Sadio Mane has revealed that he persuaded Roberto Firmino to play despite his eye injury.
The Brazilian overcame the injury he suffered against Tottenham Hotspur to come off the bench and scored Liverpool’s winning goal against PSG in the Champions League 3-2 win at Anfield.
“I think Bobby doesn’t need his eye to play so I told him. I sent him a message on Monday saying: ‘Hey Bobby, come on, we need you.’ You’ve all seen the ‘no look’ goals so I think he doesn’t need his eye to play. I texted him saying: ‘You don’t need your eye!'” Mane said.
Both Liverpool and Barcelona have three points each as the later beat PSV at Camp Nou in the other group match. The Senegalese believe that is a very big result for the Reds.
“I think it’s a big result honestly. It is very important for us to keep going on our good run. It was not an easy game because PSG is one of the best teams in the world but we played very well and deserved to win.
“I think it is about desire and belief, it is what we try to do. We have quality in the team and I think it is mentally free to go forward and believe it until the end. It is what we tried and finally we scored the third goal, which was very important for the team,” the forward concluded.