Spanish duo Suso and Dani Pacheco fired Liverpool Reserves to the top of the Barclays Premier Reserve League North table after a 2-0 win over Blackburn Rovers on Monday night.
John McMahon’s side leapfrogged Sunderland after goals in each half from the Spanish forwards.
Liverpool dominated for much of the first half but couldn’t find a way through in the early stages, despite Tom Ince and Steve Irwin both going close.
But on 25 minutes Liverpool took the lead. Jay Spearing and Ince sent Gerardo Bruna down the right-hand side of the area and he then played it inside for Suso to poke a low shot past Blackburn keeper Jake Kean.
Blackburn tried to hit back but Liverpool were unlucky not to add to their goal when Nikola Saric sent Ince through but he was denied by brilliant recovering tackle from Jackson Ramm.
Emmanuel Mendy blocked well from a Tom Hitchcock effort and Zak Aley went close with a header from a corner.
Liverpool gave a debut to Conor Thomas, the England youth international on loan from Coventry, as he replaced Spearing with 20 minutes left.
Then with seven minutes Pacheco sealed the points when he found space in the area before firing an excellent left-footed strike beyond the helpless Kean in the Blackburn goal.
Ince had three chances in the last few minutes to make the scoreline more emphatic, but on each occasion he was stopped by keeper Kean.
But in the end the two goals were enough to seal victory.
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