Firmino grabs another winner, Liverpool beats West Brom 1-0

“We know it’s a hard place to go to, West Brom, especially the last 10 minutes, but we dealt well with it and I think we deserved the three points. They are named Chelsea, but they could be named Arsenal, or Tottenham, or another one”.

James Milner’s free-kick from the left was flicked on by Lucas and Firmino, who’d already been in the thick of the game’s best moments, broke free at the far post to head Liverpool in front.

Moreno fired wide from distance instead of playing a pass, but Klopp explained: “I told him after the game: ‘I know everyone thinks you can play in Daniel Sturridge, but actually he would have been offside'”.

Clearly thrilled with the result at a venue where Liverpool haven’t had much luck in the past, Klopp said: “It is one of the most hard places to come because in no game can you feel comfortable”.

“There’s a lot of people who are said that we aren’t defending as well as we could but today we proved that we can”, Mignolet said.

“That’s what we want to do in every game we play”.

And Klopp admitted he could see how Pulis had frustrated Liverpool on their travels for so long.

West Brom had offered little in response, prompting Pulis to make two changes midway through the second half.

“I can understand why”.

Firmino found the breakthrough with nearly the last touch of the first half, when Lucas’s flick-on found the Brazilian on the far post for a simple header. He was very important again. You need to be on the highest concentration level.

His Albion counterpart, Tony Pulis, was less pleased with his own goalkeeper, Ben Foster, following two charges upfield for stoppage-time corners in the Liverpool box.

The Baggies lost 1-0 to Liverpool on Sunday and have failed to score in their last four games.

Former Liverpool defender Phil Babb is not sure that Simon Mignolet is the long-term answer between the sticks for the Reds, despite his impressive recent form. “I’ll always say that every time this club stays a year in the Premier League, [that] gives it an opportunity to put more solid foundations down”.

“They scored bang on half-time with a goal that we’re disappointed with because we think (Craig) Dawson was fouled”.