I thought Lucas and Coutinho had polar opposite games. I thought Lucas was absolute boss, in this game he played like a playmaker as well as the destroyer – he really made me go "wow!" several times in the game, which is not what you could usually say about Lucas. In contrast Coutinho kept giving the ball away – but he won the game for us with two moments of magic.
And just as Coutinho had 2 episodes that redeemed otherwise unremarkable performance, Lucas had 2 or 3 episodes that marred a great performance. Had Clattenburg sent him off at 1:1 (as he should have), we might not have won this game.
Coutinho
Lucas
Skrtel
Honorable mentions can go to almost anyone – Moreno made a few important defensive interventions, Sakho was solid again, Lallana was lively, Benteke made a difference.