I honestly thought we played very well for the first 60mins but Glen Johnson was a liability. It was around the 30th minute that I thought this guy needs subbing off. Constantly broke down our attacks and doesn't seem to have a clue what to do with the ball. He was solid defensively though. We had some amazing play and Allen and Coutinho were outstanding. Our Scouse Cafu needs to be more aware of who he's marking at set pieces. Second game in a row he lost his man that led to a goal if I'm not wrong.
Sunderland came about only when Ki and Adam came on and I dread to think what the scoreline would have been had they both started. Not sure why GP started with both Wickham and Altidore when they are both generally useless, but I liked how Wickham made full use of his physicality when holding up the ball.
The referee was a complete swine though. Numerous dodgy decisions though the Coutinho penalty was not given perhaps because he was already slipping before the contact was made. Felt that their Argentine defender should have seen red in the first half. Overall, just glad we won. We really played well and we should have sealed the win before the second half started but showing grit to win games ugly, even if it means going to the corner flag to waste time, is a sign that this team is mature and ready to win the title