The Red's worrying league run came to an end as three second-half goals against Sunderland eased the pressure on the team and the manager. A shocking sequence of 5 league games wihtout a win - putting down any hopes of a title bid, was ended with goals from Crouch and Torres before Gerrard completed the scoring from a penalty. Sunderland proved to be a hard nut to crack within the first half and felt that they should have been awarded a penalty after Carragher has thought to have handled the ball.
Rafa's response to the midweek defeat at West Ham was to leave out Finnan, Benayoun, Alonso, Kewell and Kuyt. Crouch came in up front, Carragher moved to the right to allow centre-back Martin Skrtel to slot into the back four while Lucas Leiva, Jermaine Pennant and Javier Mascherano all returned.
Sunderland, who have not won at Anfield since 1983, were not to change history.
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