A fluent Liverpool moved into the second spot in the Premier League table with a 2-1 win over West Bromwich Albion at Anfield on Saturday. This win is eloquent of Liverpool getting back to winning ways. Even though they won the match, they will rue missing out on a top spot by goal difference to Arsenal.
A victory by at least two goals would have put Jurgen Klopp’s side ahead of Arsenal and when Sadio Mane and Philippe Coutinho scored in the first half it looked good for the aggressive Reds.
ane volleyed in Roberto Firmino's perfectly flighted pass after 20 minutes and with Liverpool attacking in waves Coutinho then showed great footwork to collect Mane's pass and shoot past Ben Foster in the 35th minute.
Foster made superb saves from Dejan Lovren's header and another Firmino effort to keep West Brom in touch and the visitors gained an unlikely lifeline in the 81st minute when Gareth McAuley volleyed home from close range.
Liverpool have 20 points from nine matches but Arsenal, who drew 0-0 at home to Middlesbrough, have a marginally better goal difference. Manchester City (19) can return to the top if they beat Southampton this week.
"I am happy with the performance of my team. It is difficult against West Brom, so many balls in the air and they are so dangerous from set pieces," Klopp, who took charge of his first Liverpool game just over a year ago, said.
"It would have been a joke if we had drawn today, it was unbelievable how we played. It was a good performance against a team like this. They were here to get something, but we never let them back into the game. We wasted a little bit of energy in the second half. We had to finish the game much earlier."
Emboldened by the performance of the team, the boss now thinks about getting in some more new players to the team. The success, though, is a testimony to their hard work in the training.
With Liverpool in such a good form, Liverpool fans and the team have exciting times ahead and as far as this week they can boast about this win for next few weeks due to the exhilarating performance of the team.
