Swansea hand Liverpool shock 3-2 defeat at Anfield

Swansea's Fernando Llorente (centre) celebrates a goal against Liverpool during an English Premier League tie on Saturday. Pic/Getty Images

London: Struggling Swansea's first league win at Anfield blew a huge hole in Liverpool's title ambitions as Fernando Llorente struck twice in a shock 3-2 victory.

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The Swans, bottom of the table before kick-off and without a victory in 15 previous league visits, became the first team since Manchester United a year ago to inflict a home defeat on the Reds.

Llorente strikes twice
They did it the hard way as well as after Llorente had put them into a surprise 2-0 lead just after half-time a double from Roberto Firmino levelled things up, with the visitors indebted once again to Gylfi Sigurdsson for their winner.

Llorente's good recent form has seen him score seven times in the last 10 Premier League games and despite interest from Chelsea it is imperative to Swansea they keep hold of him as they fight for top-flight survival.

A minor positive for Jurgen Klopp will have been a return to form for Firmino, who had scored just one in his last 10 matches.

Swansea succeeded in preventing their hosts having a first-half shot on target for the first time in the league since November 2015.

Following such mediocrity after the break things escalated quickly with three goals in eight minutes.

Llorente stabbed home in a goalmouth scramble in the 48th minute for Swansea.

Four minutes later the Swansea striker powered in a header to make it two nil.

Firmino's brace in vain
Firmino's close-range header from James Milner's left-wing cross reduced the deficit and the Brazilian bettered that with his second.

Swansea refused to back down and when Reds centre-back and Sigurdsson made no mistake in the 74th minute to stab home the winner.