Jurgen Klopp's side continued their run of fine form with a
rampant display at the KC Stadium against a side reduced to 10 men after Ahmed
Elmohamady saw red in the first half.
Liverpool made it four wins in a row in all competitions
with a comfortable 5-1 Premier League victory over 10-man Hull City on
Saturday.
Goals from Adam Lallana, James Milner and Sadio Mane and a
stunning Philippe Coutinho strike were enough to see off Mike Phelan's side,
who played for more than an hour at Anfield with depleted ranks after Ahmed
Elmohamady was dismissed.
Liverpool, who followed up their 2-1 win at Chelsea with a
3-0 EFL Cup victory at Derby County this week, made their most of some early
dominance when Lallana steered in Coutinho's pass after 17 minutes.
Hull suffered a 4-1 loss to Arsenal in their last league
game, in which Jake Livermore was sent off for a handball, and it was a painful
case of deja vu when referee Andre Marriner issued Elmohamady a straight red
card for blocking Coutinho's shot near the goal line with his arm.
Milner tucked away the penalty before Mane's crisp finish
made it 3-0, and though David Meyler grabbed a lifeline early in the second
half, Coutinho struck almost immediately afterwards to restore Liverpool's
three-goal advantage.
Jurgen Klopp's side capped a dominant display after Daniel
Sturridge won a dubious penalty, allowing Milner to dispatch his second
spot-kick of the match and move Liverpool above rivals Everton in the top four
on goal difference.
The hosts were in charge from the off and got the goal they
deserved after 17 minutes. Coutinho surged into space and fed Lallana in the
penalty area, who showed clever control to steady himself before dragging a low
shot back across goal and into the bottom-right corner.
Any hope of a Hull recovery looked to be lost when
Elmohamady was sent off after blocking Coutinho's goal-bound shot with his arm
just in front of the line, allowing Milner to sweep his penalty low past David
Marshall's despairing dive.
Mane's deflected shot rattled the top of Hull's crossbar
before he steered an effort narrowly over from the middle of the box, and
Georginio Wijnaldum was denied from distance by Marshall as Liverpool's
pressure showed no sign of abating.
But Marshall could do nothing to stop Mane making it 3-0, as
Hull's defence allowed the former Southampton man to control Lallana's pass and
turn before firing into the bottom corner from 18 yards.
Hull fans sensed a miraculous comeback when Meyler - with
his side's first shot of the match - drilled low past league debutant Loris
Karius after Liverpool failed to clear a corner six minutes into the second
half.
That hope lasted barely 60 seconds, however, as Coutinho
worked some space 25 yards from goal before rifling a shot beyond the reach of
Marshall and into the top corner.
Klopp brought on Sturridge and he made a quick impact,
skipping into the Hull box before going to ground under minimal contact from
Andrew Robertson, allowing Milner to slot home his second penalty of the day
and seal another emphatic victory.
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