Substitute Torres earns Liverpool late win.(February 7, 2009)
Liverpool breathed new life into their Premier League title bid as substitute Fernando Torres struck deep into injury-time to seal a thrilling 3-2 win at Portsmouth and return the Reds to the top of the table.

Fernando Torres celebrates his last-gasp winner as Liverpool return to the top of the Premier League table.

Portsmouth, without a win in eight league games coming into the match, twice led through David Nugent and Hermann Hreidarsson but were pegged back thanks to goals from Alvaro Arbeloa and Dirk Kuyt.

Kuyt also had an effort disallowed for a debatable offside but that proved academic as Torres popped up with a header at the end to seal the three points which take Liverpool a point clear of Manchester United at the summit, albeit having played two games more.

After a goalless first-half, Portsmouth took the lead when David Nugent fired home after being put through by Peter Crouch, only for Crouch to hand Liverpool an equalizing goal.

The former Reds striker played a poor back-pass to keeper David James, who was forced to handle the ball. From the resulting free-kick in the area, Arbeloa buried his fierce shot into the corner.

However, Pompey fought back and Hreidarsson put them back ahead when his unmarked header bounced over goalkeeper Pepe Reina.

But yet again, Liverpool would not be denied and a mistake from Sylvain Distin, who let a long ball go under his foot, allowed Dirk Kuyt to fire home from an acute angle.

A draw seemed a fair result, but Torres -- who was left on the bench by manager Rafa Benitez -- powered home a bullet header to send the travelling fans into raptures.

From : www.cnn.com