Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson has branded Roberto Firmino as "extraordinary" after the Brazil striker made Premier League history on Saturday.
The No.9's goal in the 3-0 win at Burnley took him to 50 in England's top flight since he joined from Hoffenheim in the summer of 2015 and Firmino was again instrumental in the Reds' success, also claiming an assist for Sadio Mane.
Firmino has hit the ground running this season, showing no signs of fatigue, despite playing for Brazil during their successful Copa America tournament in the summer, and Henderson was full of praise for his team-mate after the win at Turf Moor.
"He's a massive player for us as many people will know for sure," said Henderson.
"It's extraordinary what he does for the team, defensively, goals, assists, everything, his link-up play. What a player he is. He's on fire at the minute, so hopefully he can keep going.
"He's the first Brazilian to 50 and hopefully there are many more to come from him."
He added: "Again for us, it's game by game. We come up against different tests each week and it's about giving everything every time we go onto the football pitch and we will see where we are at the end of the season.
"For me it's just about concentrating on what we need to do. We have been very mature in our performances, especially away from home.
"We want to continue that form, keep doing the right things, keep working hard as a team. If we do that, we can put on performances like that.
"We're not setting [standards] for anyone else, we're setting them for ourselves. That's what we want to do.
"We want to win every week, we want to perform every week and that's difficult because there are so many good sides in the Premier League and in Europe. It's really hard.
"After the international break, the games come thick and fast. In the last couple of weeks, we've had a week building up to the games, which has helped us on the grass. We will need the full squad to be ready when we come back."
The Liverpool captain also batted away suggestions that fatigue could come into play for the Reds after an energy-sapping summer for players such as Mane, Salah and Firmino, who were all involved in international competitions.
"I don't feel as though it's big problem," said Henderson.
"Our next game is the Newcastle game and it will disrupt it a little bit, but we've had these situations before, we're used to it, so there's no excuse.
"We'll be ready when we come back to face Newcastle, which I'm sure will be another difficult game for us."
dubem03
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move it lyk Bobby
Vanbenorz
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l love Bobby firmino is a good playn
wusbdenty
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Iβd argue Bobby is the more important player though, heβs the core to our whole system
U are right man
bauirsty
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Please Henderson and Widjnaldum must start scoring goals for us to ease the pressure on the front three or else Keita in
yeah, definitely they will score goal when the opportunity comes
bauirsty
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He's the engine of the team .. I love him rough
definitely, man of the team.no doubt. just focus on winning, the end of day, history will be made forever and remembered by us.
Tucdlou
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Please Henderson and Widjnaldum must start scoring goals for us to ease the pressure on the front three or else Keita in
ruubcimty
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Henderson need to improve himself. Playing around great player doesn't make him a great Captain . He need to improve and make star players to respect him.
what have have he done not to deserve respect from star players. guys i wonder why we say negative things to him. He is our captain and we'll respected. his contribution to the team is immense
Tubbelptu
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Henderson need to improve himself. Playing around great player doesn't make him a great Captain . He need to improve and make star players to respect him.
fourbullet
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well done sir boby
pikabdmnst
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He works so ridiculously hard, too. He made a full sprint 2/3 of the pitch yesterday to break up a very promising counter attack.
how do u know,did u check him
Nuhbcklosu
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He's the engine of the team .. I love him rough
poja24
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the nearest thing to perfection
poja24
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Bobby Bobby Bobby my boy how many times have I called you ,u have my admiration and my respect ,I salute you
Badshahking
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Kop want you to know give him the ball he scored Everytime πππππππππππ Unselfish player Firmino must teach Salah how to be unselfish
fucabdmosy
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Yet all we hear is Mane vs Salah.
FreakinM0r0N
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He manages to embody a lot of Brazilian football positive-stereotypes whilst subverting the negative ones (at least as far as English football media is concerned). He's a flair player but also a grafter; scores no-look goals but works hard to enable his teammates; flamboyant fashion sense but an intensely focused professional. Love him
Yet he's somewhat underrated. Doesn't get as much of a praise as Salah or ManΓ© but his role in the team is arguably one of the biggest.
Jojoski
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I think the old liverpool is really back hope milan are taking notes congrats to pool fans from your bitter rival in cpl but am really happy for you guys hope to watch cpl finals ac milan-liverpool again and again soon
tayklstu
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congratulations
naelkayyali
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Every Liverpool player is not less important than the other . but firmino is the special one.
jealousy
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What surprises me about Firminho is his selflessness. He's a flashy Brazilian with white boots (and teeth), tattoos and a bag of tricks. But he finds more joy in being a decoy than the main man up front. Very intelligent player.
Sedoso
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Finally my boy Bobby gets some praise, it s absurd how underrated he is, i really think Salah and Mane are conditioned by how Bobby plays, which says a lot
opposite
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This is how most players should be assessed. I wasn't as impressed with Salah's +40 goal debut as I was with his assists that same year.
Barnhart
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Behind VVD heβs the most important player on the team
Lovemessi
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He manages to embody a lot of Brazilian football positive-stereotypes whilst subverting the negative ones (at least as far as English football media is concerned). He's a flair player but also a grafter; scores no-look goals but works hard to enable his teammates; flamboyant fashion sense but an intensely focused professional. Love him
catcat
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He is flashy though. Probably our flashiest player
Polaroider
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He's playing for the European champions.
citizeno
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He's probably the flashiest player at Liverpool and one of the flashiest in he premier league. But yeah, his vision, work rate and chemistry with his team mates is top class.
Samanthas
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He saves all the flashiness for his celebrations.
Kimjoyes
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Except it doesn't work as well for lingard because he's not a threat himself. He can carry the ball decently and hold possession well, but his goal threat and assist threat isn't very high at CAM/RW. He looks better at CF but that's not the system we're using.
FCBxavi
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him and mane are our flashiest players
typewrit
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He did well, but underwhelming if you compare to Liverpool's Firmino, he's a star with you guys
leausign
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Iβd argue Bobby is the more important player though, heβs the core to our whole system
sevilla
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If I was a world class footballer who got asked this, I would say some randomer I played with at my first club was the greatest. Like "Bobby Firmino is a great player but Yoell Van Nieff is the greatest player I have ever played with"
corruption
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He works so ridiculously hard, too. He made a full sprint 2/3 of the pitch yesterday to break up a very promising counter attack.
fashionman
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we d have Firmino and Benz share them as Messi and Ronaldo share Ballon d ors
baba21
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However, putting them both in the same team could be deadly, I think.
Bigthree
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He is what you would get if you mix Muller and Benzema