Liverpool win at Wolves to leave Dalglish smiling
Kenny Dalglish won his first match since returning as Liverpool manager when two goals from Fernando Torres and one from Raul Meireles gave his side a 3-0 victory at Wolverhampton Wanderers in the Premier League on Saturday.
It was Liverpool's first win since they beat Bolton Wanderers on New Year's Day and brought a huge smile to the craggy face of Dalglish who replaced Roy Hodgson as manager two weeks ago.
The win lifted a far more composed Liverpool from 13th to 10th and left Wolves, despite all their battling qualities, just one point and one place above bottom club West Ham United.
Seven other matches were being played later on Saturday.
Torres opened the scoring after 36 minutes when Christian Poulsen beat the Wolves offside trap with a pass down the right to Meireles who was waved on by female linesman Sian Massey.
The Portuguese midfielder took the ball into the Wolves area before squaring for Torres who tapped in with the Wolves defence in disarray.
Meireles, who scored his first Liverpool goal against Everton last week, then made things even more comfortable for "King Kenny" when he doubled the lead with a spectacular 20-metre dipping volley that flew over Wolves helpless keeper Wayne Hennessey after 50 minutes.
Torres cracked home the third from close-range in stoppage time at the end of the match.
Liverpool's victory avenged Wolves' shock 1-0 win at Anfield last month, a result that hastened the departure of Hodgson and the return of Dalglish, who last managed Liverpool in 1991.
Source - Yahoo.
