Brazilian forward Roberto Firmino has been in tremendous form recently, with a sudden rise in form convincing Jürgen Klopp that he is well able to fulfill the centre forward role even though it is not his natural position.
We did see glimpses of this capability at Man City earlier in the season however, and those who saw his perfomance that night will not be surprised with his recent performances.
He has now scored two against Arsenal, including a superb individual long-range strike and now two against Norwich, taking up some excellent positions and teeing up Jordan Henderson for the goal that sparked that now famous Liverpool comeback.
Klopp will line out attack based on opposition
Klopp has insisted that he will tweak the attack depending on the team Liverpool are facing but felt this did not take away from the fact that Firmino has more than enough to spearhead the attack.
He told reporters that "after Manchester United" everyone asked "‘What about Firmino, [do] you need a real target striker?’ but quickly disregarded these claims saying that he "scored two at Arsenal and he scored two here."
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Klopp believes that a striker doesn't have to be a physically well built target man who throws his weight around and explained that it's a "wide spectrum." He used Barcelona forward Lionel Messi as a prime example of this stating that Firmino "can play and score goals", he is a "good option", "flexible" and "in brilliant shape"
Klopp feels that having options up-front that provide a different dimension is a good thing as it gives them a different structure depending on the opposition. He added that they "always have to make decisions" and it also brings increased healthy competition among the attacking players.
Set piece problems
The German was not happy about conceding four goals to a Norwich side out-of-form but felt Liverpool had improved at managing defending set pieces. He described it as a "self fulfilling prophecy" stating that "everybody's talking about it."
Klopp concluded saying that defending these set pieces is "not that difficult." He believes his team "know how to defend", they just have to prove it now.
