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Liverpool beat Shanghai, Feyenoord hold Porto(Reuters)Updated: 2007-08-04 04:47 ROTTERDAM, Netherlands - Liverpool scored a goal in each half to beat Shanghai Shenhua of China 2-0 in the opening match of the Port of Rotterdam tournament on Friday. Spaniard Fernando Torres opened the scoring after 12 minutes when he picked up a defence splitting pass from Yossi Benayoun. Steven Gerrard, who came on in the second half with Dutchmen Dirk Kuyt and Ryan Babel, doubled Liverpool's lead in the 65th minute with a beautiful shot from 25 metres. In the other match Feyenoord and Porto drew 0-0 leaving Liverpool, who face
the Dutch on Sunday, top of the table with three points ahead of the hosts and
Portuguese on one point. |
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