If Benteke had missed a simple header that Firmino just missed against West Ham he would have been crucified by the media and the fans, however he is a Liverpool player and it was considered to be just unlucky. Such is the life of a footballer playing for an unfashionable team like Palace. COYP

I am not comparing the two players just the similarities of the missed header. Even the best can miss them.

Perhaps they'll let us swap? Least they could do after rinsing us for Benteke and Sakho ... pair of useless c*nts!

But he is part Of a functioning front 3 attack, who as a whole scores plenty of goals. Within this, Firmino chips in from time to time with both goals and assists.

Benteke is the Main Striker in a misfiring front three who has only scored once in about 25 years, and I'd wager his assist rate is equally as prolific.
Benteke is our main striker, Firmino is not Liverpools main striker.

"It was a Team effort, I guess it took all players working together to lose this one"

For avoidance of doubt my comments were not a denunciation of Firmino as a player, I was just providing a statistic which is quite remarkable given the qualities of the player.

Firmino does not possess that extra burst of pace but his workrate is exceptional and he is a vital cog in the Liverpool machine.

Edited by Willo (26 Feb 2020 10.38am)

Your calculations have missed out something else that's very important - he's on £120k p/w. So during his 138 weeks with us to date, we've paid him £16.5 million. That's without accounting for signing on fees, contract renewal fees, agent fees, appearance bonuses, goal bonuses, etc.