Liverpool player ratings: 0-1 (6-5) Stoke City
By Ethan Lowe
Lucas Leiva – 6.5
Lucas Leiva marked his 300th Liverpool appearance with a decent performance. The Brazilian was essential to preventing more goals in the first half, and he did another impressive job when required at centre-back. He looked involved in the game and wasn’t shying away from any physical and scrappy play, which is always needed from a deep lying midfielder.
I feel as though Lucas is still underrated at Liverpool, but the midfield as a whole just doesn’t seem strong enough. Its a section of the pitch filled with good individual players, but together they don’t manage to perform all that well.
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