BPL: Gerrard penalty miss triggers Liverpool meltdown

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Liverpool crashed to a dismal 2-0 defeat against West Bromwich Albion on Monday as Steven Gerrard's penalty miss triggered an Anfield meltdown.

Brendan Rodgers' side looked set to secure their first win in four Premier League matches when Gerrard stepped up to take a late penalty, but the Liverpool captain's effort was saved by Ben Foster and Albion went on to take full advantage of that escape.

Gareth McAuley headed the opener with nine minutes remaining and Romelu Lukaku's stoppage-time strike secured Albion's first league victory in seven attempts and lifted them above Liverpool into eighth in the table.

Albion's third successive win against Liverpool was also sweet revenge for manager Steve Clarke, who was the Reds' assistant manager under Kenny Dalglish last season before being sacked at the end of the campaign.

Barclays Premier League

Rnk		Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	+/-	Pts
1		Manchester United	26	21	2	3	62	31	31	65
2		Manchester City	26	15	8	3	48	24	24	53
3		Chelsea	26	14	7	5	55	28	27	49
4		Tottenham Hotspur	26	14	6	6	44	30	14	48
5		Arsenal	26	12	8	6	50	29	21	44
6		Everton	26	10	12	4	40	32	8	42
7		Swansea City	26	9	10	7	38	29	9	37
8		West Bromwich Albion	26	11	4	11	36	35	1	37
9		Liverpool	26	9	9	8	44	34	10	36
10		Stoke City	26	7	12	7	26	31	-5	33
11		West Ham United	26	8	6	12	29	38	-9	30
12		Fulham	26	7	8	11	36	42	-6	29
13		Sunderland	26	7	8	11	28	34	-6	29
14		Norwich City	26	6	11	9	25	40	-15	29
15		Southampton	26	6	9	11	36	45	-9	27
16		Newcastle United	26	7	6	13	34	46	-12	27
17		Aston Villa	26	5	9	12	25	50	-25	24
18		Reading	26	5	8	13	33	48	-15	23
19		Wigan Athletic	26	5	6	15	30	51	-21	21
20		Queens Park Rangers	26	2	11	13	19	41	-22	17