Whatever Jürgen Klopp said at half-time it did the trick, as Liverpool, unrecognisable from the team that toiled in the opening 45 minutes, turned this game on its head to record a fifth successive victory. James Milner’s fourth penalty of the season and third in a week, after Roberto Firmino’s header had hauled Liverpool level early in the second half, condemned Swansea to a defeat that leaves Francesco Guidolin clinging to his job.
Steve Kaplan and Jason Levien, Swansea’s American owners, had flown in to watch the match and it remains to see whether they are prepared to give Guidolin more time or if this is the weekend when the guillotine falls. Swansea supporters sang the manager’s name on several occasions and, in truth, this was a spirited performance, in particular in the first half, when Borja González should have added to Leroy Fer’s opening goal.
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