Kirkland gets a chance after Dudek blunder

CHRIS KIRKLAND has been told by Liverpool boss Gerard Houllier he will be given a run of matches in the wake of Jerzy Dudek's embarrassing blunder against Manchester United.

Houllier has admitted that he has taken the two goalkeepers aside and explained his future policy.

Now Kirkland will play against Ipswich in the Worthington Cup fourth-round tie at Anfield and be trusted in goal for the crucial run in to the end of 2002, when Liverpool also face vital games against Arsenal, Everton, Newcastle and Blackburn - as well as the UEFA Cup return with Vitesse Arnhem - that could change the course of their season.