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There is a world where Thiago Alcântara is a trend today for his pass without looking at SadioMané against Wolves who ends up in Liverpool sealing his victory at Molineux earlier. Videos are circulating highlighting the sheer elegance of the company.– Liverpool are leaders in the Premier League and no one is recovering from season-ending injuries. Somewhere in the ether, it is out there.
As it is, Liverpool and Thiago are living a reality that nobody expected. No fans yet, Liverpool are currently in a realistic fight for fifth place and Thiago is, frankly, a bit pissed off. You can define insanity in many ways, some say you are repeating the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. I mean, if we’re talking about his fouls and his yellow card sleepwalking, then that’s fine, I guess.
But there is also the staggering intensity that he carries with every situation. When Liverpool scores, it seems the most provocative and at the same time life affirming that has happened to them. His face when a referee makes a decision is understandable, but no less hilarious for that, and overall his entire demeanor is something we never expected.
There are other examples of this. Many thought that Mohamed Salah would be a trader of the touchline, of speed, who will only be useful when Mané gets tired when he returns to the Premier League from Roma. Instead, Liverpool found an accomplished scorer with a ruthless ambition to be the best striker in Europe. Even Virgil van Dijk had some question marks as to whether he could afford that fee when he signed. It turned out that it was worth twice as much.
None of this is to say that Thiago was not disappointing either. He has entered a storm of gigantic proportions that no one could have prepared him for. Without Fabinho in midfield, it is clear that he has been stretched in all literal and metaphorical ways. Thiago needs a compact team – one of the greatest tactical strengths of his former club, Bayern Munich– and it’s only since he had the pillar of a proper number six in recent weeks that he has started to look more comfortable.
And yet, despite all this, it’s nice that you worry so much. When the other player can barely bother pumping his fist after a goal, there it is; This hit serial winner who’s seen it all stood there wide-eyed and showing the kind of intensity you want at times like this. He cares enormously, perhaps it can be argued that he of all people has the least right to give his CV. And despite the insanity that borders on frustration at times, it is clear that it will only get better as the team does. For that reason alone, we shouldn’t wish we had it any other way.
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