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Firmino wants to become the Neymar of Liverpool

When I heard that he was coming to be Liverpool manager, I was so pleased. “It is also important for the players to play next these fans and to be pushed by them and for us, it then became easy for us”, Mane explained.

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Klopp was saved from having to make a very hard lineup decision on Friday with Brazilian forward Roberto Firmino out injured.

“I’ve thought sometimes about what I like about football and it’s playing together”. I’m relaxed about being away from Brazil. Nowadays that is the only way you can play football.

Mane has added extra quality in wide areas for the Reds, and thus far this season he has yet to lose a game for his new club after missing out on the 2-0 defeat at newly-promoted Burnley.

Mane and Luiz both went up for an aerial ball 22 minutes into the Friday-night match, and the Brazilian defender was left with a bloodied nose after accidentally butting the back of the Liverpool forward’s head. “We want to win football games and we can not care where it is”. Don’t stop. Never stop.

“It was as if he was trying to make the opposition players think they’d have to impress him!” You always have to be in motion.

“I was a little bit surprised when he came back to England but he is a great player”.

“What I can say is the phone’s going, and people are enquiring “what is the next move” and I am chewing over a lot of different things in my head but there’s nothing to announce at the moment”.

You can see a growing feeling of frustration from the England worldwide who has failed to score in the Premier League this season.

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The Manchester clubs and Chelsea are working with entirely different wage structures compared to the rest of their rivals and at some stage, Liverpool may have to join that madness to keep up. He gave me many chances and I’m happy for that.

Antonio Conte was on the losing side for the first time as Chelsea boss