Liverpool player ratings v Cardiff, with Suarez majestic

• 08 Steven Gerrard – 8

Sprayed the ball around the park with typical aplomb. On current form, there isn’t a better anchoring midfielder in the country.

• 14 Jordan Henderson – 6

Did some things very well, and some things very badly. He was arguably the main culprit for Liverpool’s poor start, giving the ball away uncharacteristically often. He slipped Glen Johnson through excellently though for Liverpool’s first equaliser, and helped dictate tempo in the second.

• 24 Joe Allen – 6

At fault for Cardiff’s second, giving the ball away needlessly in his own penalty box. Like Henderson, he grew as the game went on, however.