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Liverpool needed divine inspiration for much of last night though, in the end, they could not even rely on the Robbie Fowler effect to provide it. The striker they have long hailed as God in these parts returned home here and, given the frenzy of emotion surrounding his surprise arrival last week, it came as no surprise that his mere presence had helped steer the hosts ahead, if not necessarily in the way his manager had intended, though the second coming was still to end in anti-climax. Guardian
Alonso spoils return of Kop's prodigal son
Just when Anfield was delivering standing ovations for their local heroes, for Steven Gerrard for providing the penalty-box finish and Robbie Fowler the box-office appeal, a dreadful mistake by Xabi Alonso cost Liverpool dear. Telegraph
Fowler finds application of Rennie a bitter pill
If this was the Second Coming, the man in black slipped comfortably into the role of heathen. Almost unbelievably, Robbie Fowler found the net with an overhead kick in front of the Kop with virtually the last kick on his return to his spiritual home, but, to much gnashing of teeth among the Liverpool supporters who had come to worship the footballer they call “God”, there followed a distinctly undivine intervention from Uriah Rennie, the referee, who blew his whistle to signify an offside. Times
Alonso spoils return of Kop's prodigal son
Just when Anfield was delivering standing ovations for their local heroes, for Steven Gerrard for providing the penalty-box finish and Robbie Fowler the box-office appeal, a dreadful mistake by Xabi Alonso cost Liverpool dear. Telegraph
Fowler finds application of Rennie a bitter pill
If this was the Second Coming, the man in black slipped comfortably into the role of heathen. Almost unbelievably, Robbie Fowler found the net with an overhead kick in front of the Kop with virtually the last kick on his return to his spiritual home, but, to much gnashing of teeth among the Liverpool supporters who had come to worship the footballer they call “God”, there followed a distinctly undivine intervention from Uriah Rennie, the referee, who blew his whistle to signify an offside. Times