Philippe Coutinho introduces the Premier League to a new way of defending free-kicks

Two Sadio Mané goals to the good inside 20 minutes, Liverpool remembered how to play football again in the first half against Tottenham.

The home side were dominant; the visitors were poor at the back and rarely had a sight of goal in the opening 45 minutes. And even when they did, Liverpool appeared to have all angles covered. Perhaps their best opportunity in the first half came courtesy of this Christian Eriksen free-kick on the edge of the box. As per usual, a wall of red shirts assembled to try and make the Dane's task more difficult. But there was something a little bit different about this wall... Behind it, Philippe Coutinho was seen crouching down - presumably to prevent Eriksen from attempting to fire underneath it when the other players jumped. The reaction to his unusual position was mixed, although most seemed impressed. https://twitter.com/johncrossmirror/status/830478290989219840 https://twitter.com/Ifcmaddie/status/830480331656556548 https://twitter.com/LFCFansCorner/status/830477841645060096 https://twitter.com/CSzmodics/status/830482796888150017 https://twitter.com/_AndyHa/status/830478932336066560 https://twitter.com/SamWallaceTel/status/830477919550054401 https://twitter.com/tevztweeter/status/830483211453132801 https://twitter.com/mittalrag/status/830483056121217027 We're by no means certain, but we're pretty sure this was a Premier League first. Catch up with this week's episode of 888sport Football Friday Live