Paul Merson has claimed that Bobby Firmino elevated Mo Salah’s performance in the 1-0 win over Manchester City.
The Egyptian King was back on the scoreboard for the Reds, recording the winning effort after firing a hat-trick over Rangers in the Champions League.
“I told you that Mohamed Salah was going to be a better player with Firmino in the team, right?” he wrote the English for Sportskeeda. “How many runs did he do from the outside in yesterday? It worked great.
The former Hoffenheim star has been arguably the Reds’ player of the season so far, shining despite many critics’ expectations that his Anfield career was coming to an end.
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Firmino’s contract is due to expire in 2023, although the Anfield hierarchy may need to reconsider the Brazilian’s departure date judging by his performances so far this term.
The No.9 will not be offered a long-term contract at 31 years of age, although it is not beyond the realm of reality to suggest that he could float an additional year (with the possibility of an additional one-year option) if performance levels do not drop significantly at the end of the campaign.
Jurgen Klopp’s switch to a 4-2-3-1 certainly seems to be making the most of our link – whom the German praised as ‘insane’ (as reported by Echo) – and his skill set and plenty of time. . To follow.
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