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Liverpool decimates Hull to move into top 4

Reuters

Liverpool - Jurgen Klopp disproved his own words of warning as Liverpool crushed Hull City 5-1 at Anfield on Saturday to climb into the top four of the Premier League.

Klopp had written in his programme notes of the uniquely competitive nature of the Premier League, pointing out that there are no easy games in England's top flight.

Liverpool's manager also claimed that describing Hull as "just hard to beat" was doing them a disservice.

Hull won its first two league games and was unbeaten away from home in both the Premier League and the League Cup, in which it's through to the last 16.

But both those theories were swiftly shot to pieces by a rampant Liverpool side, which scored three goals before half-time and could easily have doubled that tally.

Hull's cause was not helped by the dismissal of Ahmed Elmohamady after half an hour as the defender blocked a shot from Philippe Coutinho on the line with his arm.

James Milner slotted home the resulting penalty to make it 2-0, but even before then Hull had never looked likely to end a record of never having won at Anfield.

Liverpool, playing in front of Anfield's new Main Stand for only the second time, did as it pleased almost from the start as it made it an unhappy 54th birthday for Hull's caretaker manager Mike Phelan.

Phelan is still to learn whether he will be appointed manager on a permanent basis.

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