Liverpool patience overcomes Sunderland's 'parked bus'

Liverpool 2 Sunderland 0

After another fruitless visit to this arena — this was his 14th failed attempt at winning here — Moyes gave an assessment of Liverpool that might have been accurate but cannot fail to have pained a man who for so long had to live in their shadow on the other side of Stanley Park.

“As well as having quality players, they are an extremely hard-working team,” Moyes said of Jurgen Klopp’s side, shortly after Liverpool’s 2-0 victory briefly sent them back to the top of the Premier League on Saturday.