Gerrard: Liverpool’s Key Success Is Firmino

DBasia.news – Liverpool legend Steven Gerrard is explaining a secret about The Reds’ success by now. He thinks, the key is Roberto Firmino.

Seeing the overall performance of this Brasilian player, his contribution is much bigger compared to the speed of Mo Salah and Mane. Firmino is the fighter who makes it easy for Jurgen Klopp in applying the gegenpressing philosophy with the basic rules: do the tight pressing to the opponent, steal the ball, and counter-attack with high efficiency to score the goal.

That’s what Firmino does. His status is a striker, but he doesn’t reluctant to chase the nearest opponent with the ball to steal it, distract him from developing the game flexible. Interestingly, his goal score is stable, he scored three goals this season and gave two assists from 8 matches in all competitions.

For you, the loyal fans of Liverpool, seeing Firmino is similar to the former The Reds player in 2006-2012, Dirk Kuyt. He was also a fighter like Firmino and struggled to steal the ball despite his position as a striker. The difference is, Firmino is more accurate in scoring the goal compared to Kuyt.

 

 

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“The key to it all is Firmino. He’s an absolute genius when you watch him close up. He’s just as interested as setting someone up than scoring a goal, which is great,” Liverpool legend Steven Gerrard talked about Firmino, quoted by BBC Sport.

Gerrard, currently the Rangers manager, once played with Firmino in Liverpool before moving to Los Angeles Galaxy. He talked about the experience of playing with Firmino. “Every time I received the ball he was always available and looking for other players – he’s a dream to play with,” Gerrard added.

To see his contribution to the team, the statistic proved that on September 4, Firmino did 9 tackles, more than any striker in 5 Europe’s top competitions. In the Premier League this season, Firmino did 14 tackles.

Furthermore, according to the top statistic site in Europe, Whoscored, Firmino also has the strongest power in defending. No wonder that Gerrard mentioned him as the key player. Thus, Liverpool’s success in achieving six initial matches of Premier League with victories was related closely to Firmino’s role.