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Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp does not care for Roberto Firmino’s criticism of several games. He stressed that Firmino’s contribution was very great for the Reds.
Liverpool will travel to the Etihad Stadium to face Manchester City in Premier League Week 8, on Sunday (11/8/2020) WIB night. The Man City vs Liverpool duel can be seen live on Mola TV through this link.
Welcoming this match, various parties suggested to Klopp that he play Diogo Jota as Startr in the center of the attack occupying the role that Firmino usually plays. This cannot be separated from Firmino who is dragging a goal.
The Brazilian forward has only scored one goal this season. Meanwhile, Central Jota on fire packing seven goals in 10 fights.
Firmino’s performance was criticized at the start of this season. Some parties consider the 29-year-old attacker’s acuity to have decreased.
Klopp admitted that Firmino’s criticism from various parties did not matter to him. He fully trusted Firmino. The reason is that the former Hoffenheim player still shows a great contribution to Liverpool despite the low score.
According to the Premier League website, Firmino is the striker with the second highest number of passes in the Premier League with 244 passes. Firmino’s number of passes was only lost to his teammate Mohamed Salah (288 passes).
“Whoever I play with later, I don’t need to say a word about Bobby Firmino. He is very important to us and I will not waste time discussing this,” Klopp said on Liverpool’s official website.
“Whoever is out of the game, I don’t care what they say. They’ve been in as many games as a mark of difference without scoring a goal.
“But in other games he was also able to score goals. I would be very embarrassed if I questioned the quality of Firmino,” he added.
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