5) Coutinho and Daniel Sturridge could fire us into the top four…
Coutinho almost assisted a Daniel Sturridge goal, but the English forward missed the one-on-one in the fist-half, following a sublime through-ball from the playmaker. Remarkably, when you consider the striker’s injury, the Coutinho/Sturridge partnership has actually created more chances for us this season than any other, bar Jordan Henderson and Raheem Sterling. Stick Coutinho behind a fit Sturridge until the summer, and we’ll carve out chances galore. It’s a practical certainty.