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LIVERPOOL -- Liverpool took advantage of Chelsea's erraticdefending to earn an emphatic 4-1 win on Tuesday, gaining a smallmeasure of revenge for Saturday's FA Cup final loss and putting theBlues out of contention for fourth place in the Premier League. Three days after Chelsea beat Liverpool 2-1 at Wembley, the Redsdominated from the start in their last home game of the season andwere up 3-0 within 30 minutes. While Stewart Downing missed apenalty right before halftime and Ramires pulled one back forChelsea after the break, Jonjo Shelvey took advantage of backupgoalkeeper Ross Turnbull's blunder to put the game away with hisfirst Premier League goal for Liverpool. Chelsea manager Roberto Di Matteo made eight changes from Saturday,and the players on the pitch seemed to already have their minds onthe Champions League final against Bayern Munich as they lookedlethargic throughout. A win against Bayern in Munich is now theonly route for Chelsea back into the Champions League next season,as the loss means it cannot overtake Tottenham for fourth place. Captain John Terry was one of the few holdovers from Wembley, buthad a horrendous start to the game. Luis Suarez easily went pasthim as he produced a great run down the right side and into thearea, and the Uruguay forward's attempted cross was knocked byMichael Essien into his own net in the 19th minute. Terry then slipped six minutes later to set Jordan Henderson freeon goal, and the Liverpool player calmly slotted the ball pastTurnbull. It was a similar scene to Terry's slip during Chelsea's5-3 loss against Arsenal at Stamford Bridge earlier this season,which set Robin van Persie free to score. Three minutes later, Andy Carroll headed the ball down for DanielAgger to make it 3-0 and effectively make sure of a Liverpoolvictory in the last game at Anfield this season. The hosts looked likely to add a few more, as Stewart Downingblasted a great volley from outside the area against the crossbarbefore Carroll was knocked down in the area by Branislav Ivanovicfor a penalty on the stroke of halftime. However, Downing hit thewoodwork again, sending his spot kick against the post to leaveChelsea with a flicker of hope going into the break. That hope grew when Ramires pushed the ball over the line followinga scramble in the area in the 50th, but another defensive mistakecost Chelsea again. Turnbull sent an attempted clearance straightat Shelvey, who blasted the ball into an empty net from 30 yards inthe 61st to give Liverpool its biggest Premier League victory ofthe season. I am an expert from fiber-opticcomponents.com, while we provides the quality product, such as Fiber Optic Patch Cord Manufacturer , Fiber Media Converters, Fiber Optic Splitter,and more.
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