I loathe Pulis, and am not particularly fond of Big Sam either - so while these are great results from a Liverpool perspective, I cannot applaud the kind of football that produced them. Of course, I also can't help enjoying it when Mourinho is stymied by the exact same kinds of defensive tactics he often resorts to himself. It was horrible stuff to watch.
The race for the top four has tightened up a bit. Even if they win both of their games in hand, Man Utd will now only just be level with Liverpool on points, with a substantially inferior goal difference - and that means they'll still be fifth, or potentially even sixth if Arsenal win tomorrow. Mourinho's men also still have matches against Spurs, Arsenal and Chelsea coming up.
Speaking of Arsenal, tomorrow's game is HUGE for Wenger's men. They need a win badly if they want to stay in the race for fourth, and they need Man City to drop points just as badly.
Leicester could still conceivably finish in the top 10. Or be relegated, though you'd have to say the clubs going down will almost certainly be one of the bottom 5-6 at this point, with Sunderland and Middlesbrough nearly certain to be relegated.
Well, it may not have been pretty, and am not consumed by admiration fro Mr Pulis myself, but, nevertheless, I will put that to one side as I loathe Mr Mourinho, and love to see him stymied, and struggle to handle unexpected stumbling blocks. Nevertheless, I'd be surprised to see Manchester United higher than sixth.
At this stage, I'd be surprised to see Leicester relegate - they have recovered their confidence and brio to some extent, and have rediscovered the habit of winning; not least, they have won their last four matches, and I doubt a collapse of confidence will return.
Yes, tomorrow is important for Arsenal; while I love Mr Wenger, I'm getting a little tired of the brittleness and lack of mental strength Arsenal seem increasingly prone to.
However, they do have a number of games in hand.
Nice to see Chelsea taught the lesson that they are but human, and prone to error. And yes, the contest between the top four teams - or five, or six - is extraordinarily interesting, though no less intriguing than the battle between the styles, characters, and strategies - not to mention resources and how they are deployed - of the respective managers of those top six teams. This contest of character, philosophy, ambition, strategic understanding, and deployment of pieces - or players - is nothing short of fascinating.
Middlesbrough's recent form has been grim, - which bodes ill for them, - but - until recently - they have had a surprising number of draws - the second highest in the Premiership, - and also have a rather good goal difference. They are hard to beat, but cannot score for toffee.
Palace, like Leicester, have strung a series of victories together to haul themselves out of immediate danger, whereas Sunderland have been so catastrophically, consistently - embarrassingly, and excruciatingly - awful, they deserve to relegate.
And, while Swansea and West Ham are discovering the losing habit at the wrong time of year, Hull may yet clamber out of the danger drop zone, as their current form may allow them to engineer an escape.