Wigan knocks off Liverpool

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03/08/2010 - Wigan, England (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Hugo Rodallega's 35th-minute goal allowed Wigan to claim a surprising 1-0 win over Liverpool at the DW Stadium on Monday, putting a dent in the Champions League hopes of the Reds.

Rodallega scored the lone goal after a cross from Emmerson Boyce, which moves the Latics four points clear of the bottom three, while Liverpool remains in sixth with the defeat.

Fernando Torres had plenty of chances to find the net for Liverpool, and his first opportunity came eight minutes into the game when Maxi Rodriguez flicked on a Steven Gerrard corner kick. The ball ended up on the foot of Torres at the back post, but his volley struck the outside of the post.

Rodallega went close with a 20-yard free kick, but it was a bad pass in his own end by Liverpool's Dirk Kuyt that allowed the home side to take the lead.

Boyce intercepted the pass near the edge of the penalty area on the right and served up a pinpoint cross to the front of goal for Rodallega to volley home.

Torres tried to respond before halftime when he headed over the net from six yards after a cross from Rodriguez, while his best chance in the second half came from a 25-yard volley that skipped inches past the post.

It was as close as Liverpool would come on the night as they failed to generate any clear-cut chances and could only pick up a few late yellow cards.

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Work left to do: Texas Tech, Oklahoma State, Kansas State

Texas joins Texas A&M and Kansas as locks after getting league win No. 11. Texas Tech greatly helped its own hopes and crippled OK State's with the two-point win Saturday. Is K-State the last reasonable hopeful? Could be an elimination match in Stillwater on Tuesday, at least for the Cowboys.

Work left to do:

Texas Tech [18-11 (7-7), RPI: 44, SOS: 12] A critical two-point win over OK State leaves the Red Raiders with Baylor and at Iowa State left. Get both and the Red Raiders likely are good to go. Get one and there could be some interesting comparisons with a K-State team that could finish two or three games "ahead" of them in the standings but doesn't have any of the quality wins Texas Tech has. Not a lot in nonconference play (against Arkansas in Little Rock being the best win, by far) to lean on.

Oklahoma State [18-9 (5-8), RPI: 50, SOS: 35] Still without a road win, the Cowboys now need to win two on the road just to get to .500 in conference play. It's hard to recall a team (OK, other than Clemson) falling so precipitously from lock status to almost certainly out of the NCAAs at this point. There are wins to be had in the last three, including a very big home game against K-State on Tuesday, but this team is reeling. Can you tell the pressure to win is getting to them with the way the final possession played out at Texas Tech? There are some good nonconference performances to lean on, specifically beating Missouri State and Syracuse on neutral floors and Pitt in OK City, but if the Pokes don't right this very, very soon, that won't be enough.

Kansas State [20-9 (9-5), RPI: 56, SOS: 96] It pays to be in the Big 12 North. The nine league wins are Colorado (twice), Missouri (twice), Iowa State (twice), Baylor, Nebraska and (a good one against) Texas. That helps explain the middling computer profile. The win over USC is nice, but the nonconference leaves a lot to be desired. The game at OK State in Stillwater on Tuesday is huge, as it could KO the Cowboys and leave K-State with a home date against Oklahoma with which to work.