Torres sparks late rally for Liverpool

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11/10/2007 - Liverpool, England (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Fernando Torres came on as a second- half substitute on Saturday at Anfield and scored in the 81st minute before Steven Gerrard converted from the penalty spot to give Liverpool a 2-0 win over Fulham.

It looked for much of the game like Liverpool was headed for another scoreless draw, which the club has done three times already this season.

Peter Crouch had the best chance of the first half as he sent a glancing header off the crossbar in stoppage time, and Fulham keeper Antti Niemi did well to keep the home side off the scoreboard early in the second half.

Niemi was called upon to make a good reaction stop on Liverpool's Fabio Aurelio when the defender curled a free kick past the wall, and he then did a nice job of tipping an Andriy Voronin effort over the crossbar.

Yossi Benayoun scored three goals in Liverpool's 8-0 pounding of Besiktas in the Champions League on Tuesday, but he was denied as well by Niemi as the keeper got up and tipped the ball away before it could get to the upper corner.

Torres came on in the 70th minute replacing Voronin, and he got Liverpool on the scoreboard 11 minutes later.

It was an innocent looking play that started with Liverpool keeper Jose Reina clearing the ball out of the back. Torres got under the long ball and brought it down off his chest. He then carried the ball into the box and cut it back to avoid a defender. The Spaniard finished off the play by driving the ball into the lower right corner to put the Reds ahead.

Gerrard then gave the hosts an insurance tally four minutes later when he converted from the penalty spot after Crouch was tripped up inside the box by Fulham's Carlos Bocanegra.

In Saturday's other EPL contests, James Milner helped Newcastle earn a 1-1 draw with Sunderland as he scored in the 65th minute, while Derby's struggles continued in a big way as West Ham got two goals from Lee Bowyer in a 5-0 thrashing of the last-place club.

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Two playoff teams from 2007 take center stage on the NFL Network Sunday night in a Week 2 NFL betting match-up when the (0-1) New England Patriots betting head south to Florida for a contest with the (1-0) Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

New England HC Bill Belichick couldn’t care less about the way his team plays in the preseason. With a chance to tie last week’s game with the Baltimore Ravens betting, He elected to go for the two-point conversion and outright victory. The conversion failed, and the Pats ended up falling to the Ravens by a 16-15 final count.

New England rolled off twelve unanswered points to give it a chance at securing the victory, but it never threatened to cover the 3.5-point spread. NFL bettors saw this one coming, as they bet the Ravens down from +6 to +3.5 as the week progressed. QB Tom Brady didn’t take part in the Patriots first preseason clash, but could see action this weekend.

His three replacements all put up embarrassing numbers. They went a combined 17 for 33, and threw three interceptions and no touchdowns. The New England defense was encouraging, as they held the Ravens to 2/12 third down conversions and surrendered just ten first downs. That ‘D’ should be bolstered with the addition of former Bucs and Denver Broncos betting safety John Lynch, who could make his Patriots debut on Sunday against his former mates.

HC Jon Gruden had to be impressed with the way his Bucs played on both sides of the ball in their dominating 17-6 victory over the Miami Dolphins in Week 1’s NFL pre-season betting action. Bucs bettors were quite happy with the effort, as they made a mockery of the fact that they were underdogs in the game.

The logjam at the quarterback position didn’t get any easier to separate for Gruden, as all four of his QBs had positive experiences in the first exhibition of 2008. The four combined to complete 28 of their 40 passes for 204 yards and a touchdown, and that was without starting QB Jeff Garcia in the lineup.

RB Michael Bennett had 19 carries and four receptions, totaling 90 yards and a touchdown. Expect to see more of Bennett, Kenneth Darby, and Earnest Graham, as they all compete for playing time with Warrick Dunn in the backfield this season. Defensively, the Bucs recorded four sacks and held the Fins offense in check all day.

First round draft pick Aqib Talib was impressive in the secondary, recording a tackle and two pass defenses in his debut. Don’t be surprised to see Talib in the starting lineup opposite Ronde Barber for the Bucs in ’08.

The betting trends suggest that NFL bettors should be backing the Bucs in this intra-conference exhibition.

These two teams hooked up last year in Tampa Bay, with the Bucs winning that game 13-10. The Buccaneers have only lost one preseason game at home dating back to the beginning of the ’05 preseason. The Patriots have had a mixed bag of results in their recent exhibitions. They have gone 2-2 ATS and SU each of the last three years.

New England currently sits as modest 1-point favorites in this preseason showdown with the ‘total’ now sitting at 34.5.

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