​Fabinho enjoying Liverpool attacking options

Football
20 Sep 2019 • 3:23 PM MYT
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Liverpool midfielder Fabinho is having fun playing with the club's attacking players.

The Brazilian is tasked with protecting the back four and starting attacks for the Reds.

His early passes to the likes of Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane are often the start of Liverpool counter attacks.

And he admits that he likes the attacking options manager Jurgen Klopp has amassed at the club.

"I try to read the game as to when I can pass the ball forward or not," Fabinho explained to the club's official website.

"I know with the players we have up front there are always going to be options there, especially as we have Bobby [Firmino] who comes deep a lot and helps in the creation of plays.

"With the quality of our attacking players we know that if the ball comes to them, even if it's not that good a ball, you know they'll do something with it and start a good attacking move. That's why I like to play the ball forward.

"There are a lot of situations which we work on where you don't really need to see where the player is. As we get to know each other better you become familiar with the runs each player likes to make. That's why I try to play the ball forward a lot."