Kostas Tsimikas was amongst Liverpool’s greatest gamers within the 2-1 victory over Lille, suggesting he ought to maintain his place over Andy Robertson.
This was by no means going to be a basic.
Arne Slot‘s aspect have confronted and can face extra intense fixtures this season, however Liverpool received the job carried out with Mohamed Salah opening the scoring and Harvey Elliott netting the winner through a deflection.
The win retains up the Reds’ one hundred pc document within the 2024/25 Champions League so far.
Right here we evaluate our participant rankings with these of the Liverpool Echo, GOAL, FotMob and TIA’s readers.
Elliott (7.6) received the most effective total ranking on the evening – the second match in a row that it has occurred for a substitute, after Darwin Nunez received high marks at Brentford.
The midfielder scored his first-ever Champions League objective, and GOAL’s Mark Doyle mentioned he was “closely concerned” throughout a full of life 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 might not have been a match-winner for Liverpool, however he once more confirmed why he at the moment appears a superior choice to Andy Robertson.
This Is Anfield‘s Mark Delgado described it as a “actually good all-round efficiency” by Tsimikas, profitable 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 objective from open play because the 5-0 win away to West Ham on December 29.
Delgado mentioned that the Liverpool legend “regarded again in gear” after a ‘drought’ by his ridiculously excessive requirements.
No one was remotely poor for the Reds, however Alisson (6.1) and Ryan Gravenberch (6.1) shared the bottom ranking.
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
