Liverpool supporters on social media heaped praise on attacker Roberto Firmino after his performance for Brazil against Costa Rica in the World Cup.
The senior Reds player came on a substitute in the 68th minute when the score was 0-0 and helped his side achieve an important 2-0 win in the international tournament once he took the field.
Firmino linked up with former Reds midfielder Philippe Coutinho in order for Brazil to grab their first goal of the game, as Firmino headed the ball back across goal and Coutinho ended up blasting the ball into the net.
Upon seeing his impact from the bench supporters of Jurgen Klopp’s side took to Twitter to shower Firmino with praise.
One fan tweeted that the 26-year-old was the third best player in the world while another claimed they were still shocked that the attacker didn’t start for his nation.
Firmino featured 54 times across all competitions for the Reds in his 2017/18 campaign, racking up 27 goals and 17 assists during his outings.
The Brazilian, who is contracted to stay at Anfield until 2023, will be hoping his cameo appearances sees him start in Brazil’s third game of the World Cup which is against Serbia on Wednesday.
This is Futbol rounded up the best tweets by Liverpool fans after Firmino featured for Brazil against Costa Rica:
Unpopular opinion. Firmino is the third best player in the world. Don't @ me. #Brazil #LFC #WorldCup
— DanOBrien (@Dee_O_Bee) June 22, 2018
Bobby #Firmino shows another brilliant display , His off the Ball movement is insane #Bra #LFC
— Tex Jonathan (@Tex_Jonathan) June 22, 2018
https://twitter.com/SteTill3/status/1010158376083447808
Just as we were heading for our first goalless draw of the tournament, Coutinho steps up?
Impact from Firmino with the header #LFC #Firmino #Coutinho #WorldCup #BRA #BRACRC— Nicholas Hughes (@Nick_Hughesy6) June 22, 2018
See the difference Firmino makes.. Winning headers and challenges unlike Jesus who just runs around. #BRA #LFC #BRACRC #Firmino
— Ryan Monthero (@RyanLFC217) June 22, 2018
Firmino and Coutinho still got that chemistry! still shocked Firmino doesn't start for Brazil #BRA #WorldCup #LFC
— Arjan (@ArjanAtwal) June 22, 2018
https://twitter.com/IamIvan_91/status/1010157858019856384
Firmino > Jesus. Fact #LFC #MCFC #BRA
— 19* (@lc12345lc) June 22, 2018