Coutinho and Firmino came on in the teenagers’ place and straight away Liverpool were unrecognisable from the team who toiled so badly in the first half. “I had a difficult decision to make because it was not clear Roberto and Phil would be ready for 45 minutes,” Klopp said. Adam should have scored from a similar position early in the second half but Mignolet managed to smother his shot and the significance of that moment would soon become clear. Stoke were still reeling two minutes later when Georginio Wijnaldum’s lofted pass from deep invited Firmino to run beyond the Stoke defence. The Brazilian let the ball bounce once before striking a wonderful 25-yard shot that flashed over Grant.

Source: The Guardian April 08, 2017 16:12 UTC