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Man City vs Liverpool: Klopp still believes in Firmino

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Manager Liverpool Jürgen Klopp do not care about the criticism of some parties for Roberto Firmino. He emphasized that Firmino’s contribution was very large for the Reds.

Liverpool will travel to the Etihad Stadium to face Manchester City in Week 8 of the Premier League, Sunday (8/11/2020) evening WIB. Duel Man City vs Liverpool can be watched live on Grindstone TV via the link this.

Welcoming this match, several parties suggested Klopp to play Diogo Jota as startr in the center of attack filling the role that Firmino usually plays. This cannot be separated from Firmino who is dragging a goal.

The Brazilian striker has only scored one goal this season. Meanwhile, Central Jota on fire by packing seven goals in 10 fights.

Firmino’s performance was criticized at the start of this season. Some parties consider the sharpness of the 29-year-old attacker to have decreased.

Klopp admits that he doesn’t care about criticism from several parties to Firmino. He fully trusted Firmino. The reason is, the former Hoffenheim player still shows a big contribution to Liverpool despite the minimal score.

According to the Premier League website, Firmino is the forward with the second highest number of passes in the Premier League with 244 passes. Firmino’s number of passes only lost to teammate Mohamed Salah (288 passes).

“With whoever I will play later, I don’t need to say a word about Bobby Firmino. He is very important to us and will not waste time discussing this,” he said. Klopp quoted from the official site Liverpool.

“Whoever will be out of the game, I don’t care what they say. He’s been in so many games as a difference maker without scoring a goal.

“But in other matches, 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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