Jurgen Klopp has insisted he is not interested in how many goals Liverpool striker Roberto Firmino scores, after his latest brace at Anfield against Swansea. The Brazilian was in fine form as the Reds demolished Swansea on their way to a 5-0 win on Tuesday evening, scoring twice in the second half.
Firmino could have had a hat-trick, with another effort fizzing just wide of Lukasz Fabianski’s post. Nevertheless, he played a pivotal role in a vital victory. The brace brought Firmino’s tally for the season to 16 goals in 27 appearances, while he has also assisted 7 times so far in the campaign.
Klopp was vociferous in his praise for Firmino, who has scored 6 Premier League goals in his last 6 outings. However, he has admitted he’s lost count of the goals he’s scored.
“I am happy for all of the boys when they score but I couldn’t say how many he has or how many he has – I don’t care, to be honest, it’s not in my interest,” Klopp said, as reported by the Express.
“Roberto, I appreciate always his effort and his performance that he scores twice.
“I’m happy about that but I could not say how many goals he has scored so far in the season because I feel he is always involved, he is always in and around the really dangerous situations for the opponent.
“First half he helped left full-back to right full-back, he was everywhere. In the end he scored two goals, so that’s nice,” our gaffer added.
Under Brendan Rodgers, Firmino failed to score in the seven matches he played, before getting injured. Since Klopp arrived at Anfield in October 2015, Firmino has been one of the most improved players. While Mohamed Salah cut a frustrated figure and was taken off after 68 minutes, Klopp hailed his side’s irresistible play.
“If we play like we play in the good moments then the boys will be in different situations and it’ll be easy to score,” he continued.
“Like the second goal of Roberto. I could have scored in this situation.
“That’s what you have to do, you have to work for that and everybody could see Mo was not the happiest person in the stadium when we took him off.”
Firmino is one of the most underrated strikers in the Premier League. He keeps chipping in with crucial goals for Liverpool and let’s hope he continues the same way.
