1.   Ballack intercepted an attempted clearing pass and curled the ball to Berbatov, who tucked a header inside the left post.

2.   Hasselbaink added the third when he collected a left-wing cross and guided a glancing header inside the far post.

3.   Liverpool regained the overall advantage four minutes before half time when Portuguese defender Abel Xavier glanced a header inside the far post.

4.   The Spanish forward met a curving Andrea Pirlo free kick, slicing the header inside the right post for his first goal of the season.