English Premier League

FT Tuesday, December 26, 2017
Swansea City LWLLD 0
–
Liverpool WDDWD 5
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SWA000
LIV145
Anfield · 52,850 att.

Match Report

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Roberto Firmino strikes twice as Liverpool run riot on Swansea

Liverpool ran riot over Premier League bottom club Swansea City with Roberto Firmino scoring twice in the second half of a 5-0 win at Anfield.

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Team Stats

8
Fouls
5
1
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
3
2
Corner Kicks
4
4
Saves
4
45
Possession
55
7
SHOTS
22
4
ON GOAL
9
0.6
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
422
Accurate Passes
530
496
Passes
601
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
4
Accurate Crosses
2
9
Crosses
18
0.4
Cross %
0.1
55
Long Balls
46
32
Accurate Long Balls
23
0.6
Long Balls %
0.5
1
Blocked Shots
6
7
Effective Tackles
13
13
Tackles
20
0.5
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
21
Effective Clearances
7
21
Clearances
7

Head to Head

LIV leads series 3-2

Lineups

LIV · 4-3-3

  1. 22Simon MignoletG
  2. 17Ragnar KlavanCD-L
  3. 32Joël MatipCD-R
  4. 26Andy RobertsonLB
  5. 66Trent Alexander-ArnoldRB
  6. 23Emre CanCM
  7. 5Georginio WijnaldumLM
  8. 21Alex Oxlade-ChamberlainRM
  9. 9Roberto FirminoF
  10. 10Philippe CoutinhoLF
  11. 11Mohamed SalahRF

Substitutes

  1. 7James MilnerSUB
  2. 20Adam LallanaSUB
  3. 12Joe GomezSUB
  4. 1Loris KariusSUB
  5. 29Dominic SolankeSUB
  6. 6Dejan LovrenSUB
  7. 19Sadio ManéSUB

SWA · 4-5-1

  1. 1Lukasz FabianskiG
  2. 6Alfie MawsonCD-L
  3. 33Federico FernándezCD-R
  4. 16Martin OlssonLB
  5. 26Kyle NaughtonRB
  6. 14Thomas CarrollCM-L
  7. 8Leroy FerCM-R
  8. 51Roque MesaAM
  9. 18Jordan AyewLM
  10. 15Wayne RoutledgeRM
  11. 62Oliver McBurnieF

Substitutes

  1. 35Renato SanchesSUB
  2. 17Sam ClucasSUB
  3. 12Nathan DyerSUB
  4. 22Angel RangelSUB
  5. 5Mike van der HoornSUB
  6. 10Tammy AbrahamSUB
  7. 13Kristoffer NordfeldtSUB

Timeline

  1. 6' Goal! Liverpool 1, Swansea City 0. Philippe Coutinho (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Mohamed Salah.
  2. 52' Goal! Liverpool 2, Swansea City 0. Roberto Firmino (Liverpool) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Philippe Coutinho following a set piece situation.
  3. 56' Martin Olsson (Swansea City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 62' Substitution, Swansea City. Tammy Abraham replaces Oliver McBurnie.
  5. 65' Goal! Liverpool 3, Swansea City 0. Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner.
  6. 65' Substitution, Swansea City. Sam Clucas replaces Roque Mesa.
  7. 66' Goal! Liverpool 4, Swansea City 0. Roberto Firmino (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Mohamed Salah.
  8. 68' Substitution, Liverpool. Dominic Solanke replaces Roberto Firmino.
  9. 69' Substitution, Liverpool. Adam Lallana replaces Mohamed Salah.
  10. 75' Substitution, Liverpool. James Milner replaces Andrew Robertson.
  11. 78' Substitution, Swansea City. Renato Sanches replaces Leroy Fer.
  12. 82' Goal! Liverpool 5, Swansea City 0. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Liverpool) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the top left corner.

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