Steve McManaman expressed his delight after seeing Roberto Firmino silence his critics with goals against Tottenham and Crystal Palace, while claiming people had wrongly been putting the Liverpool star “out to pasture”.
Firmino's place in Jurgen Klopp's starting XI has come under threat since Diogo Jota's arrival at Anfield from Wolves in September.
The £41 million ($54m) signing hit nine goals in his first 17 appearances for the Reds in all competitions before being cruelly sidelined with a serious knee injury last week.
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Klopp had been rotating Jota, Firmino, Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane to great effect, with Liverpool's fearsome forward lined enhanced even further by a man who had only shown glimpses of his talent in the final third at Wolves.