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Article: Soccer-England: Manchester United back into title race with win over Liverpool.
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- The Sports Network
- Article date:
- December 1, 2002
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Dec 1, 2002 (The Sports Network via COMTEX)
Liverpool, England (Sports Network) - At an often explosive encounter between Manchester United and Liverpool at Anfield, the visitors got two goals from Diego Forlan to defeat Liverpool 2-1 on Sunday. The win puts Manchester United back into the title race, only six points behind league leaders Arsenal.
A scoreless first half was turned on its head in the second 45 minutes. A horrible mistake by Liverpool goalkeeper Jerzy Dudek gave Forlan his first goal, with the United striker rightfully taking the second with a superb shot. Sami Hyypia got Liverpool back into the match with a late goal, but United held ...