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Tue 03 Mar 2010Liverpool's hopes again turned on their head
ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE - Wigan Athletic 1 Liverpool 0:LIVERPOOL SUFFERED a major setback in their attempts to preserve their residence in the Champions League when they succumbed to defeat at relegation-threatened Wigan last night. No margin for error, their manager, Rafael Benitez, had warned before kick off. But this Liverpool team is full of errors.
They would have reclaimed fourth place with a victory. Instead, their seventh away defeat of this Premier League campaign has left them sixth, one point behind Tottenham Hotspur in the final Champions League zone, but having played one game more than Spurs, two more than Manchester City and three more than Aston Villa. Five bookings indicated their frustration.
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