Resolution must be to keep brilliant Coutinho

team who looked doomed. Mo Salah has put Coutinho in the shadows for much of this season. It has even softened the stance of many Liverpool fans towards Coutinho going.

Such suggestions should be put firmly to one side.

There is nothing in Coutinho’s body language to suggest he is anything but fully committed to Klopp. Indeed the German’s coaching has helped Coutinho make the leap to world class. In 87 games for Klopp, he has scored 37 of his 54 goals for the Reds.

Klopp preferred to focus on the team effort after this win.

“I couldn’t say how many he has, I don’t care,” said Klopp. “If we play how we play, they’ll be in different situations and it will be easy to score. It is 5-0 and you think easy game, but it wasn’t easy.” Just after the break Roberto Firmino volleyed home Coutinho’s free-kick before Liverpool scored two goals in 90 seconds to end it.

Trent Alexander-Arnold netted his first Premier League goal when he seized upon Alfie Mawson’s defensive header.

“Trent’s mother told me last week that on Boxing Day the whole part of the family from America would be there,” added Klopp. “I asked, ‘Is that an order for him to be in the line-up?’ He was fantastic. Good news for the family Alexander-Arnold!”

Firmino was then able to tap into an empty net after Salah had unselfishly squared it inside the six-yard box.

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain completed the rout.

Swansea caretaker boss Leon Brittan said: “We made a lot of errors, the kind you’d expect at academy level.”

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