Wave after wave, Liverpool applied continues pressure to the Sunderland back-line. Sunderland did particularly well to keep Liverpool goalless till the 75th minute of the game.
Hard fought game by the Liverpool lads. Did everything possible to gain all three points against a stubborn Sunderland.
The result for Liverpool came with great sacrifice though, when Philippe Coutinho was escorted off the field on a stretcher.
Divock Origi was a perfect replacement for the little Brazilian, with the performance he put in. A young man expressing the term, big match temperament! With fewer starts than most of the players on the field, if not all of them. Origi played a game, as if he hasn’t missed a full 90 this season.
With 78% possession in the game and 27 shots at goal. It would have been a bitter loss, to either draw, or lose this fixture, after already losing our star player, Philippe Coutinho.
Liverpool’s rating:
Instrumental manager – Jurgen Klopp: 8
The man at the helm gets a match rating for this one, because of his inspirational taunts on the sideline. When Liverpool needed a push over the line to get some backing from the fans in the stadium, this man made sure of it. Another man embodying the Liverpool way. Think he could feel the goal coming, with his crowd fire!