Liverpool’s Premier League title hopes took a hit as Swansea City shocked The Reds to win 3-2 at Anfield on Saturday, lifting the visitors out of the relegation zone.

Midfielder Gylfi Sigurdsson struck the winner on Merseyside with 16 minutes remaining to give manager Paul Clement his first win in charge of the Welsh outfit – just their fifth top-flight victory of the 2016-17 season.

Striker Fernando Llorente opened the scoring after 48 minutes, before doubling the away side’s lead shortly after to shell shock Jurgen Klopp’s hosts, who wasted the opportunity to close the gap on league leaders Chelsea early this afternoon.

Fellow forward Roberto Firmino also bagged a brace to draw Liverpool level after 70 minutes, but Sigurdsson had the last laugh at Anfield as Swansea climbed up to 17th place, two points above the drop zone.

After today’s shock result, here is five things Shoot! learned from Liverpool v Swansea…

Mane’s missed

Photo: Simon Stacpoole / Offside.

The Senegalese winger, who is away on international duty, was certainly missed, this was also the case against Manchester United last week.

His relentless speed and directness frightens teams, and this seems to be something Liverpool have been lacking since his departure to AFCON.

When Liverpool were on the comeback, they needed Mane to go past opponents and create opportunities with his pace, which they were lacking in order to improve the score line.

Crossing key for The Swans

Up until the first goal scored by Swansea, no crosses were swung in towards Llorente or any other Swansea player.

We saw from his header for the second goal the aerial threat Llorente possesses, as well as the first goal, which also came from a cross into the box.

He will be key to the Swans survival with the goals he can bring to the side.

Sigurdsson’s star role

Even though he finished off the superb move for his goal to confirm Swansea’s three points, he was kept quiet out on that left hand side.

He wasn’t able to influence the game as much as he normally does.

Sigurdsson is Swansea’s crucial player, who can score a goal out of nothing.

To do that, he needs to be played centrally in the Swansea line-up.

Two goals is never enough

Reds boss Jurgen Klopp – Photo: Kieran Clarke / Offside.

Once again we have seen the dangerous 2-0 lead not being as secure a score line as it perhaps seems, especially against a Liverpool side who have such good attacking players.

Swansea did still manage to get the win in the end after a hard fought battle, however the game really showed that a win isn’t necessarily secured at 2-0.

Carroll’s dream debut

Tom Carroll looks like the tricky midfielder Swansea have been looking for since Joe Allen left the club.

The young central midfielder looked rather accomplished in the centre of the park during his Swansea debut today, he had extremely quick feet to go past two Liverpool defenders leading to Sigurdsson’s goal, showing similarities to ex-Swansea midfielder, Allen.

That run, alongside the inch perfect cross into Llorente for his second goal, showed the promise of a superb signing by the newly appointed Clement.