Pompey beat Liverpool 4-2 in a penalty shoot-out Friday to win the Barclays Asia Trophy in Hong Kong, Pompey goalkeeper David James was awarded the Man of the Match. After playing 90 minutes without scoring, the match immediately went to penalty kicks that saw Pompey's John Utaka losing the first shot at goal. Liverpool got its penalties from Steven Gerrard and Dirk Kuijt while recently signed Fernando Torres and Yossi Benayoun missed shots.The championship was later secured by Matthew Taylor, Lomana Lua Lua and Hermann Hreidarsson. Nico Kranjcar scored the deciding shot. this game was only a freindly but it was good to get one back on Liverpool for that pen shoot out in the F.A. cup a few years back. So it's of to A.F.C. Bournemouth this week Play Up Pompey!
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