Firmino’s farewell: How the Liverpool forward became a cult hero at Anfield
The Sky Sports Football Podcast
Sky Sports
4 • 718 Ratings
🗓️ 26 May 2023
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
After his emotional send-off from the home fans after scoring a late equaliser against Aston Villa, we look at how he became a cult hero for the club’s supporters, his importance to Jurgen Klopp’s style of play and the impact he had on the Premier League.
Peter Smith is joined by Sky Sports senior football journalist Richard Morgan to analyse Firmino’s time in England and we hear from Jamie Carragher about this unique player.
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| 0:44.3 | What a way to say goodbye for Roberto Fermino. |
| 0:50.3 | And maybe that was written in the stars. |
| 1:17.6 | And Field said farewell to fan favourite Roberto Fumino last Saturday. And what a farewell it was with the Brazilian stepping off the bench to steer in a late equaliser |
| 1:23.6 | to grab Liverpool, a point against Aston Villa. One last demonstration of his quality |
| 1:29.6 | in front of the home fans. One last celebration in front of the cop and this Sunday he looks set |
| 1:35.7 | for one last appearance. There have been 361 of them so far featuring 110 goals but any Liverpool fan |
| 1:43.6 | will tell you. |
| 1:44.3 | For Mino's time at the club isn't about those raw numbers. |
| 1:48.1 | That's not what made him special. |
| 1:50.2 | We'll be digging into just why he is so loved and the impact he had on Liverpool and |
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| 1:58.6 | I'm Peter Smith and I'm pleased to be joined by Sky Sports |
| 2:01.6 | Senior Football Journalist Richard Morgan. Rich, the best in the world is Bobby Femino, |
| 2:06.6 | give the ball to Bobby and he will score two lines from that fantastic song Liverpool fans love to sing |
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