Firmino was poor yesterday as he has been for most games this season he had plenty of chances to go past people which he doesnt do and gave the ball away far to easy as most experts say he has not impressed far as much as some think and if we play two up top he should be the one to make way
Your opinion, certainly not mine. I don't think Firmino had one of his better games by some distance but he was still the one who tried to link the attack the best, he tried to drop into the spaces and he certainly had some decent link up play with Coutinho.
Ran his socks off again and all this after playing game after game after game recently.
I like him, I think he's got a fantastic football brain, he sees the right pass and tries to execute it all the time. Granted it doesn't come off all the time but his decision making is far in advance of 90%+ players.
He will be a star next season, I've absolutely no doubt about it at all.
It's a very difficult role to try and be the connection between a non-existent midfield and the attack, but also be the attacker that does the most closing down and be the attacker that makes the most runs. As I've said before, quite often it feels like we have an extra player up there because Firmino links onto the 2nd phase of his own work so well, dragging defenders where they really don't want to go.
Put better players around him and he will not only bring out the best in him but also in them, a snip at £29m, not a doubt in my mind.
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