Liverpool and Brendan Rodgers will be breathing a sigh of relief after the Reds managed to scrape a priceless 1-0 win at the Britannia on Sunday.
After a disastrous end to the 2014/15 season at Britannia, where Mark Hughes’ Stoke hammered Liverpool in a 6-1 win, an opening day fixture at the same venue was perhaps a conspiracy of fate for Brendan Rodgers.
Despite failing to create anything meaningful throughout the game, Liverpool were once again rescued by a moment of pure genius from the Brazilian, Philippe Coutinho.
As the packed Britannia caroused the sheer mediocrity on display for 85 long minutes, Coutinho shattered the norm with his individual bravura, when he danced past the Stoke midfielders and smashed it into the top corner from 25 yards.