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Sunday, January 6, 2013

FA Cup – Suarez wins Cup tie for Liverpool with handballed goal


SuarezThe Uruguayan, seemingly never far from controversy, clearly blocked the ball with his hand after Mansfield keeper Alan Marriott had saved his close-range shot in the 59th minute.
It rolled into the goal and he acknowledged the incident by pointing to his hand as the home fans bayed for a free-kick.
£12 million signing from Chelsea Sturridge opened the scoring in the seventh minute.
A stirring second-half performance from Mansfield saw them pull one back on 79 minutes through Matt Green but they fell just short.
Brendan Rodgers handed Sturridge his debut as Suarez was left on the bench and Steven Gerrard rested from the squad altogether.
It did not take the England striker long to find the net as Jonjo Shelvey, with whom he linked up repeatedly in the first half, played him through and he finished low past Marriott.
Two minutes later he was in again after a weak backpass on a muddy pitch but could not get enough on the ball to stab past Marriott.
It was beginning to look like the Sturridge show as quarter of an hour in he again sprung the offside trap from a Shelvey pass. The old adage ‘too much time’ was appropriate as he dallied and Marriot was able to close him down and save.

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