Liverpool fans have taken to Twitter to react after a seven-second clip of Fabinho emerged from the 2-1 win over Tottenham.
The footage in question shows Liverpool’s No.3 beating Heung-min Son to the ball over by the dugout, before dinking it over the South Korean.
The Brazilian then takes another touch, before chipping the ball over another onrushing Spurs player in Lucas Moura.
Realising that he’s playing at centre-back and is now on the left-wing, Fabinho then laid the ball off before jogging back into defence – the clip doesn’t show this, however.
Standing in at centre-back in the absence of Joe Gomez, Joel Matip and Virgil van Dijk, the former AS Monaco man is performing incredibly well.
The £43.7 million man excelled against Jose Mourinho’s men.
Aside from his fancy flicks to beat Son and Lucas, Fabinho made four tackles and one interception according to WhoScored.
He also had a 93.9% pass success rate, while he completed seven on his attempted 11 long-range passes against the north Londoners.
It was a cool, composed display against two in-form attackers in Son and Harry Kane.
It was even more impressive seeing as Fabinho was playing alongside Rhys Williams, who was making his Premier League debut.
Let’s see what the Liverpool fans on Twitter have been saying about the 27-year-old…
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