FRIMPONG STARTING TO LOOK LIKE RIGHT FIT FOR ANFIELD

THEY were, for somewhat contrasting reasons, two of the more enjoyable occasions during a season of precious few for Liverpool.

- By IAN DOYLE

Jeremie Frimpong, though, would be forgiven for not looking back at either with any particular fondness.

The pattern of the opening Premier League game at home to Bournemouth back in August should in retrospect have acted as a warning for what was to come for a packed Anfield.

But the dramatic late conclusion in a 4-2 win with goals from Federico Chiesa and Mohamed Salah in front of the Kop - not to mention the latter's post-game tears in acknowledgement of Diogo Jota's tragic death the month before made for a fitting start for the Premier League champions.

Fortunes had changed considerably by the time Liverpool travelled to Eintracht Frankfurt in late October for a Champions League clash they dare not lose after four successive defeats.

It was a mixture of relief and delight, then, that met the Reds romping to their biggest win of the season with a 5-1 thumping of the Bundesliga side.