Observations as Firmino fires Liverpool to opening European win
And breathe. Liverpool are up and running in Europe once again by virtue of Roberto Firmino's last-gasp winner against PSG at Anfield.
Three points that looked as if they'd been lost wrestled back by one moment of genius from the Brazilian - who needs more than one eye?
Speaking of eyes, here's what I saw with mine.
An expected score in an unexpected manner
That was a weird one. If you'd told me ahead of the game that Liverpool were …
Liverpool 3-2 PSG: One-Eyed Firmino Makes His Mark
It’d be wrong to suggest this isn’t one of the toughest groups of the competition; Napoli and PSG present two scintillating trips while Red Star Belgrade are hardly pushovers having won the Serbian league last season. Under the floodlights, bouncing to the tune of ‘Allez Allez Allez’, Liverpool stepped out prepped and ready for a new Champions League campaign with a collective sense of ‘bring it on’ rather than a fearful demeanour.
There’s been nothing frenetic about Liverpool’s start to …