Day: 27 December 2017
Premier League week 20 round-up: Christmas cruise for Liverpool as Swansea surrender meekly
Having not won at Anfield in the Premier League since mid-November, Liverpool made up for lost time by sticking five goals past an abject Swansea side without reply on Boxing Day. The first half was largely forgettable save for Philippe Coutinho’s sublime early goal and Roberto Firmino’s glaring miss on the stroke of half-time. The […]
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View from the Main Stand: Liverpool 5–0 Swansea City
Situated on the broadcasting gantry within Anfield’s main stand, Oliver Miller offers his view on Liverpool’s Premier League match against Swansea. Liverpool push away Swansea with a Boxing Day bombardment As referee Kevin Friend blew his whistle for full-time, Jurgen Klopp ran to the away side’s dugout and embraced with Leon Britton. The German towered […]
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Key Talking Points From Liverpool’s 5-0 Rout Of Swansea
Anfield, Liverpool – Every football fan’s favourite holiday, this year’s boxing day had eight matches to savour and among them was bottom of the table Swansea City traveling to Anfield. Leon Britton was overseeing his second match in charge after the sacking of Paul Clement and it’s easy to understand why the Englishman doesn’t want […]
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Coutinho lights up Anfield in 5-0 thrashing of Swansea
Philippe Coutinho bagged a goal and an assist in an outstanding evening for Liverpool, who eased past bottom of the league Swansea with a fantastic 5-0 victory at Anfield. The Brazilian proved his worth just six minutes into the game with a perfect touch from Mohamed Salah’s fizzed pass, before whipping the ball past Lukasz […]
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Player Analysis: Liverpool 5–0 Swansea City
Liverpool Simon Mignolet – 6 Had to wait until the 93rd minute to make his first meaningful save – had a couple of easy stops to make in the first-half. Trent Alexander-Arnold – 8 Scored his first Premier League goal with a thumping strike – became more and more involved in Liverpool’s attacks and showed […]
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Reds run riot over Swansea
It is usually said that teams who dispose of their managers can be dangerous to play. Having got rid of the old boss these teams feel they have a point to prove. Some of these sides sometimes feel that they have had the shackles taken off and are simply happier with a new man at […]
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