EPL 2016/17: Leicester City 3-1 Liverpool, 5 Talking Points

#4 Philippe Coutinho goes missing yet again

Coutinho scored a goal but didn’t create as many chances as one would expect from a player like him

While he might have scored his side’s only goal of the evening, Liverpool’s magician and creator-in-chief, Philippe Coutinho, was rendered ineffective by the Leicester midfield and defence for most parts of the evening. That has been the case now for some time as the Brazilian has failed to perform and that might be the reason his side finds themselves in a spot of bother at the moment.

His first touch looked shoddy on several occasions, he ran into the Leicester defence time and again and failed to create anything meaningful for his teammates to work into.

When a side’s most creative player stops creating frequent chances in the game, it is a simple recipe for disaster and it does not come as a surprise that the Reds have looked clueless on numerous occasions over the last several games.

The 24-year-old playmaker has created a measly 10 chances in the last 5 games and with the side lacking a genuine playmaker who can fill in the void, if he does have a bad run of games, teams playing against Liverpool could model their tactics around the Leicester game.