Liverpool 2-1 Man City: Five Things We Learned, As Coutinho Goal Aids Top Four Push

5) Henderson looks captain material

Sent off in this fixture last season to miss Liverpool’s title run-in, which they ultimately lost to Manchester City, the midfielder responded in inspirational style with a stunning opening goal and commanding display. Henderson has been tipped as the favourite to succeed Steven Gerrard as captain, and he filled in superbly in this big game today, taking the armband in Gerrard’s absence and looking like one of the team’s best players alongside Coutinho.