A section of Liverpool fans have been left divided on Twitter after Fabinho’s performance in their pre-season friendly against Torino last night (7 August).
The 6″2 [Transfermarkt] enforcer had the opportunity to put the Reds 1-0 up after stepping up to take a penalty, which he slammed wide to keep the game at a stalemate.
Liverpool ended up winning the game 3-1, thanks to goals from Daniel Sturridge, Roberto Firmino and Georginio Wijnaldum.
This was the Reds’ last pre-season match before they start their Premier League campaign against West Ham on Sunday, and Fabinho’s performance last night left a section of the Liverpool fans split. These comments included “really don’t think Fabinho will be a regular” and “Fabinho as a last resort centre-back is quite reassuring.”
Live 4 Liverpool has rounded up some of the best tweets:
Hope Fabinho doesn’t worry about that penalty miss! It means nothing so doesn’t matter! #LFC
— Charlotte Webster (@CharWebster7) August 7, 2018
Give Fabinho time. Honestly baffles me how impatient some fans can be. Bloke will need more settling in time than others, we knew that from the day he signed so why do you expect reality to be any different?#LFC #Fabinho
— . (@oDogLFC) August 7, 2018
Journos have something against Fabinho, missing penalty means he played bad apparently, absolute rubbish he was very solid tonight and looking forward to seeing more of him #LFC
— Calum Thorpe (@Calum_LFC96) August 7, 2018
Fabinho has to be our worst signing of the modern era. I, for one, can not wait until Hendo is back in the lineup #lfc
— Jamie (@DefinitelyJamie) August 7, 2018
https://twitter.com/TSoIstanbul/status/1026950533419081733
Just got home from the Game, seeing lots of negative comments about Fabinho's performance, maybe the TV missed a lot of what he was doing, thought he was solid and good on the ball as usual tbf to him #LFC
— Chris Burn ?????? (@redbhoyburn) August 7, 2018
#LFC @LFC 100% agree mate!! And I really don’t think Fabinho is going to be a regular and wasn’t brought to be so!! Which means only Allison has been signed in this window as a regular first11 player ?
— Mark (@Marklfc10Mark) August 8, 2018
Must say Fabinho as a last resort CB is quite reassuring… #LIVTOR #LFC #LIVERPOOL
— Liverpoolzy* (@Liverpool_zy) August 8, 2018
The rating of Fabinho is too low, what game did you watch guys? He‘s absolute class!
— ZAR* (@MarcoSchlapbach) August 8, 2018
OPINION
Fabinho’s performance last night has certainly left a section of Liverpool fans divided based on these tweets. Some are saying that he had a solid performance, others have decided to criticise him and say that he will not be a regular under boss Jurgen Klopp. Fabinho is a natural defensive midfielder and he had to play half of the game as a centre-back, which of course is out of position for him – any player operating in an unfamiliar role are never going to have the game of their lives. As one fan said, missing a penalty does not mean he is bad player – he had a 100% record at Monaco after all.
