Liverpool end losing streak with comfortable win at Sheffield United

Liverpool's Roberto Firmino celebrates his side's second goal of the game, an own goal from United. Picture: Lee Smith/PA Wire.

On the 20th anniversary of his first game in management, Jurgen Klopp finally saw Liverpool stop the rot, thanks to a goal from Curtis Jones and a deflected Roberto Firmino effort, but his team’s hopes of a top-four finish will surely be determined in the treatment room.

At least there were no new injuries for Klopp from a tough visit to Bramall Lane but the manner in which they were forced to toil against the league’s worst team spoke volumes about Liverpool’s current woes but also the fact there is still life in the fallen champions.