Peter Crouch ended his agonising wait for a goal in style as Liverpool earned their sixth league win in a row. Crouch thought he had opened the scoring but his deflected shot, which was helped in by Mike Pollitt, was later credited to the Wigan keeper.
But there were no doubts about the giant hitman's next effort, when he superbly lifted the ball over the advancing Pollitt to double the lead. Luis Garcia chested in from Fernando Morientes' header to seal the victory.
Crouch received a standing ovation when he was withdrawn after 74 minutes and his relief was tangible. That was hardly surprising - when the 11th minute passed he had gone 24 hours without scoring for club or country.
Liverpool the defending Champions of Europe still have a game in hand on Man Utd and if that is played out if effectively puts them into second after the worst start to a season in the club's history. Rafa's side has gone six games without dropping a point of late and perhaps only perhaps, if the £9bn blue pustule on the south bank of the Thames falter, the the 'pool could find themselves one away from a second star.
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