Roberto Firmino has been “a bit off-colour at times this season”, says John Aldridge, with the hope being that a match-winning goal in the Club World Cup final will allow the Liverpool striker to rediscover his spark.
An extra-time effort against Flamengo in Qatar came on the back of late strike versus Monterrey in the semi-finals of a global showpiece.
While he was the main man for Jurgen Klopp’s side as they secured FIFA’s world crown for the first time in their history, Firmino has been uncharacteristically short on firepower in 2019-20.