The German commentator had him down as his man of the match. Most touches and most tackles, at least when he when he went off, don't know about after 90 minutes. The commentator also seemed fairly certain he was going to Liverpool.
If we eventually buy Thiago, hope he would fit in like Xabi Alonso.Playing in the EPL is a higher challenge.
Thiago was class last night. Adds calmness on the ball, is never flustered and he gets stuck in as well. His defensive ability is underrated.
The last bit occurred to me , and made me reconsider. But only for about half a second, I just hate to see the policy of PSG bear fruit. We'll just have to win it again next time and leave Bayern behind once more.
Still sickens me that we weren't in the final because I do genuinely believe we're the best team in Europe and would have beaten either Bayern or PSG. Undone against Madrid because of Adrian.
Tbh, I thought a number of his passes were under-hit or wayward, though he did well in the build-up to the goal. No issue with his work rate.
Some of the passes can be wayward but this is because he takes risks. 85 passes attempted [1st] 75 passes completed [1st] 33 forward passes [1st] 25 final third passes [1st] 7 ball recoveries [=1st] 3 tackles won [=1st] 2 successful take-ons [=1st] 2 interceptions [=1st] 2 key passes [=1st]
Fairynuff - can't argue with a statblitz. It was just my impression. Firmino's passing is erratic as well at times, but we still love him.
Can't say I ever truly believed tbh. Just can't see a club like Barca not adding the words "for Barcelona" to any add on clause.
yep made much more sense the other way round i.e. Barca win CL & although Couts on season long loan add on payable as it is still within his first contract time .
Liverpool FC now valued at £1.7b. Record turnover of £533m up by £78m. Profit £42m, down on last year but we did spend £220m on players. This is the first article I've seen about the accounts, must have got lost in the other more significant news.
I haven't checked tbh, I just took it for granted it was correct because it was an article about the latest accounts. There were 11 new contracts for first team players as well which may have been taken into account when the article claimed '£220m spent on players' - it may not have been player purchases. Apparently FSG are the 3rd richest sports conglomerate in the world. Took the Red Sox from a purchase price of $700m to $6.1b and us from £300m to £1.7b ( not sure about their Nascar franchise). But they didn't have £43m for Werner I think they play a very shrewd game.
The accounts are for the fiscal year to 31 May 2019. All those players joined in summer 2018 (after the CL final).
