Watch: Philippe Coutinho Dominates Spartak Moscow

Liverpool put on a stunning display in the Champions League, and Philippe Coutinho was at the heart of it all. I have been critical—and recently!—of Philippe Coutinho. During the first couple of months of this campaign, when the Brazilian international played for us, our results were largely disappointing.

However, Coutinho has not only continued contributing goals and assists at a pace that puts his past seasons to shame, the results too have followed suit. In the last two outings alone, Liverpool have hung 12 goals on our opponents, and Coutinho has contributed 4 goals and 2 assists.

When Liverpool fought keep The Little Magician out of Barcelona’s grasp this summer, the hope was that he would be pulling the strings from midfield for Mane and Salah to do their thing. In the last...