Topic: Welcome to Liverpool Thiago Alcantara

[rhysd]

 Brilliant player.

Just knows how to play football.

Please stay fit.

[Magz50]

Feck me, we missed him.

[Garnier]

I think this was just before we won the corner for Matip's goal, there was this throw in on our defensive third.

Trent was struggling to pick out the right option as Ajax decided to press that specific moment quite high, but there was space out on the left flank. Obviously Trent isn't Rory Delap so to execute that long throw was too risky.

Thiago stepped up and came short for the throw, controlled the ball quickly and gave it back to Trent, who managed to find a player free on that left flank (from then on i think that led to the play that won the winning corner)

That was LEADERSHIP.

When everyone else was maybe a bit tired or maybe not confident to show for the inbound pass, Thiago stepped up and provided a solution.

Seems like a nothing moment but i felt like that made a huge difference. Had we dropped points we would've blamed "fine margins" and that's what that was. Thiago was our fine margin

[Ghost Town]

Loved how pumped he was after the winning goal and at the end. He's on it, he wants it and maybe he'll get it

[Max_powers]

Good player no?

[Ghost Town]

Geodesic

[WhereAngelsPlay]

He's a joy to watch.

[exiledintheUSA]

Other Worldly this fella.

[Persephone]

Loved how pumped he was after the winning goal and at the end. He's on it, he wants it and maybe he'll get it

Amir likes this.

[carling]

Hard to quantify just how brilliant he is.  He just slices through the opposing midfield, constantly opening up play and giving everyone else time on the ball in the right areas.

I thought Ajax were fantastic the way they moved the ball at times, very efficient.  But Thiago was just an absolute cut above, amazing how he even sees some of these ways through.  It must be demoralising to play against him at times - your midfield must feel like swiss cheese!

[Vinay]

Majestic.

[elbow]

Wow - he makes it look so easy...
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CidRQJ3DHEH/?igshid=MDJmNzVkMjY=

Imagine having the confidence to do that while that shit Elton John songs playing on the tannoy.

[Ycuzz]

His feints leave me tingly.

Pure filth. And when Thiago is filthy, everybody is in for a treat.

[na fir dearg]

operating on another level to everyone else

[Charlie Adams fried egg]

At a time when there's so much about football to dislike, watching him reminds me of why I loved the game in the first place.

What a fucking player. As someone said to me, there's a reason Bayern put up with his injury record for 8 years.

[Fordy]

Top draw player.

Please stay fit.

[rojo para la vida]

Imagine having the confidence to do that while that shit Elton John songs playing on the tannoy.

Thanks for posting.
He plays the game like you dreamt you'd play it when you was a boy. It's fantasy stuff

[AndyMuller]

Different team with him in it.

[MonsLibpool]

He plays as if he's sat high up in the stands. His vision is incredible.

[SMASHerano]

We look a totally different team with him on the pitch. This is the expectation we should be setting for our midfield, we need to target signings of similar quality starting from January.

[amir87]

Amir likes this.

Yes he does.

[Caston]

https://twitter.com/compsssssss/status/1569811520950878210

What a performance. If we can somehow keep him fit then we'll have a good season.

Oh and try and find a clone to play RCM.

[clinical]

It's been said we'll do well if he stays fit. We rely on him in midfield that's the worry. If he's out we're simply a level or two below.

[Coolie High]

Our most important player.

[MonsLibpool]

https://twitter.com/compsssssss/status/1569811520950878210

What a performance. If we can somehow keep him fit then we'll have a good season.

Oh and try and find a clone to play RCM.

I wonder how opponents always get done by his turn. Genius!

[Dubred]

Love this guy to bits.  He's an absolute footballing phenomenon.

The only problem having Thiago in your team is he is that good, he's a nightmare to replace when he's missing.  You never want to rely too much on any one player but you just can't replace what he does, and you do end up relying on him.

Don't even get me started on having to replace him when he retires 

[PhilV]

I fucking LOVE you, Thiago.


SOOOOOO SILKY!

[stevieG786]

such a joy to watch live

man oozes class

[Caston]

Thiago not been called up to the Spain squad, good news.

[anandg_lfc]

Thiago not been called up to the Spain squad, good news.

Hopefully he is also left out of the WC squad.

[Simplexity]

Thiago not been called up to the Spain squad, good news.

Absolutely crazy but good news for us.

[Fromola]

Hopefully he is also left out of the WC squad.

Hopefully. Coach clearly has a problem with him but he's one of the worlds best midfielders.

[Samie]

Luis Enrique, fantastic player in his day but one dumb mofo if hes' not picking Thiago in the squad at least.

Good for us though. 

[JackWard33]

Thiago not been called up to the Spain squad, good news.

This is good news and means he probably won't go to the world cup which is more good news for us

That said, and I rarely feel this way as I'm very LFC > internationals, it is a travesty if he doesn't go
The more I've watched him the more I'm convinced he's an all time great, I struggle to think of more than a handful of CMs I'd put in his class that I've watched... so for a player at that level to miss a world cup, not even to be in a squad does feel wrong and a huge shame for the player

[kavah]

^ right, he would grace the tournament, I think all neutrals would love to see him there.
                       

[Ycuzz]

Good man.

Alcantara Foundation to cooperate with LFC Foundation regarding building a new park in Toxteth.

sauce, but, sadly, Norwegian sauce..


edit: sauce also on twat-twit-tweeter, but I'm rarely there..

[Bjornar]

It's obvious he could and should be great, but he never quite gets there does he?

Watching him is reminiscent of Xabi Alonso in those seasons when he was supposed to have been 'underperforming' to the extent of justifying Rafa offloading him to buy Gareth Barry, he's constantly and frustratingly close to brilliant but also ultimately flatters to deceive. Would like to see him actually having an Alonso 08/09 type of performance sometime soon, there hasn't been too many of those.

I know that he's just back from injury and that he's not the problem with our team, but not sure he's the solution either.

[Simplexity]

It's obvious he could and should be great, but he never quite gets there does he?

Watching him is reminiscent of Xabi Alonso in those seasons when he was supposed to have been 'underperforming' to the extent of justifying Rafa offloading him to buy Gareth Barry, he's constantly and frustratingly close to brilliant but also ultimately flatters to deceive. Would like to see him actually having an Alonso 08/09 type of performance sometime soon, there hasn't been too many of those.

I know that he's just back from injury and that he's not the problem with our team, but not sure he's the solution either.

So you werent around last season then?

[Coolie High]

So you werent around last season then?

Very bizarre post from that fella.

[DelTrotter]

It's obvious he could and should be great, but he never quite gets there does he?

Watching him is reminiscent of Xabi Alonso in those seasons when he was supposed to have been 'underperforming' to the extent of justifying Rafa offloading him to buy Gareth Barry, he's constantly and frustratingly close to brilliant but also ultimately flatters to deceive. Would like to see him actually having an Alonso 08/09 type of performance sometime soon, there hasn't been too many of those.

I know that he's just back from injury and that he's not the problem with our team, but not sure he's the solution either.

  Fucking hell.