Bumbling Boumsong makes it easy for Liverpool

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The French international has largely been a liability since he arrived 14 months ago, and no more so than yesterday.

Bumbling Boumsong’s glaring ineptitude led to his sending-off five minutes into the second half when he conceded the penalty from which Djibril Cisse sealed Liverpool’s first victory here for almost five years. Boumsong will now be banned for the FA Cup quarter-final against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday, but that will be viewed as a blessing, not a blow, on Tyneside.