The Brazilian,lieutenant of the forward press, was the standout figure on a night where Liverpool came out on top of England’s grand weak European frontiersmenShut the curtains. Turn up the volume. Never mind, and for now,the world external. This was a genuinely stirring occasion on English football’s borrowed stage, a meeting of fifth and sixth in the Premier League played out in front of an angry, and restless crowd under the slightly sepia Anfield lights.
Before kick-off it had seemed likely to be a game made for Jürgen Klopp’s tall intensity running game. And so it proved to be,on a slightly wild evening that saw Liverpool recall a 2-0 lead in the first leg against Manchester United and Roberto Firmino emerge as the dominant figure, a player who already looks the itinerant tattooed Brazilian embodiment of early Kloppball.
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Source: theguardian.com