| Outfought and outthought, the first half is where the game was won and lost. |
| But it wasn't easy and at times it was all hands to the pump as the Birmingham side out-fought and outthought opponents with a playing budget six times bigger than their own. |
| The Nottingham warrior was outthought and out-fought by unbeaten American Ward, who was always in control en route to a unanimous decision win in Atlantic City. |
| Although the Wearsiders remain perched above the relegation zone they have won only five league games all season and found themselves outpaced, outmoved, outthought and outworked by Alan Pardew's team. |
| By taking off the ineffective, almost anonymous Emmanuel Adebayor and replacing him with the more mobile Defoe, the coach outthought the City bench. |
| That much was evident in the way Liverpool were outpassed, outmanoeuvred and outthought at Anfield last weekend. |
