The Netherlands striker, who is currently sidelined with an ankle injury, has often found himself playing out of position on the left flank and has scored just nine league goals since arriving at Anfield.

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Eriksson may even have got an unwitting slice of luck when Owen Hargreaves unfortunately limped off, allowing Scholes to switch from the left flank into the middle - a position he should always occupy.

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It was St Mirren who found the net shortly afterwards, however, Mehmet opening the scoring after 29 minutes by collecting another Robb cross from the left flank and checking into a better position in the box before coolly firing low into Smith's net.

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Gallagher also owns tobacco business in Sweden and Austria, which would position Japan Tobacco for an assault from the western flank on the still smoking markets of Eastern Europe.

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