Former Liverpool striker Michael Owen has heaped praise on Thiago after his performance against Sheffield United on Sunday evening.
Having come in for criticism, including from Owen, after what was an inauspicious start to his career on Merseyside, the Spaniard has begun to turn a corner as a Red.
Signed from Bayern Munich with a trophy cabinet most successful clubs would be proud of, Thiago struggled to adapt on his return to the side following a nasty knee injury as Jurgen Klopp’s side imploded with absentees. Owen told BT Sport (via the Mirror):
”This fella [Thiago] just makes me want to watch football 24 hours a day, the way he looks around, the way he gives it the eyes, there’s nobody in the Premier League, nobody, that plays like him. He’s playing a different type of game than everyone else. His disguise on passes is unbelievable.”
Despite not hitting the heights of his best form, the 29-year-old has earned an average Sofascore rating of 7.10 – epitomised by a 90 per cent pass success rate.
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Judging Thiago this season given the tribulations suffered at Liverpool was always going to be a short-sighted viewpoint.
His class is undoubted and his experience amongst the upper echelons of world football mean he is always likely to come good for Liverpool.
Expect to see the best out of the cultured midfielder when he has the likes of Jordan Henderson and Fabinho alongside him taking away some of the defensive responsibilities.
