West Bromwich Albion
Ben Foster: 6/10
It was a mixed game for Foster. It was his poor clearance that gave Liverpool the opportunity to score the second goal. But in the second half, he was brilliant as he made some top-class saves, especially the one from Lovren’s header.
Craig Dawson: 5/10
Coutinho ran him ragged. He was poor as an attacking option too.
Gareth McAuley: 6/10
Somehow, he keeps on popping up with a goal. Defensively, he was troubled by Firmino’s movement but made a few excellent last-ditch interventions.
Jonas Olsson: 6/10
The Swede tried his best. He couldn’t stop both Liverpool goals which were very well worked, but like McAuley he made some important interventions. The scoreline could have been very different if not for the two centre-backs and Foster.
Allan Nyom: 5/10
He could not deal with Mane’s movement and Clyne’s intent. In truth, he didn’t get much help from James McClean either.
Claudio Yacob: 3/10
He was having a poor game and then stupidly got himself booked by making a bad tackle and having a few harsh words to say to the referee. He will not play West Brom’s next game against Manchester City and was hauled off at half-time.
Darren Fletcher: 4/10
The Scot found it hard to come to grips with Liverpool’s fluidity in midfield. It felt like he was lacking a couple of yards of pace.
Matt Phillips: 4/10
He was anonymous for the time that he was on the pitch and was substituted early in the second half for James Morrison.
James McClean: 4/10
West Brom need more from their wide players. The Irishman was a peripheral figure as he had to track back to neutralize the threat of Clyne. But even that, he did not do too well.
Nacer Chadli: 5/10
This was by far not Chadli’s best performance in a West Brom shirt. He could not get the ball to be the creative influence he can. He had a couple of chances, that he spurned by hitting the ball too high.
Salomon Rondon: 4/10
Rondon tried hard but had very little support for most of the game. West Brom kept punting it long to him, but Matip and Lovren dealt with most of it, and there was no Baggies player to get on the end of the second ball.
Substitutes
Chris Brunt: 6/10
He improved West Brom’s play in the second half. He helped them keep the ball and put some threatening crosses into the box.
James Morrison: 5/10
He gave the ball away once after coming on which led to what would have been a certain goal for Emre Can if not for Olsson. Apart from that, his ball retention was good.
Hal Robson-Kanu: 6/10
As an attacking threat, West Brom were more prominent once the Welshman came on. He used his skill to deceive Milner on more than one occasion.
