They didn’t make it easy on themselves but the CHARACTER of Brendan Rodgers side shone through as Liverpool eventually sealed a 1-0 victory at Stoke.
Just 10 weeks after falling 6-1 to the Potters, Liverpool didn’t exactly look solid at the back but a piece of class from Philippe Coutinho late on was enough for the Reds to leave the Britannia with all three points.
Here’s how we saw the players.
Stoke
Jack Butland
Glen Johnson
Geoff Cameron
Marc Muniesa
Erik Pieters
Marco van Ginkel
Glenn Whelan
Jonathan Walters
Charle Adam
Ibrahim Afellay
Mame Biram Diouf
Subs
Philipp Wollscheid
Peter Odemwingie
Steve Sidwell
Liverpool
Simon Mignolet
Nathaniel Clyne
Dejan Lovren
Martin Skrtel
Joe Gomez
Jordan Henderson
James Milner
Jordan Ibe
Philippe Coutinho
Adam Lallana
Christian Benteke
Subs
Emre Can
Roberto Firmino