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For some, looking at Southampton [bottom] v Liverpool [top] it looked a sure thing Liverpool win.  However, add Storm Bert and the elements to the game and things change.  We didn’t play anywhere near to the level usually required but in the end we won.  Szoboszlai put us in front but Saints turned it around and we found ourselves trailing. Enter Mo. You know the rest. Memo to club, pay him the dough. Eight points clear but the heavyweights await.

Darwin Nunez scored the first in a 2-0 win, probably should have scored another. Mo Salah wrapped the points up five minutes from the end of normal time which made the final countdown easier to cope with. Only this game wasn’t just about the men who scored the goals, it was more about Ibou Konate. When Villa attached they ran into a black rock and every attack seemed to end with a loud shout from the Anfield Stands of IBOUOOOOOOOOOO. Is there a better centre half in the Premier Division, maybe Europe at present? So, we go into another break five points clear. There’s a long, long way to go and massive matches on the horizon. We didn’t expect to be where we are, so lets enjoy the break and get ready to rumble, the Black Rock looks ready.

I don’t know what they’re giving the players at halftime but it seems to work. The first half was a case of both teams cancelling each other out and it was all a bit subdued. Then came the second half and Luis Diaz lighting up the night sky in the way the fireworks had done before the game. On the hour we seemed to explode into action with the ball from Curtis Jones that set up the first goal for Luis being something special. Two minutes later it was Cody Gakpo on the end of a Mo cross that got Anfield going off like those sparklers in the sky [after VAR that is]. Leave the rest to Luis, he was the prize guy on firework night. Bayer Leverkusen had looked a problem in the first half but we solved it and moved to the top of the European table. 4-0 and I don’t think the returning Xabi Alonso could have any complaints.

This was the ultimate tale of two halves surely? With bonfire night on the horizon the first half was the damp squib that has ruined many a Guy Fawkes night. We were lucky it was only one-nil to Brighton. Second half, well maybe a fifteen minute spell, the was the the total opposite. Alright, possibly Gakpo’s goal was a bit fortunate but Mo’s winner three minutes later was the sky rocket that sent us soaring into top spot. The real bonfire night is Tuesday hopefully more standard fireworks.

We move on the League Cup after beating Brighton. Two great goals from Cody Gakpo and another from Luis Diaz got us through but the outstanding player on the night had to be our third choice goalkeeper Vitezslav Jaros. An early save and then the best of the night when he turned a header onto the post was nothing short of sensational. The League Cup allows clubs to give players a game and we’re certainly benefitting again. 3-2 sounds close, and maybe it was but we deserved it and we’ll see Brighton again on Saturday. Bad news of the night was getting another trip to the south coast in the quarter final where we play Southampton.