Liverpool fans have taken to Twitter to deliver mixed verdicts on Xherdan Shaqiri’s performance for Switzerland in their 1-1 World Cup draw against Brazil on Sunday night.
The attacking midfielder has been strongly linked with a summer move to the Merseyside giants amid speculation he has a release clause of around £12million in his Stoke City contract following their relegation to the Championship.
Shaqiri, 26, played the full 90 minutes for Switzerland on Sunday night as his side came from a goal down to secure a point against five-times champions Brazil.
A second-half header from Steven Zuber cancelled out Philippe Coutinho’s brilliant curler after 20 minutes as the European side dug deep to earn a valuable draw in Rostov-on-Don.
The draw brings to an end Brazil’s run of nine wins in opening World Cup fixtures, and both sides now trail Group E leaders Serbia, who beat Costa Rica earlier on Sunday.
Liverpool fans were especially interested in the performance of Shaqiri, with comments including that he was “tenacious”, “decent” and “lazy”.
Live 4 Liverpool has rounded up some of the best tweets:
I am pretty sure that after today’s #WorldCup match #BRASUI many #LFC fans will know why we want to sign #Shaqiri… pic.twitter.com/J7kh4TgME5
— BenjiB.LFC (@SignoreBB) June 17, 2018
Shaqiri’s first half vs Brazil in one word… #LFC
— ??????? ?????? (@AnfieldEffect) June 17, 2018
Lazy
— MolbysLeftPeg (@JMCYNWA) June 17, 2018
Shaqiri is playing like Jurgen Klopp is watching.#LFC#WorldCup
— LFC Dagger (@lfc_dagger) June 17, 2018
Still got an assist for a good goal against a top side
— Anvay Mishra (@itsAnvaycuz) June 18, 2018
https://twitter.com/Drew67524116/status/1008423509339582465
https://twitter.com/EllisAntDempsey/status/1008421349294002176
Average
— Phil (@PhilB_LFC) June 17, 2018
https://twitter.com/VVD1990/status/1008420883139121152
