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How changed they are! This was the Legends Classic at Anfield

Liverpool's stadium hosted a nostalgia-filled English derby 

By Charles Cornwall

Liverpool's stadium hosted a nostalgia-filled English derby 

Mark Gonzalez was again instrumental in the Liverpool legends' win over Manchester United as he scored the opening goal to put his side 2-1 up. He came off the bench to equalise and once again shine in these charity matches, having scored a brace in the previous match.

A huge number of great former players were on show at Anfield. The home side included Jerzy Dudek, Martin Skrtel, Xabi Alonso, Maxi Rodriguez and Robbie Keane, while the visitors featured Jaap Stam, Antonio Valencia, Michael Carrick, Karel Poborsky, Roy Keane and Dimitar Berbatov.

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It was the Bulgarian striker who gave the Red Devils the lead in the seventh minute. They managed to maintain this advantage during the first half of the match, but the home team moved pieces, one of them the Chilean, and they found a way to turn the actions around.

What was the goal by the man who once wore the Chilean jersey? Ireland's Robbie Keane received a good deep pass on the edge of the box and unleashed a tremendous pass to Chico Mark, who raced in from the left and finished expertly past the keeper in the 47th minute.

<br/><strong>Chile&#39;s Mark Gonzalez was the star performer</strong>


The Reds were emboldened by the Chilean's goal and late in the game they got the winning goal from a move down the left that started with a great recovery by Albert Riera and was set up for Florent Sinama-Pongolle to fire home with a tremendous finish. In this way, Liverpool took the series 5-2 with a total of three goals from Mark Gonzalez. But, most importantly, 30,000 paying fans were in attendance, all of which went to charity.


 

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