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‘World Class’, ‘Has To Start’ – Some Fans Praise Liverpool Star After Beating Fulham

Some fans have been praising Xherdan Shaqiri following his goal-scoring performance during Liverpool’s 2-0 victory over Fulham at Anfield this afternoon.

by
Fraser Crawford
November 11, 2018

Some fans have been praising Xherdan Shaqiri following his goal-scoring performance during Liverpool’s 2-0 victory over Fulham at Anfield this afternoon.

Jurgen Klopp made some changes to his side following the midweek Champions League defeat to Red Star Belgrade with Shaqiri recalled in place of Adam Lallana to add some creativity in the middle of the park after a poor performance in Serbia.

It was only the Swiss international’s third Premier League start of the season but he certainly justified his inclusion today as Shaqiri put-in an excellent all-round display and capped it off with the crucial second goal shortly after half time.

Liverpool opened the scoring in somewhat controversial circumstances as they took a quick free-kick after Fulham had a contentious goal ruled out for offside and Mohamed Salah raced clear to slot home for 1-0 in the 42nd minute.

Fulham were still well in the game after a solid first half but Liverpool wrapped-up the three points less than 10 minutes in to the second period when Shaqiri fired home a stunning volley to make it 2-0 from a wonderful Andrew Robertson pass.

The former Stoke star has been in fine form of late and some fans have taken to social media to demand Klopp hands Shaqiri a regular role following his latest performance with one describing the player as being ‘world class’.

The 27-year-old has certainly done his cause no harm with another top display today but Shaqiri faces plenty of competition in the middle of the park with Naby Keita, Jordan Henderson, James Milner, Adam Lallana, Georginio Wijnaldum and Fabinho vying for three places so Klopp has a welcome selection headache.

Check out what some fans have been saying about Shaqiri today:

World class player

— TSM_Legend (@_L3gend_) November 11, 2018

THIS IS WHY SHAQIRI HAS TO START EVERY GAME, WHAT A FINISH, WHAT A PLAYER. BIG SHAQ.

— . (@VintageSalah) November 11, 2018

That’s why you start Shaqiri. Lallana would’ve stopped the ball, did a Cruyff turn and then dribbled the ball out for a goal kick.

— – (@lfcrealtalk) November 11, 2018

Shaq should be starting every week now! #endof

— Chris Holbrook (@ChristHolbrook) November 11, 2018

Shaqiri should be starting every week.

— – (@AnfieldRd96) November 11, 2018

I mean, how do you leave Shaqiri out after that. #LFC

— Callum Wright (@CallumWright__) November 11, 2018

Hopefully Shaqiri’s now a guaranteed starter for the remainder of the season. 5 goal involvements in his last 6 games. Yet to have a bad performance since signing for us.

— Dharma Bhagalia (@Kloppholic) November 11, 2018

Shaqiri should start provides a creative flair to midfield as well as goals and on the attack it seems that we’ve started to pass the ball and link up a lot more fluidly compared to many of our games this season

— SalahIsKing (@SalahIsKing1) November 11, 2018