Liverpool remain in the Premier League title hunt after they secured a 3-1 win away at Hull City.
Xabi Alonso put the Reds in front, while a brace from Dirk Kuyt ensured a second-half effort from Geovanni was nothing more than a consolation for the Tigers, who remain firmly entrenched in relegation trouble.
With so much riding on the game it came as no surprise that the opening exchanges lacked fluidity and saw both teams struggle to take command of proceedings.
The Tigers were giving their all, without much reward, while Liverpool were struggling to bring lone frontman Fernando Torres into the game.
In a fixture lacking quality from those charged with generating headlines, referee Martin Atkinson then began to take centre stage.
The official had already angered the home support long before he gave a debateable free-kick on the edge of the Hull box with the first half coming to a close.
Alonso stood over the set-piece and, after seeing his first effort come back off the wall, he rifled into the bottom corner past a helpless Boaz Myhill.
Things then good decidedly worse for the hosts just before the hour-mark when Caleb Folan saw red for lashing out at Martin Skrtel.
It did not take long for Liverpool to make their numerical advantage count as Kuyt nodded home unchallenged on 63 minutes.
The Tigers did grab a lifeline on 72 minutes when substitute Daniel Cousin bundled over a cross for Geovanni to lash into an unguarded net.
It was not to be, though, and Kuyt notched his second of the game in the final minute as Myhilll could only parry a deflected effort from Alvaro Arbeloa straight to the Dutchman.
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