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Liverpool moved into fifth place in the Premier
League on Sunday with a 2-1 victory over
Manchester City at Anfield.
Philippe Coutinho dealt a blow to Manchester City’s
Premier League title hopes with the decisive goal in
Liverpool’s 2-1 win at Anfield on Sunday.
With Chelsea playing in the League Cup final later in
the day, City could have moved within two points of
the leaders, but Coutinho’s stunning strike instead
ensured Liverpool claimed a crucial victory in their
bid for a top-four finish.
Jordan Henderson brought the game to life after 11
minutes with his third league goal of the season for
the hosts, the 24-year-old finding the top corner
from 20 yards.
City were level midway through the half as Edin
Dzeko calmly converted his 50th Premier League
strike from a sublime Sergio Aguero pass.
After such an action-packed 45 minutes, the
second half struggled to reach similar heights until
Coutinho took centre stage 15 minutes from time,
the Brazilian curling home from the left-edge of the
penalty area.
Manuel Pellegrini’s side pushed for a second
equaliser, but to no avail and City remain five points
behind Chelsea having played a game more, while
Liverpool are up to fifth.
A frenetic start was dominated by Liverpool – who
made four changes from their defeat to Besiktas on
Thursday – with Adam Lallana twice going close.
Lallana’s first effort was saved by Joe Hart after a
superb pass from Coutinho and, although the
second beat the City goalkeeper, it was ruled out for
offside.
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