Despite his mediocre performance, his luck was extremely good. When Liverpool swept Watford 5-0 away in the Premier League, Firmino truly achieved the miracle of eating cakes and wearing hats. In this way, Firmino scored and completed a hat-trick. It is easy for Liverpool to think of another player, that is, the Red Army “model worker” Kuyt.
It also dates back to March 6, 2011, when Liverpool played Manchester United at Anfield Stadium and staged the second round of the Premier League this season. In this game, Kuyt ate three cakes in a row, and the distance of the three shots, added together, did not exceed 5 meters! Today’s Firmino almost copied Kuyt’s feat: in the 37th minute, Milner crossed from the left of the penalty area, and Firmino pushed an empty goal in the middle of the penalty area to help Liverpool establish a 2-0 lead; In 52 minutes, Robertson went straight, Watford defender Cascart intercepted and turned into an own assist. Firmino once again pushed an empty goal in the small penalty area and scored twice to help Liverpool establish a 3-0 lead; Neck -Williams made a cross from the right side of the penalty area, and Firmino hit the small penalty area again after pushing an empty goal into the net, performing a hat trick.
Firmino scored three goals, all facing the empty goal, and they were all in the small penalty area. This luck was simply overwhelming. Statistics show that this is the second time that Firmino has scored three goals in a single game in the Premier League since his transfer from Hoffenheim to Liverpool in the summer of 2015. The last time it has been dated back to December 2018. At that time, in Liverpool’s 5-1 reversal of Arsenal at home, the Brazilian striker performed a hat-trick. What needs to be pointed out is that Firmino scored the 41st hat trick in Liverpool’s Premier League history, surpassing Arsenal’s 40 times, and became the team with the most hat tricks. He became the Premier League era and Liverpool’s 8th place at least in the league. Among the players who have completed two hat tricks in China, the previous seven are: Fowler ranked first 8 times, Irving ranked second 7 times, Suarez ranked third 6 times, Salah and Torres both ranked 3 times. Tied for fourth place, Gerrard and Maxi Rodriguez have both completed 2 hat tricks in the Premier League.
Firmino’s three goals also allowed Liverpool to achieve 2+ goals in 9 consecutive away games in all competitions. This is the first time in the history of the club team. The number of goals in the last 7 away games has been consecutively completed. 3+, this is the first top league team to do this since the establishment of the English League. So far this season, Firmino has scored 6 goals in all competitions, including 4 league goals and 2 Champions League goals. All of these goals have come from away games without exception. In fact, the last 10 Brazilian shooters have Goals are scored away from home.
Firmino’s performance is average, but the data is bursting. His partner Mane is also mixed. However, his goal in the 9th minute helped Liverpool take the lead. This goal also allowed the Senegalese striker to complete the Premier League’s 100-goal milestone and become the Premier League. The third African player in history to score 100 goals. The first two are Chelsea legend Drogba and his teammate Salah. Both scored 104 goals. Of Mane’s 100 goals in the Premier League, 21 were scored in Southampton, and the remaining 79 were scored in Liverpool, a total of 237 league games. Mane became the 31st player in the history of the Premier League to score 100 goals, tying the Southampton star Le Tisel’s scoring record.
In this game, Salah passed a shot, and Firmino scored 3 goals and assisted 1 time. Mane also scored. This is the 15th time the Red Arrows scored in the same game. It is worth mentioning that the three of their players scored together for the first time, precisely against Watford. In August 2017, the Red Army’s away 3-3 draw with the Hornets, Salah and Mane And Firmino scored a goal each. The Red Arrows arranged five goals to help the team sweep Watford away 5-0. This is also the 800th league away victory in Liverpool’s history.Return to Sohu to see more
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