This is Anfield — Liverpool FC vs Swansea City — 26 December 2017

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beauty in front of the Kop – to
applause from the home fans


  • then Wilfried Bony’s header
    took a deflection from Martin
    Skrtel to beat Simon Mignolet.
    Before half-time the home
    lead was restored when Luis
    Suarez crossed for Sturridge
    to head home. But after the
    interval Bony equalised again,
    this time from the spot, only


for Henderson to win it with
his second. "We know we can
score goals and if we’re not
having one of our better days
we have the character and
resilience to keep fighting,”
said Rodgers. “Our offensive
game is very aggressive and
we’ve got goals in the team, but
we’re disappointed with the
ones we conceded.”

had just played the first leg of a


Europa League round of 32 tie


against Napoli (coached by ex-


LFC boss Rafael Benitez).


Liverpool took a two-goal lead


when Daniel Sturridge rounded


Vorm and converted then


Henderson curled a shot into


the top corner. But within three


minutes former Reds midfielder


Jonjo Shelvey had fired home a

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