Liverpool suffer shock defeat after Gylfi Sigurdsson goal secures Swansea 3-2 victory at Anfield
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Your support makes all the difference.Liverpool suffered a shock defeat at Anfield as Swansea departed with a 3-2 victory in the bag that lifts them out of the relegation zone, with two goals from Fernando Llorente and a Gylfi Sigurdsson winner clinching Paul Clement's first win as manager of the Welsh side. Re-live the action here.
- Liverpool 2-3 Swansea
- Fernando Llorente scores twice soon after half-time to put Swans ahead
- Roberto Firmino double pegs them back with scores level
- Gylfi Sigurdsson scores winner in the 74th minute
- Defeat leaves Liverpool third while Swansea move up to 17th
- Teams:
- Liverpool: Mignolet; Clyne, Lovren, Klavan, Milner; Can, Henderson, Wijnaldum; Lallana, Coutinho, Firmino
- Subs: Karius, Sturridge, Moreno, Lucas, Origi, Matip, Woodburn.
- Swansea: Fabianski; Naughton, Mawson, Fernandez, Olsson; Cork, Carroll, Fer; Sigurdsson, Routledge; Llorente.
- Subs: Fulton, Nordfeldt, Rangel, Amat, Dyer, Borja, McBurnie.
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Preview...
It’s a big game for…
Luciano Narsingh: The January addition could be the driving force behind a struggling Swansea side. The 28-year-old has phenomenal pace that could cause an upset in the final third.
Best stat…
Swansea have never won away to Liverpool in the Premier League. Is it time for the Swans to put an end to this curse?
Remember when…
Jose Enqirue finished off a superb team move to put the game to bed against Swansea, showing his individual ability and Liverpool's strength going forward. The Swans will be glad that he’s not in Saturday’s side.
Player to watch…
James Milner: The 31-year-old has scored in three of his last appearances against Swansea, so Paul Clement’s men will be hoping that he will not continue this tradition at Anfield.
Past three-meetings…
Swansea 1 (Fer) Liverpool 2 (Firmino, Milner), Premier League, October 2016
Swansea 3 (Ayew 2, Cork) Liverpool 1 (Benteke), Premier League, May 2016
Liverpool 1 (Milner) Swansea 0, Premier League, November 2015
Odds
Liverpool to win: 2/9
Swansea to win: 12/1
Draw: 6/1
(Odds provided by 888 Sport)
Form guide…
Liverpool: WDLDDW
Swansea: LLLLWL
Vital information…
KICK-OFF TIME: 12:30
TV: Live on BT Sport 1
1 MIN
Liverpool will be wanting to assert an early dominance over their opponents. They begin to string the ball around the defence comfortably.
Lallana gives the ball away loosely in the middle of the park, which is collected by Routledge but the Swansea man fails to take advantage.
4 MINS
Fer goes to ground following a clash with Milner, but there's no bad intentions there from the 31-year-old. Free kick to The Swans.
7 MINS
Milner finds Coutinho, who delivers the ball wide and begins a promising Liverpool a move. Lallana then picks up the ball, but he is dispossessed by Carroll and the attack fizzles out.
9 MINS
Henderson delivers a sublime ball into the box, which finds the head of Can, but the German midfielder is unable to convert and headers the ball over the target. He should have done better from there, but it's a promising start from the home side.
12 MINS
Swansea are beginning to find their feet here, but they need to be giving Llorente more support up there. They are hunting down possession and maintaining their shape.
14 MINS
Milner sends a Liverpool corner into the box, but it fails to find a Red head inside of the box. Klavan picks up possession and delivers the ball back into the danger zone, but Swansea manage to play the ball out safely.
17 MINS
Lallana goes for goal from close range with a over-head kick, but it goes over the bar. Klopp's men have certainly found their stride and it does not look like it will be long until they break the deadlock. Swansea need to step it up a gear, or two...
19 MINS
Against the run of play, Sigurdsson finds Carroll inside of the box and the 24-year-old pulls the trigger and it rattles the outside of the post. That should be a wake up call for Liverpool.
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