Kostas Tsimikas was amongst Liverpool’s greatest gamers within the 2-1 victory over Lille, suggesting he ought to preserve his place over Andy Robertson.
This was by no means going to be a basic.
Arne Slot‘s facet have confronted and can face extra intense fixtures this season, however Liverpool obtained the job completed with Mohamed Salah opening the scoring and Harvey Elliott netting the winner through a deflection.
The win retains up the Reds’ one hundred pc file within the 2024/25 Champions League so far.
Right here we evaluate our player ratings with these of the Liverpool Echo, GOAL, FotMob and TIA’s readers.
Elliott (7.6) obtained the most effective general score on the night time – the second match in a row that it has occurred for a substitute, after Darwin Nunez got top marks at Brentford.
The midfielder scored his first-ever Champions League purpose, and GOAL’s Mark Doyle stated he was “closely concerned” throughout a vigorous cameo.
There was a uncommon starring position for Tsimikas (7.5) at Anfield, too, with the left-back catching the attention along with his efficiency.
The Greek could not have been a match-winner for Liverpool, however he once more confirmed why he presently seems to be a superior choice to Andy Robertson.
This Is Anfield‘s Mark Delgado described it as a “actually good all-round efficiency” by Tsimikas, successful the deal with within the lead-up to Salah’s opener.
Ian Doyle of the Liverpool Echo felt that the 28-year-old’s set-piece high quality was “an actual hazard within the second half.”
Salah (7.3) scored his first purpose from open play for the reason that 5-0 win away to West Ham on December 29.
Delgado stated that the Liverpool legend “seemed again in gear” after a ‘drought’ by his ridiculously excessive requirements.
No person was remotely poor for the Reds, however Alisson (6.1) and Ryan Gravenberch (6.1) shared the bottom score.
Doyle claimed that Gravenberch was “very a lot enjoying inside himself” throughout his 45 minutes on the pitch, previous to his substitution.
Liverpool 2-1 Lille