Liverpool player ratings 5-1 Hull City: Poetry in Motion
By Tom Bogert
Liverpool ran through Hull City ruthlessly, eviscerating the newly promoted side 5-1. Here’s how each player fared.
The best comparison from Liverpool’s performance against Hull City is that it was akin to gravity. Jurgen Klopp’s men were an irresistible, unrelenting force that would not be denied at Anfield.
No clean sheet, which is hugely disappointing lack of concentration, but Klopp can’t have too many complaints with how well the performance was outside of the moments of ineptitude surrounding the corner and goal. That’s about it for the negatives.
As Hull tried to play out of the back at times, Liverpool pressed and it was an inescapable tidal wave. Then when they’d try and smash it long, Joel Matip, Ragnar Klavan and Jordan Henderson dealt with it easily. There was no way out for Hull at full strength, let alone with ten men.
Loris Karius didn’t get his first touch until the 23rd minute.
In the first half, Adam Lallana got the scoring started with an expert finish with his left foot from an Philippe Coutinho pass. Then James Milner knocked in a penalty followed by Sadio Mane finding the bottom corner to give the Reds a 3-0 lead heading into halftime.
Hull threatened to make it interesting with the goal but Coutinho scored from 25 yards out within a minute of conceding, then Milner added another penalty.
To pick a man of the match will be a hugely difficult decision, the entire attack were nearly flawless.
Liverpool player ratings.
GK Loris Karius, 6:
Karius got his first Premier League start, leaving Simon Mignolet on the bench but he just about had absolutely nothing to do. When all that’s required of Karius is stand there and be beautiful, well, there’s just no one better in the league.
Unlucky not to get a shutout, there was nothing he could have done about the concession of the corner then the goal off said corner.