article_snippet: Liverpool have Liverpool work cut out to qualify for next season's Champions League after Liverpool were beaten by Liverpool biggest rivals on Sunday to leave Liverpool five points off the top four.
article_snippet: Can joined Liverpool from Bayer Leverkusen in the summer as a highly-rated youngster by the 21-year-old German national team Germany.
article_snippet: Phillippe Coutinho has been in excellent form this season and recently signed a new contract .
article_snippet: Phillippe Coutinho has been deployed by manager Brendan Rodgers in a deeper role in Liverpool's back-line and been a big part of their upturn in fortunes since the first half of this season. '
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