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Saturday 18th August 2012, Barclays Premier League, The Hawthorns, Kick-Off 3pm
West Bromwich Albion 3 - 0 Liverpool
Gera (43)  
Odemwingie (pen 63)  
Lukaku (77)
Managers
Steve Clarke Brendan Rodgers
Starting XI
Ben Foster José Reina
Steven Reid Martin Kelly
Gareth McAuley Daniel Agger
(c) Jonas Olsson Martin Skrtel
Liam Ridgewell Glen Johnson
Youssouf Mulumbu Joe Allen
Claudio Yacob Lucas Leiva (Cole 69, Carroll 78)
(Brunt 81) James Morrison Steven Gerrard (c)
(Fortuné 69) Zoltan Gera Stewart Downing (Carragher 60)
(Lukaku 68) Shane Long Fabio Borini
Peter Odemwingie Luis Suárez
Substitutes
Chris Brunt Jamie Carragher
Marc-Antoine Fortuné Joe Cole
Romelu Lukaku Andy Carroll
Boaz Myhill Brad Jones
Gonzalo Jara-Reyes Charlie Adam
Craig Dawson Jordan Henderson
Yassine El Ghanassy Jonjo Shelvey
Bookings
(foul 75) Fortuné Johnson (unsporting behaviour 42)
Suárez (dissent 45+3)
Leiva (unsporting behaviour 57)
Carroll (unsporting behaviour 90+3)
Sent-Off
Agger (professional foul 58)
Attendance: 26,039
Referee: Phil Dowd (Staffordshire)
Assistant 01: Scott Ledger (South Yorkshire)
Assistant 02: Harry Lennard (East Sussex)
Fourth Official: Neil Swarbrick (Lancashire)
Official Matchday Programme - Albion News
Price: £3.00     Pages: 84     Issue: 1

           NOTES
 Steve Clarke takes charge of Albion in a competitive game for the first time.
 James Morrison makes his 150th appearance for the Baggies.
 Zoltan Gera scores his first goal since returning to the club from Fulham in the summer of 2011.
 Claudio Yacob makes his competitive debut.
 On-loan Chelsea striker Romelu Lukaku scores on his debut.
 Shane Long misses a 60th minute penalty.
 The victory is the first Albion have achieved on an opening day in the Premier League, and is also the club's first opening day win in the top flight since 1978.
 The result is Albion's biggest win over Liverpool for almost 47 years.
 The defeat for Liverpool was their biggest on an opening day for 75 years.


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