Summary

  • Listen to commentary on BBC Radio 5 live and online

  • Coutinho whips in opening goal, followed by Firmino double & Alexander-Arnold strike

  • Oxlade-Chamberlain adds fifth

  • Leon Britton in charge of Swansea

  1. SUBSTITUTIONpublished at 68 mins

    Liverpool 4-0 Swansea

    A couple of changes for Liverpool, with Jurgen Klopp wrapping up his main men.

    Off come Mohamed Salah and Roberto Firmino, on come Dominic Solanke and Adam Lallana.

  2. Nevin predictspublished at 18:56 Greenwich Mean Time 26 December 2017

    Liverpool 4-0 Swansea

    Pat Nevin
    Ex-Chelsea winger on BBC Radio 5 live

    I had a guess at the score beforehand, but I didn't want to say in case I embarrassed myself.

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    GOAL - Liverpool 4-0 Swanseapublished at 66 mins

    Roberto Firmino

    Liverpool

    Liverpool delivering the knockout blow on Boxing Day. (You like that one?)

    Two in two minutes for the Reds to wrap the game up.

    Again they break forward with space, Mohamed Salah is free in the box and can grab a goal himself, but elects to roll the ball off to Roberto Firmino to convert his second of the game into an open net.

    Floodgates.

    Mo Salah and Roberto FirminoImage source, Reuters
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    GOAL - Liverpool 3-0 Swanseapublished at 65 mins

    Trent Alexander-Arnold

    Liverpool

    Poor defending from Swansea, punished. It is a dream come true for life-long Liverpool fan Trent Alexander-Arnold.

    The full-back is first to react to Alfie Mawson's header, running on to the ball and drilling a first-time strike into the top corner...

    ...in front of the Kop end. His first Premier League goal.

    Trent Alexander-ArnoldImage source, Reuters
  5. SUBSTITUTIONpublished at 62 mins

    Liverpool 2-0 Swansea

    Oliver McBurnie was isolated up top for much of the game and his game is done.

    He is replaced by Tammy Abraham.

  6. CLOSE!published at 61 mins

    Liverpool 2-0 Swansea

    Big opportunity for Swansea, they should have pulled one back.

    Liverpool defender Ragnar Klavan fails to clear a cross and the ball drops to Leroy Fer behind him

    The Dutchman, 12 yards out, takes it first time, but shanks the volley wide.

    Fer to say, he made a mess of that.

    Leroy FerImage source, Reuters
  7. Get Involvedpublished at 18:46 Greenwich Mean Time 26 December 2017

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    Henry Ice: Liverpool should be happy with all the transfer speculation being focused on Coutinho.. could be worse if the focus gets directed to Mo Salah.

    He's been one of the best summer buys in the Premier League.

  8. Postpublished at 18:46 Greenwich Mean Time 26 December 2017

    Liverpool 2-0 Swansea

    Philippe Coutinho has been directly involved in 10 goals in his last seven Premier League starts for Liverpool (five goals, five assists).

  9. Get Involvedpublished at 18:45 Greenwich Mean Time 26 December 2017

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    Tom McCarron: Let's see if Liverpool can take James Milner's advice now and be boring to just maintain the lead.

  10. CLOSE!published at 57 mins

    Liverpool 2-0 Swansea

    Liverpool work a set-piece straight from Melwood and it almost brings the third.

    Mohamed Salah peels off and is found on the penalty spot by Philippe Coutinho, but the Egyptian scuffs wide.

    The former Roma man gets another chance, this time being played through on goal, but Swansea goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski is quick off his line to block the shot.

  11. YELLOW CARDpublished at 56 mins

    Liverpool 2-0 Swansea

    First yellow card of the evening goes to Swansea's Martin Olsson for a late, lunging challenge on Roberto Firmino.

    "Bobby" as he is affectionately known by the Anfield faithful.

  12. Get Involvedpublished at 18:43 Greenwich Mean Time 26 December 2017

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    Liverpool are awesome to watch in attack mode, but tragic in defending mode! Great to watch surely!

    Nico

  13. 'A long way back'published at 18:43 Greenwich Mean Time 26 December 2017

    Liverpool 2-0 Swansea

    Pat Nevin
    Ex-Chelsea winger on BBC Radio 5 live

    A long way back for Swansea now. Firmino did not panic and that is the sign of a good centre forward. It is not easy when the pressure is on, and he looked like there was no pressure as he passed it into the net.

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    GOAL - Liverpool 2-0 Swanseapublished at 51 mins

    Roberto Firmino

    Liverpool

    Made in Brazil.

    Philippe Coutinho goes from scorer to provider as his free-kick drifts to the back post for Roberto Firmino to stroke in.

    The whole Swansea team had fallen asleep and an easy finish for the Liverpool man, who now has eight goals in his last nine games.

    A little samba jig with his boy to finish it off.

    Roberto FirminoImage source, Reuters
  15. CLOSE!published at 50 mins

    Liverpool 1-0 Swansea

    Bright opening to this half and Liverpool close to a second.

    The on-fire Mohamed Salah, as we have seen time and time again this season, skips onto this left front from the right, but his shot is straight at Lukasz Fabianski on this occasion.

    He has had a couple of sighters, the next will hit the back of the net. Trust.

  16. CLOSE!published at 49 mins

    Liverpool 1-0 Swansea

    Work for Simon Mignolet today do, but does it well.

    Jordan Ayew lets fly with a skipping shot from outside the box, but the Belgian goalkeeper gets his frame behind the ball and gathers it cleanly.

  17. CLOSE!published at 48 mins

    Liverpool 1-0 Swansea

    Full-back Trent Alexander-Arnold's deliveries are so vicious.

    He whips in a superb cross for Roberto Firmino at the front post, but the ball only skims off the Brazilian's fringe and away for a goalkick.

    Roberto FirminoImage source, PA
  18. Postpublished at 47 mins

    Liverpool 1-0 Swansea

    Wonder what the little general Leon Britton said to his Swansea troops at half-time?

  19. Get involvedpublished at 18:34 Greenwich Mean Time 26 December 2017

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    Andy K: Whether its 1-0, 3-0 or 8-0, any commentator will state "there's always a chance for opposing teams" when Liverpool play, despite consistent clean sheets

  20. KICK-OFFpublished at 46 mins

    Liverpool 1-0 Swansea

    Back under way at Anfield.