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| Fog postpones Liverpool Cup match | Fog postpones Liverpool Cup match |
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| Liverpool's Carling Cup quarter-final tie with Arsenal has been postponed due to heavy fog at Anfield. | Liverpool's Carling Cup quarter-final tie with Arsenal has been postponed due to heavy fog at Anfield. |
| Referee Martin Atkinson made an initial inspection at 1815 GMT, but with the fog thickening, the official decided to call the game off at 1845 GMT. | Referee Martin Atkinson made an initial inspection at 1815 GMT, but with the fog thickening, the official decided to call the game off at 1845 GMT. |
| With both teams involved in four competitions, no date has yet been given for when this Carling Cup tie can be played at Anfield. | With both teams involved in four competitions, no date has yet been given for when this Carling Cup tie can be played at Anfield. |
| Liverpool and Arsenal are also due to meet in the FA Cup third round. | Liverpool and Arsenal are also due to meet in the FA Cup third round. |
| Atkinson said he had endeavoured to get the game played but he had to consider not only his fellow officials and the players but also a full house at Anfield. | |
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| "We were informed at 4pm this afternoon the conditions were quite bad and we got to the ground at 4.50pm to have a look at it," he said. | |
| "It is very misty and has been for the last three hours. We have been in the stands, looked round from different angles from a spectators' point of view and the weather is not getting better - you can't see some parts of the pitch." |