Mignolet-8 (looked confident yet again, terrific save from Ba's 1 on 1)
Can-6 (maybe his worst game in a Liverpool shirt, made 2 big mistakes in the space of a minute being led out of position and then tried to pass back to Mignolet without even looking and could have cost us a goal, looked more sure in midfield mind)
Skrtel-7 (dealt with their threat pretty well, not much I can remember him doing wrong)
Sakho-7 (some very good ball playing, specifically some 20/30 yard passes to Lallana and Coutinho that were almost always spot on)
Ibe-8.5 (Great pace and tenacity throughout, although their left-back was awful he still had the beating of him every time and in the 2nd half they had 2/3 men on him every time, apart from one time when he won the penalty, huge talent!)
Henderson-6 (A little lacklustre, missplaced a few simple passes in key positions but luckily never proved costly. Seemed a yard of pace off again, perhaps 23 games on the run is starting to show in his legs!)
Allen-7 (Kept us ticking to some degree, made a few key turns and touches which opened up the field, just doesn't offer enough going forward for me)
Moreno-7.5 (Livewire throughout and often had the beating of their right-back, just very frustrating that he is soo one-footed, once a defender has clocked him he must be the easiest player to deal with. However was great down the left, and a cracking effort from about 40 yards!, the ball ended up in the arms of the fella sat next to me haha)
Lallana-7 (Good first half was getting the ball in some good positions but just couldnt unlock a tight defence that they had, quiet 2nd half)
Coutinho-6.5 (Again looked a little tired, 20 games in a row hes started now! Never exactly done anything wrong but just lacked a little cutting edge)
Sturridge-6 (Thought he was poor in my opinion, touch was heavy everytime and lost the ball around their box countless times, still doesn't look fully fit to me, hopefully he'll get back into scoring form ASAP)
Balotelli-7 (A lot more effort shown from him of late, tracking back a lot more and doing his all-round teamwork a lot better. Also allowed us to be a bit more direct, had a good few long balls put towards him and I think he won every single won, think him and Sturridge could be a hit, and of course great to get the winning goal, wont mention 'penalty-gate')
Lovren-6.5 (Won every header I think and didn't really do anything wrong in his spell, interesting that Rodgers keeps bringing him on and moving Can forward, would be good if he can keep the defence as tight as it has been, allowing Can to play in his natural position, at least whilst Gerrard and Lucas are out)
Sterling-6 (Too short of a performance to note anything really, although I do think him behind Sturridge and Balo is certainly the way forward, when we have 2 behind (i.e. Cout and Lallana) against a tight defence it becomes very difficult for us to get any penetration, whereas with Studge, Balo and Sterling we have pace and can be a bit more of a direct threat)
Overall pretty tight at the back, just a couple of mistakes which could have lead to goals but a clean sheet nevertheless! Recurring theme of lacking a bit of cutting edge, but hopefully once we've found our best forward 3, this can sort itself out.
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