Liverpool 4-3 Swansea City: Key Stats and Player Ratings

Liverpool vs Swansea

A rollercoaster game at Anfield ended in a 4-3 win for Liverpool this afternoon, with doubles from Jordan Henderson and Daniel Sturridge helping Liverpool to keep touch with the Premier League’s top three.

Here’s how the players rated by Squawka Performance Score:

Liverpool:

Simon Mignolet (-26): Lucky not to concede a free kick for handling outside the box, the Belgian made two saves during the game.

Jon Flanagan (-23): Attempted eight tackles, winning three, but only found a teammate with 75% of his attempted passes.

Martin Skrtel (-12): Almost cost Liverpool by giving away a soft penalty, although he also made seven clearances and four interceptions over the course of the game.

Daniel Agger (-19): Won just two of his five headed duels, and only made one tackle.

Glen Johnson (-13): Made five tackles on his return to the team, although he was quiet going forward and made just one cross.

Steven Gerrard (63): Made more passes than any other Liverpool player (64) with an accuracy of 91%.

Jordan Henderson (110): Managed to triple his goal tally for the season in one match, notching two goals to give Liverpool a valuable three points.

Philippe Coutinho (18): One of the quieter offensive players for the home side, Coutinho created two chances and took two shots on goal, both of which were blocked.

Luis Suarez (25): Peppered the Swansea goal with seven shots on goal, but hit the target with just two.

Raheem Sterling (24): Provided a sublime ball for Sturridge to open the scoring and also completed two take ons.

Daniel Sturridge (115): A threat throughout, the in-form striker scored twice from four shots on goal and also set up four chances for his teammates, including one assist.

Substitutes:

Joe Allen (13): Despite being a substitute, no Liverpool player made more tackles than Allen (5) who helped solidify the home midfield.

Kolo Touré (10): Was successful in all 12 of his attempted passes.

Victor Moses (-5): Barely on long enough to touch the ball, making just one pass.

Swansea:

Michel Vorm (-29): Busy throughout, the visiting keeper let in four and made six saves.

Angel Rangel (-14): Contributed four interceptions, two clearances and three tackles.

Chico Flores (-21): Made 10 defensive actions (interceptions, clearances and blocks), but won just one headed duel and one tackle.

Ashley Williams (-21): Had a poor tackle success rate of just one from five attempts, giving away two fouls, but did provide an excellent goal saving block to deny Sturridge a hat trick.

Neil Taylor (6): Won three tackles, made three interceptions and three clearances from left back.

Nathan Dyer (-20): Attempted four take ons during the game, but failed to get past his man with any of them.

Leon Britton (24): Completed more passes than any other Swans player (53) and also chipped in with four tackles and four interceptions.

Jonathan De Guzmán (13): Only made 22 passes, at his lowest accuracy of the season (85%), but provided two chances from open play and one from a corner.

Jonjo Shelvey (47): As well as notching a stunning goal, Shelvey also managed to complete 94% of his passes.

Wayne Routledge (7): The livewire winger attempted to go past his man on eight occasions, successfully doing so on five.

Wilfried Bony (68): Kept his team in it with his double and led the line well, winning seven headed duels.

Substitutes:

Jose Cañas (-7): Completed 23 of his 28 passes but failed to make a single tackle.

Pablo Hernández (-1): Not on for long enough to impact and made just eight passes.

David Ngog (-20): Took two shots at goal, but only completed one pass from five attempts.