverpool takes revenge

NZPA-Reuter London < : Liverpool, bundled out ol the I I F ootball Association Cup semi-p finals by Manchester United less p than two weeks ago. gained; i revenge on Saturday with a com-p tollable 2-0 league win. I United, which will meet the I London club. Arsenal, in tlie cup ; | final on May 12. was without itsp I key plavers, Gordon Ueen and I Jimmy ' Greenhoff hut never [ looked like upsetting Liverpool's | relentless pursuit of its third; English first division championship in four years. Kennv Dalglish blasted home his twenty-second goal of the, season to put Liverpool ahead,; while the England full-back. Phil Neal, popped up for its; second. 2min after the interval.! i West Bromwich Albion s; slender hopes of catching Liver- ; 1 pool received another jolt when lit was held to a 1-1 home draw j i by Arsenal. FRIDAY English league Division one—Queens Park Rangers 0. Norwich City 0; Southampton I. West Bromwich Albion 1; Manchester City o,i Everton 0. . i Division two.—Brighton and Hove Albion 2. Charlton Athletic I 0; Oldham Athletic 5. Blackburn Rovers 0; Sunderland 3. Notts; County 0. , ! I Division three—Brentford 3.; I Southend United 0, Bury 2, ‘

Carlisle United 2: Chester 4. Blackpool 2: Hull City 2. Sheffield Wednesday I; Tranmere Rovers v. Rotherham United postponed (waterlogged ground;; Watford fl. Colchester United 3. Division four—Reading 2.; Porthsmouth 0; Wigan Athletic; 5, Port Vale 3; York City 0,, Grimsby Town 0. SATURDAY English league Division one.—Birmingham City 11. Wolverhampton Wanderers 1; . Bolton Wanderers 0, Middles-; brough 0; Chelsea 1, Southamp-; , ton 2: Coventry City 3, Bristol I City 2; Derby County 1. Nottingham Forest *2; Leeds United |L Aston Villa 0; Liverpool 2,! I Manchester United 0; Norwich I Citv 0. Ipswich Town 1; Tottenham Hotspur I. Queens Park ' Rangers I; West Bromwich I Albion 1. Arsenal 1. ' Division two. — Blackburn I Rovers 1, Burnley 2; Bristol Rovers 0. Crystal Palace 1: Cambridge United 1, Fulham 0; Cardiff Citv 3. Brighton and Hove Albion 1: Charlton Athle'ic 1, Stoke Citv 4; Leicester Citv 1. [Sunderland 2; Luton Town 2. [Millwall 2; Newcastle United 1. ’Sheffield United 3: Notts County |O. Oldham Athletic 0; Orient ft. West Ham United 2: Wrexham : 2. Preston North End 1. Division three. —Blackpool ' ■ [Tranmere Rovers 0; Carlisle ‘United 1, Chester 1; Colchester

I United 1. Oxford United 1; Lin coin City fl. Peterborough United; 1; Mansfield Town 0. Hull City 2; Plymouth Argyle 2. Brentford; 1; Rotherham United 2, Bury 1.; Sheffield Wednesday 4. Chester|field 0; Shrewsbury Town 2. Wat-1 ! lord 1; Southend United fl. Gil-1 Hingham 1; Swindon Town 0.1 (Swansea Town 1; Walsall 2. | Exeter City 2. Division four.—Aidershot 2. i Northampton Town 0: Bourne I I mouth 0, Reading fl; Crewe J Alexandra 1. Wigan Athletic 1;; [ Darlington 3. Doncaster Rovers I 12- Grimsbv Town 1, Scunthorpe, II United 1; Halifax Town 2, Hud i • dersfield Town 3; Hartlepool 1, York City 1; Hereford United 1, , I Stockport County 0: Portsmouth Pl) Wimbledon 0: Port Vale 3. -! Barnslev 2; Rochdale 1, Bradford I : I City 0Scottish league Premier division. —Hearts 0. i' Dundee United 3; Morton 2 ; I. Hibernian 2: Motherwell 2.1 - i Rangers 0; Partick Thistle 0.! ■ Aberdeen 1; St Mirren 0. Celtu j ill. Division one. —Ayr United 4 st Johnstone 2: Clyde 0. Clydebank. 1- Dundee 4. Hamilton: Academicals 3; Kilmarnock 3. Queen of the South I: Montrose 2 Dumbarton 1: Raith Ro' ers ill. Arbroath 2; Stirling Albion 2. Airdreionians 1. „ , Division two.—Albion Rover* I. . Queens Park <1; Berwick Rangers r 5, East Stirling 1; Dunfermline

Athletic 2. Stenhousemulr U East Fife 0. Stranraer 2, Falkirk 3. Brechin Citv 0. Forfar Athletic 2. Cowdenbeath ft; Meadowbank Thistle I. Alloa 1