According to Jurgen Klopp, the Brazilain assists is “Unique” after their Saturday’s victory
Jurgen Klopp stated that Roberto Firmino is “unique” after the Brazilian provided three assists in Saturday’s victory over Southampton.
It was Firmino who had set up three of Liverpool’s four goals at Anfield as the club jumped up 22 points ahead of Manchester City in the Premier League.
However, Firmino is yet to score a top-notch goal at Liverpool’s home stadium this term. As all of Firmino’s strikes so far in this season have come away from home, and seven assists.
Taking into consideration the numbers, Klopp opines that there might be no other player in the football world as unique as Firmino
“He is [unique],” he said. “He is just exceptional, a very football-smart person, obviously.
“In the first half, in between a really tight formation of Southampton, the way he drops and keeps the ball, how he makes things happen is very special, absolutely.
“Then even a player like Bobby needs an address where he can send the ball because he cannot take the ball and turn and run alone.
“How he uses the skills of his mates is special. I do not know a player like him, that is true.”
Firmino was moved down to the deepest of Liverpool’s three midfielders, followed by Jordan Henderson at No.8.
“It was easy to move Hendo,” Klopp added. “Fabinho is naturally more a defensive-orientated player than Hendo.
“We had to control the counter-attacks of Southampton. He [Fabinho] has struggled with rhythm. The first two games when he came on it was not Fabinho before he got injured. That is normal, so Saturday was a big step for him. He was key for us.
“We needed a calm player in the center, not too active. That was the change at half-time. We used him more for the switches – find Fabinho, pass to the other side and then accelerate and use the power of Hendo in the half-spaces.”
