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Maxi Rodriguez scored a hat-trick as Liverpool kept up their pursuit of a Europa League place by hammering Birmingham at Anfield.<\/p>\n

The home side took control with two first-half goals, both neat close-range finishes from Rodriguez and Dirk Kuyt. The Argentine winger volleyed in his second goal from a few yards out to kill the game just after the hour.<\/p>\n

He then sealed his hat-trick with a low drive and substitute Joe Cole added the flourish with a shot that snuck in. The result is a testimony to the optimism around Anfield these days, in stark contrast to the on and off-field gloom that characterised the respective reigns of former manager Roy Hodgson and ex-owners George Gillett and Tom Hicks.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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