MIDDLESBROUGH, England -- Three quick points from Liverpool's 3-0 win at Middlesbrough...
1. Convincing Liverpool go up to second
Liverpool are back on track after their recent stutter and this was exactly the kind of convincing, low-maintenance win required after a trying 10 days. Two goals from Adam Lallana sandwiched a wonderfully worked effort from Divock Origi and did more than enough to see off a below-par Middlesbrough; it also sent Jurgen Klopp's side into second place, above Arsenal, in the process.
Lallana's opener came after 29 largely cagey minutes in which neither goal was unduly threatened.