Sunderland v Liverpool: Premier League – as it happened

Christian Benteke won the points for Liverpool in a match that won’t live long in the memory for fans of either team 9.40pm GMTPeeep! Peep! Peeep! Despite the best attempts of Vito Mannone, who raced up for the corner, Liverpool take all three points and go seventh in the table courtesy of Christian Benteke’s goal 23 seconds into the second half. For Sunderland, it’s a fifth straight defeat and they remain deep in the doo-doo, with just Aston Villa behind them in the table. You