Philippe Coutinho Vs Billy Jones
Coutinho is one of the best players in the Premier League right now with what he offers to the Liverpool side. The Brazilian is loving his left-flank role under Klopp and has been scoring and creating plenty this season. He has scored five and assisted five this season in the League and will be looking to tear apart Sunderland’s leaky defence.
Billy Jones has been impressive at right-back in the last couple of games and the Englishman is defensively pretty sound. The contest between Coutinho and Jones will be something to watch out for.
Joel Matip Vs Jermain Defoe
You gotta admire Jermain Defoe! At the age of 34, he is still banging in goals for fun and carrying the club literally on his shoulders.
The Englishman has scored 7 Premier League goals this season and assisted twice in 12 games this campaign and would pose the biggest threat to Liverpool on Saturday.
Liverpool have not shown any kind of consistency defensively this season but Joel Matip has easily been their standout defender. Defoe has to be kept silent if Liverpool want to win the game and Matip needs to ensure that.
