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UEFA Cup
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Attendance: 59,759
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Liverpool earned the slight edge in the Uefa Cup's Battle of Britain after drawing with Celtic at Parkhead.
Henrik Larsson bagged his 25th European goal to give Celtic the perfect start but Emile Heskey hit back for Liverpool.
There were precious few opportunities for further goals in a match that was high on sweat and endeavour but lacked quality.
A whirlwind start gave way to a rather limp finish as the visitors
successfully absorbed Celtic's attacking thrusts and the home team ran
out of ideas.
It took Larsson just 100 seconds to make his presence felt.
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Hartson knocked the ball across the Liverpool goalmouth and it
was driven back hard and low by Alan Thompson for Larsson to stick out
a knee and divert it into the net.
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Either side of the opener, Hartson hit the bar with a dipping strike
and blasted a fierce shot narrowly over the top as the Liverpool
wobbled.
But after weathering the early Celtic storm, Liverpool pulled level.
John Arne Riise surged towards the heart of the Celtic defence
and stabbed a pass into the path of Heskey, allowing the striker to
slide a low angled shot home.
Henrik Larsson fired Celtic into an early lead
From the moment Gerry Marsden lead the 60,000 crowd in a rousing
version of 'You'll Never Walk Alone', the decibel level at Celtic Park
reached a deafening intensity, matched by the frenzied action on the
pitch.
Play fizzed from one end to the other at a bewildering rate of
knots, while thunderous challenges clattered in from every angle.
Owen, who was an isolated figure in the first half, made a thr
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