The player Jürgen Klopp doesn't want at Liverpool but shone against Rangers

Red's performances have saved Liverpool from many misfortunes

12/10/2022, 09:01 PM +00:00

It has been known for some time that the generational leap that Liverpool will make in the coming seasons will leave out many of the players who currently make up the 2022-2023 squad, with Jürgen Klopp looking for the new stars of the Merseyside institution during this process, starting with the incorporation of Darwin Núñez, who has almost completely ousted Brazilian striker Roberto Firmino.

Although the youth striker from Benfica has not come close to being Liverpool's best player so far, the German manager has given him all his confidence to be in charge of leading the Reds' attack, a situation that has not worked out well as Firmino has been the one who has delivered the best results even when starting from the substitutes' bench.

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With only a few more months left on his contract at Anfield, the Liverpool No.9 knows he is possibly living out his last days in England, as there has been no interest from Klopp in retaining him for any longer, even though Firmino's numbers in 12 games have been spectacular, generating a total of eight goals and four assists, scoring and assisting against Rangers in the game against the Scottish club.

After a sluggish start to the season in terms of productivity, the Brazil international striker has returned to almost his best in recent games, being an important factor in his team not being outplayed by Brighton, Arsenal and now against Rangers, his goals coming at the right time so that the opposition did not take an excessive lead and could even end the game in a rout as happened a few weeks ago against Napoli.

Firmino shone against Rangers

So far Roberto Firmino is one of the best elements that Liverpool have in this crisis of injuries and players in a bad footballing moment, adapting the Brazilian to the opportunities given by his manager to be able to continue to stand out and claim the position of which he has said he does not want to get rid of for some time.