It is only nine months since Sunderland recovered from a two-goal deficit to draw at Anfield with a goal from a player who now languishes in jail and amid a mass walk out from Liverpool fans angered at proposed ticket price hikes. The threat of relegation still hovers over those from Wearside but Liverpool are unrecognisable in quality and belief, and they returned to the top of the Premier League courtesy of another merited home victory.
Jürgen Klopp’s team may only be there for a few hours and success came at a price with Philippe Coutinho stretchered off with what appeared a serious ankle or foot injury. His replacement, Divock Origi, finally broke the resistance of David Moyes’s stubborn side before James Milner delivered a scoreline more in keeping with the flow of the game with a stoppage-time penalty.
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