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Premier League
Game 31: Sunday 23 March 2003
Liverpool 3 - 1 Leeds United
(Half-time: 2 - 1)
Crowd: 43021
Referee: A D'Urso (Billericay)
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Beating Leeds does not carry the old kudos but then finishing
fourth never used to constitute a successful campaign for
Liverpool. At least by achieving the former so comfortably here
yesterday, the Merseysiders' pursuit of the latter, with all its
lucrative overtones, gathers pace.
Liverpool awake this morning menacing in fifth place, two points
behind Chelsea and above Everton for the first time this
year. Champions League qualification, which would make a disappointing
campaign distinctly more palatable, appears increasingly possible
after a third successive Premiership win.
"We didn't expect this to be the height of our ambition at the
start of the season," said Michael Owen, "but you have to live for the
moment."
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