Liverpool ease back in second spot – Sturridge scores in return

Jon Walters opened the scoring at Anfield, however Jurgen Klopp’s side hit back through Adam Lallana, Roberto Firmino, a Giannelli Imbula possess objective and Daniel Sturridge.

Roberto Firmino put his off-pitch inconveniences to the other side and Adam Lallana proceeded with his fine shape as Liverpool directed Stoke City 4-1 to recover second place in the Premier League.

Brazil global Firmino was accused of drink driving in the wake of being pulled over by police in the early hours of Christmas Eve.

Notwithstanding, the powerful forward hinted at no diversion as he finished a six-amusement Premier League dry spell to put the Reds in front after Lallana had counteracted Jonathan Walters’ opener for his fourth objective in four alliance trips.

Liverpool kept on pouring forward after the break and Giannelli Imbula scored in his own net before Daniel Sturridge’s first alliance objective of the crusade finished an open to excursion at Anfield.

Jurgen Klopp’s men therefore shut the hole to pioneers Chelsea back to six focuses and can approach their crunch conflict with third-put Manchester City on Saturday with reestablished certainty.

Stir supervisor Mark Hughes has never beaten Liverpool as a chief in the Premier League and his side remain twelfth after their winless alliance run was reached out to four matches.

The Potters withstood an early Liverpool flood to take a thirteenth moment lead. Erik Pieters confiscated Sadio Mane on the left and his twisting cross was met by Walters whose effective header beat Mignolet, despite the fact that the goalkeeper ought to have improved his endeavored spare.

Mignolet offered some kind of reparation with a fine prevent from previous Liverpool midfielder Joe Allen’s drive, with Pieters’ subsequent tidied up the line.