BRAZILIAN STAR PHILIPPE Coutinho revealed he overcame illness to lead Liverpool to their comeback victory at Stoke City.
Coutinho scored as Liverpool came from behind to beat Stoke 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday and keep their top-four chances intact.
However, the Brazil international almost did not feature at bet365 Stadium before playing through the pain barrier.
I joined up in the morning [of the game]. They asked me to stay at home because I was not feeling well but I wanted to be here,” said Coutinho.
“I wanted to be involved with the team. The manager decided because I was not 100 per cent.
I want to keep going to keep scoring and helping my team and keep learning from my manager. This was a big win. There are a lot of points to fight for and every game for us is important.”
Liverpool are third in the Premier League, 12 points adrift of leaders Chelsea and two ahead of fourth-placed Manchester City.
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It took him a good while to get back to top form after the injury but he is back to his best now. There is not many better in his position.
They should treat every game like a cup final now and just go for it!!!
Meanwhile Sturridge got sick back in February then somehow got injured again afterwards and played 20 minutes of football since. The difference in mentality in the same changing room is massive
Best attacking midfielder in Europe.
@BoomBoomBonnie: not a chance scoring great goals against sh*t teams doesn’t prove he’s world class wait until he comes up against a proper team like Munich or Real Madrid then we will see if he is world class or not.
@Shane clohessy: scored against Arsenal Chelsea United city and just about everyone. Also banging them in for Brazil. There all sh#te like you said. Mmmm. Shhhhh what’s that knocking. It’s the taxi you ordered. Bye.
@BoomBoomBonnie: arsenal united and city aren’t what you call world beaters arsenal lost 3-0 to palace city lost 4-0 to Everton and united can’t beat Burnley.
Klopp said he lost 3kg last week when he was ill , I think that’s aload of sh!te
@Ron Koeman: Really Ronald? Its getting boring now reading your posts when your clearly just getting a kick out of posting rubbish
@Tomf: ignore him he is obsessed with the pool.
@Ron Koeman: tra la la la la
@Tomf: but how would you know about my posts yours is a new account unless your someone who got banned again
@BoomBoomBonnie: the pool ? Pool of what ????
@Ron Koeman: mmmm, what do I have to do to get that illness, 3kg sounds great.
@Ron Koeman: for your information i know about your posts because i can read and have been getting sick of posts like yours so set up twitter to inform you of that. Is that ok with you? Seriously post something logical but not rubbish just to annoy people
@Tomf: if you don’t like my opinions mute my posts there’s your problem solved
@Ron Koeman: maybe some day i will be as clever as you Ron. Must be tough to constantly spout rubbish about other teams. Now cheerio!!
@Tomf: I doubt you’ll ever be as clever to be honest
@Shane Doherty: secret interview with Josep Maria Bartomeu would do the trick
@Ron Koeman: no fear of pogba been enticed. Hahaha i kill me thanks ron. Tra la la la la
@Ron Koeman: Ronald you have no idea how clever (or not so clever) I am. I certainly don’t just write stuff just to annoy people and get a kick out of it. Im sure you will grow out of that but give it a rest every now and again
Change headline making him sound like Ibra