It says a lot about Liverpool’s defensive options that Joel Matip is far from a dropout in any form of the club’s accepted first-choice pairing of Virgil van Dijk and Ibrahima Konate.
Joe Gomez’s poor mark on Erling Haaland was enough to allow the Norwegian to find an early opening goal, though the Cameroonian helped the Reds find an equalizer with a beautiful run from beyond the halfway line before providing the early assist. for Fabio Carvalho’s tie.
Speaking of composure! ????
Fábio Carvalho made this ending look easy! ???? pic.twitter.com/osy3sRTM2
– Sky Sports Football (@SkyFootball) December 22, 2022
Inevitably, it led to a great deal of love from the central defender’s ardent fans on Twitter, who have come to greatly appreciate his daring runs down the pitch.
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We would have to agree that, certainly beyond the red half of Merseyside, it seems the former Schalke star is vastly underrated by the football world.
His movement on the ball is particularly impressive for a center midfielder, often allowing us to find the necessary forward movement we need to create a scoring opportunity.
You can check out some of the fan reactions on Twitter below:
I saw so many tweets before saying “sell Matip” when LFC Twitter randomly decided he was injured and respectfully those people can fuck off #mciliv
— Sally (@SalligatorLFC) December 22, 2022
Matip with his precision pass we love to see it #LFC #MCILIV
– Mara (@mara_lfc) December 22, 2022
It’s Messi vs. Matip for the Ballon d’Or 2023.
— Henry Jackson (@HenryJackson87) December 22, 2022
Matip is massively underrated by the fanbase, his ability to dribble the ball from behind is massively underrated.
— John O Sullivan (@Corballyred) December 22, 2022
Joel Matip is literally a defender and a playmaker up front, a special player.
— Samuel (@SamueILFC) December 22, 2022
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