Singapore vs Liverpool – a picture story (Part 1)

Noh Alam Shah (left) and Andriy Voronin go for a 50-50 ball. (Photo 1 © Les Tan/Red Sports)

Jamie Carragher (centre) lofts one forward before Shahril Ishak (left) and Aleksandar Duric can get to it. (Photo 2 © Les Tan/Red Sports)

Juma’at Jantan (left) is teased by Yossi Benayoun. (Photo 3 © Les Tan/Red Sports)

Liverpool fans come up with a cheeky banner for the occasion. (Photo 4 © Les Tan/Red Sports)

Alam Shah challenges Lucas Leiva for the ball. (Photo 5 © Les Tan/Red Sports)

Ryan Babel evades the challenge of Noh Rahman. (Photo 6 © Les Tan/Red Sports)

Another set of fans come up with a banner to voice their disappointment over the fact that Steven Gerrard wasn’t in town because of his court case. Some fans were unhappy that Gerrard was heavily promoted to sell tickets even though his court date was known in advance. (Photo 7 © Les Tan/Red Sports)

Shi Jiayi lays off the ball while Javier Mascherano looks on. (Photo 8 © Les Tan/Red Sports)

“What? It’s only a tackle.” Mustafic Fahrudin seems to be saying to the referee after his strong challenge left Mascherano (#20) on the ground. Mescharano later slapped Fahrudin in an off-the-ball incident but the referee ignored it. (Photo 9 © Les Tan/Red Sports)

Benayoun tries to keep the ball in play while Alam Shah braces for impact. (Photo 10 © Les Tan/Red Sports)

Benayoun almost through on goal but Baihakki Khaizan slides in to clear the danger. (Photo 11 © Les Tan/Red Sports)

Daniel Bennett (left) keeps up with the run of David Ngog. (Photo 12 © Les Tan/Red Sports)

Mascherano goes down again, this time under the challenge of Noh Alam Shah. (Photo 13 © Les Tan/Red Sports)

Daniel Agger outjumps Shi Jiayi for the ball. (Photo 14 © Les Tan/Red Sports)

Fahrudin seems frozen by the ball. (Photo 15 © Les Tan/Red Sports)