Thiago Alcantara is an “artist” on the ball and “up there” with Steven Gerrard and Xabi Alonso when it comes to the finest exponents of a pass in Liverpool’s illustrious history, says John Aldridge.
The Reds have not seen as much of a Spanish playmaker as they would have liked since snapping him up from Bayern Munich over the summer.
An eye-catching debut off the bench in a Premier League victory over Chelsea gave the reigning Premier League champions an early taste of what they had acquired.
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Thiago has, however, taken in an enforced spell on the sidelines since then after contracting coronavirus.