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A RED ROCKET Firmino comes off the bench to hit late screamer

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Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp took the decision to include Firmino in his squad to face Paris Saint- Germain even though the Brazilian had spent Saturday evening in hospital after being accidental­ly gouged by Tottenham’s Jan Vertonghen.

There were no ill-effects as — after Liverpool had squandered a two- goal lead — Firmino thrashed in a drive to secure a 3-2 win in their opening Champions League game. He celebrated by mimicking an eye-patch.

Man of the match James Milner said: ‘It would have been very disappoint­ing to draw 2-2 and it just shows the character of this side to go again.

‘I can’t say enough good things about Bobby to come

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