Thiago Alcantara has won the hearts of Liverpool fans

Liverpool's strong performance on matchday two of the UEFA Champions League brought the fans into complete sympathy with their players, putting aside the criticism that has dogged the Reds for many weeks to finally be applauded after the 2-1 win over Ajax, with Thiago Alcántara, who had a near-perfect 90 minutes at Anfield, standing out above the rest.

Prior to the game, doubts continued to accumulate about the Spanish-Brazilian's return to the field after his muscular discomfort that kept him out for several weeks, expecting from the midfielder a similar level to that shown in the minutes he played in Italy, completely exceeding those expectations by delivering one of his best games so far this new season, being for many the best player on the pitch even when Joel Mati scored the winning goal.

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After coming on in the 94th minute in place of Stefan Bajcetic, Alcántara gave a total of 89% passing accuracy, 7 one-on-one duels won, one interception, a 100% dribbling rate and a 100% pass completion rate on long balls, as well as being able to generate one dangerous move on goal. Undoubtedly, with that effectiveness and accuracy, the midfielder became a figurehead, as he was the engine that Jurgen Klopp has needed in attack all these weeks.

Even without the statistics in hand by the fans, it was visible that the game delivered by Thiago was worthy of recognition and applause once his substitution took place, transferring these comments to the social networks where twitter users were happy and satisfied with the result and the performance of their midfielder who had been so lacking in other games, in fact even the Champions League account itself posted about his great return.

<strong>Thiago received a standing ovation at Anfield</strong>

Although Alcántara has shown a great level in this game against Ajax, both he and all his teammates must continue to do an intense work trying to maintain that pace of competition for when they resume their activity in the Premier League in October when they receive at home the visit of Brighton, complicated rival that seeks to remain among the leaders of the competition at the beginning of the campaign.