After a single goal for the visitors in the first half, six were split between the teams after the break – with the Reds ultimately triumphant by virtue of their fourth goal, Sadio Mane’s curled strike.
Here are five talking points from a thrilling encounter…
A huge second half
The importance of the events that unfolded in the second half at Anfield may only be fully understood at the end of the season.
Trailing after 45 minutes to Andros Townsend’s neat finish at the Kop end, Liverpool needed a strong response – and it began more quickly than Jürgen Klopp could legitimately have hoped.