Argentina midfielder Maxi bagged a hat-trick as Liverpool closed the gap on fifth-place Tottenham Hotspur with a comprehensive 5-0 victory over Birmingham City at Anfield.
The Reds took just seven minutes to open the scoring as Ben Foster spilled Jay Spearing's strike from range straight into the path of Maxi, who dispatched the ball under the body of the Blues keeper.
Dirk Kuyt doubled the lead on 23 minutes when he bounced back to his feet following a scramble inside the Birmingham box to turn the ball home.
After the interval Liverpool underlined their supremacy at a canter as Maxi's second made it three before the Argentine bagged a hat-trick when he beat Birmingham's substitute keeper Colin Doyle after his first effort was repelled.
A comprehensive success was rounded off four minutes from time when substitute Joe Cole saw a low shot slip through the hands of Doyle at his near post.
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The Reds took just seven minutes to open the scoring as Ben Foster spilled Jay Spearing's strike from range straight into the path of Maxi, who dispatched the ball under the body of the Blues keeper.
Dirk Kuyt doubled the lead on 23 minutes when he bounced back to his feet following a scramble inside the Birmingham box to turn the ball home.
After the interval Liverpool underlined their supremacy at a canter as Maxi's second made it three before the Argentine bagged a hat-trick when he beat Birmingham's substitute keeper Colin Doyle after his first effort was repelled.
A comprehensive success was rounded off four minutes from time when substitute Joe Cole saw a low shot slip through the hands of Doyle at his near post.
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