Dirk Kuyt again Liverpool's hero

Sunday 19 October 2008

Dirk Kuyt keeps scoring important goals for his club Liverpool.

He scored the winning goal a few times this season, and yesterday he netted two to help his team beat Wigan Athletic, the team of Mario Melchiot.

In the first half Kuyt scored the equalizer after Egyptian striker Amr Zaki had put the visitors ahead.

In the second half Zaki scored a second to put his team ahead again and things were looking bleak at that moment for Liverpool.

In the 75th minute Wigan were reduced to ten by a red card for Valencia and it was after that the home team were able to decide the match.

First Albert Riera put the two sides level again, after which Kuyt gave his team the three points with a magnificent volley, five minutes from the end.

Liverpool and Chelsea are joint-first in the table with 20 points from 8 games.

Chelsea ran riot yesterday on the pitch of Middlesbrough, bagging five goals with a handful of chances squandered and one goal disallowed for offside.

Former Feyenoord striker Salomon Kalou scored two.