Luis Suarez stars on debut
Liverpool began life after Fernando Torres go to chelsea with a 2-0 win against Stoke City debut with a goal from Luis Suarez. Kenny Dalglish rookie on the bench after being removed from the Uruguayan Ajax in January, and the risk that, as proposed Reds paid within two points of the top six.
Without Smith and Andy Carroll in his start eleven in Liverpool struggled to make clear chances in the first 45 minutes, even if this requires a world class recording by Asmir Begovic deny Fabio Aurelio seven meters Kelly Martin Cruz.
The first goal finally Raul Meireles, a man born again under Dalglish, who crashed at close range after Steven Gerrard free-kick caused chaos in the defense against Stoke. Smith then appeared on the bench for the second round Begovic, even if it is a struggle with the target may be the face after Andy Wilkinson, a hash of what should have been a simple set of line a.
Manchester City, known as Carlos Tevez, Edin Dzeko and David Silva in an attack on three fronts in Birmingham, took four minutes to find a breakthrough. The objective was fired rooms with a large dose of luck too ambitious in a corner, a small portion of Martin Jiranek, who found his way past Ben Foster Tevez.
Birmingham response was excellent, and 20 minutes, found the equalizer through the figure of Nikola Zigic frustrating. Happy to incredible heights former Valencia striker, often do not use your considerable advantage, but it showed what could be a problem for defenders to stab home the low cross David Bentley, the tie is.
Manchester City and serious injury after stroke, Micah Richards tomb had been a neck brace, has forced the closure of seven minutes to play, but has maintained its goal better than their lead Birmingham immediately after the restart, sending Aleksandar Kolarov a free kick past Foster.
They could not take the three points but, like Patrick Vieira has pledged to unnecessary failure in the penalty area, so Craig Gardner won a drawing from Birmingham on the ground.
Tottenham Hotspur is no sign of remorse in their pursuit of Chelsea's place in the Champions League after winning 1-0 at Blackburn Rovers. Jonathan Woodgate, the team hopes days returned to his first appearance since November 2009 to do so, and admirably face keyless Spurs duo Gareth Bale and Luka Modric on his way to three points of fourth place.
Unsurprisingly, Rafael van der Vaart was the creator for the opposite side to give you a good ball diagonally to Peter Crouch, Chris Samba in the air to head past Paul Robinson.
