After an early scare, Liverpool bounced back from 1-0 down to beat Newcastle United 3-1 at Anfield on Saturday.
The Reds are now five points clear at the top of the Premier League, following Manchester City’s shock defeat at Norwich City.
It was a good weekend for Liverpool, but how did their loan players get on away from Anfield?
Harry Wilson – Bournemouth
Wilson started and played 57 minutes for Bournemouth as they beat Everton 3-1, doing his parent club a favour.
Callum Wilson scored two and Wilson’s replacement Ryan Fraser got one, as the Cherries moved up to eighth in the Premier League.
Apps: 4
Goals: 2
Kamil Grabara – Huddersfield Town
Grabara played the full game in goal but conceded twice, as Huddersfield Town lost 2-0 to Sheffield Wednesday.
Steven Fletcher and Sam Winnall got the goals that saw the Terriers remain in 23rd place in the Championship.
Apps: 6
Clean Sheets: 0
Ovie Ejaria – Reading
Ejaria played the full game in central midfield in a 3-5-2 formation, as Reading were beaten 1-0 by Middlesbrough at the Riverside Stadium.
Apps: 5
Goals: 1
Ben Woodburn – Oxford United
Woodburn started and played 64 minutes in the No.10 role before being replaced by Tarique Fosu, in Oxford United’s 3-3 draw with Coventry on Saturday.
Despite the point, Oxford moved down to 18th place in League One.
Apps: 5
Goals: 1
Sheyi Ojo – Rangers
Ojo started and played the full game in Rangers’ 3-1 at home to Livingston, picking up an assist in the process.
James Tavernier, Alfredo Morelos and Brandon Barker all got on the scoresheet for Steven Gerrard’s side.
Apps: 6
Goals: 1
Liam Millar – Kilmarnock
Millar got his first goal for his temporary club, started on the left wing and playing 88 minutes as he opened the scoring.
Mohamed El Makrini scored the other goal as Killie beat Hibernian 2-0 in the Scottish Premiership.
Apps: 4
Goals: 1
Marko Grujic & Taiwo Awoniyi – Hertha Berlin & FSV Mainz 05
Both Liverpool youngsters were up against each other in the Bundesliga on Saturday.
Grujic was on target for Hertha Berlin and played the full game, but Awoniyi came out on top as Mainz won 2-1.
The Nigerian was an unused substitute in the game, however.
Grujic
Apps: 5
Goals: 2
Awoniyi
Apps: 2
Goals: 0
Nat Phillips – VfB Stuttgart
Phillips was an unused substitute in Stuttgart’s 3-2 victory over Regensburg in the 2. Bundesliga.
Apps: 4
Goals: 0
Loris Karius – Besiktas
Karius played the full game in goal but conceded three in a 3-2 thriller over in Turkey, where three players were sent off and eight players got a yellow card.
Besiktas move down to 13th place in the Turkish Super Lig – not a good start for the former champions.
Apps: 3
Clean Sheets: 1
Allan de Souza – Fluminense
Allan played 94 minutes as part of a defensive midfield two, as Fluminense won 1-0 at home to Corinthians, thanks to a Ganso goal.
The win means Allan’s side move up to 16th place and out of the relegation zone in the Brazilian Serie A.
Apps: 15
Goals: 0
