Liverpool (24-09-2016)

Liverpool 5 - 1 Hull City (Premier League), Saturday 24th September 2016

Bus Sheffield £3
Bus Liverpool £4
Tea £2-10
Train £16-85
Pasta £2-80
Water 80p
Match ticket £42
Total £71-55

My description of Liverpool’s previous home match against Leicester could apply here too, where Hull were left battered and bruised by the home side’s excellence. For the first time in what felt like ages, this was a 3PM kick-off at Anfield, where for today we were in the Kop. It is quite rare to be in this stand for league games, so it made a nice change to be at the centre of the atmosphere as it spread through the ground.

Within 30 minutes, Liverpool were 2 goals up and Hull a man down. Lallana opened the scoring on 17 minutes, and then Hull’s Elmohamady was sent off for a handball in the box. Milner converted the resulting penalty (he is reliable as ever!). Before Hull had a chance to respond, Mane (who has started his Liverpool career in brilliant form) made it 3-0 in the 36th minute.

At half-time, I genuinely wondered if the Reds could wrack up 6 or 7 today given they dominance. On 51 minutes, David Meyler smashed in a consolation for Hull, which dampened the atmosphere somewhat, before Coutinho restored the euphoria with a superb long-range strike. 4-1 and Liverpool were tearing Hull apart. To cap it off, Milner coolly converted a second penalty to make it 5-1. Hull were left clutching at straws and focusing on damage limitation. Liverpool are now eagerly looking up the table, and lie in 4th place after 6 games - within a point of Spurs (2nd) and 5 away from Manchester City (1st).