Liverpool player ratings vs PSG: Roberto Firmino save the day in Champions League opener

Roberto Firmino 8.5/10

This rating isn’t entirely because of what he achieved on the field, but is in part because of how he achieved it. Roberto Firmino overcame an eye injury from a pretty vicious eye gouge in the match against Tottenham to earn 3 points for Liverpool.

Eye injuries are an absolute nightmare. For Firmino to come into a match for 22 minutes with an eye injury and make the impact he did was incredibly impressive. He made a nice move to create space to get his shot off. The finish was beautiful. He didn’t do much else during his appearance, but he was the difference maker against PSG.

Xherdan Shaqiri 6/10

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Shaqiri didn’t have much time to make an impact, but did offer fresh legs in attack for Liverpool. He sent in 2 decent crosses and didn’t make any mistakes during his appearance. That’s really all there was to Shaqiri’s time in the match.

Fabinho: Inc.

Fabinho only appeared for one minute, so he really didn’t get a chance to make any impact other than running a little bit of time off of the clock during stoppage time.

Jurgen Klopp 9/10

Klopp came out with a very effective game plan. Even without Firmino in the starting lineup he kept the pressure on PSG and it was a very effective strategy. PSG looked shell-shocked right up to Meunier’s goal. Liverpool was in control for most of the match. He even made the right call bringing Firmino on late in spite of his injury. Any time you can beat PSG in a Champions League match it should be considered a good day for the manager.

He won the battle of former Dortmund managers and put Liverpool in a good position to win this year’s Group of Death.