Liverpool have notoriously had a number of world class players at the front of their formations with many making outstanding history at the club. We looked at some of the partnerships up top for the Reds and what legacy they left behind, after making their mark at Anfield.
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00:00You've mentioned a few times just how these last five, six, seven or eight years since
00:10Jürgen Klopp came in, how lucky Liverpool fans have been to witness these and how thankful
00:17they should be for a number of players to go and get that Champions League win, the
00:22Premier League win which was availing them for so many years. Just looking at forward
00:26lines in particular, Mane, Salah, Firmino, quite historic really for them in that sort
00:32of era, obviously Sturridge and Suarez before them, who have been the most standout throughout
00:39their history, their recent history as well that Liverpool fans really love and will always
00:44have a soft spot for at the club?
00:47I think it would be that three, that Salah, Firmino and Mane because they got Liverpool
00:51all over the line. They won Liverpool, the Champions League and then the Premier League.
00:58Suarez is still fondly remembered for his quality but he didn't win a Premier League
01:03at Liverpool, he fell short. That one with Sturridge and Sterling was excellent but it
01:08broke apart very quickly whereas the one of Mane, Salah and Firmino was there for a few
01:14years and you have to say a lot of people would agree they were the best in Europe.
01:20I think what let them down was the lack of depth behind them. You had players like Zed
01:25and Shaqiri, you had Divock Origi who scored a lot of important goals for Liverpool to
01:29be fair. You had Takumi Minamino who came in for a little bit but there wasn't real
01:34out-and-out depth and that's the difference now with Liverpool. Maybe it's not as strong.
01:41Roberto Firmino was a player who was so underrated, he was loved by his teammates. Sassio Mane
01:47was one of the best forwards in the world. Is Luis Diaz as good as Sassio Mane? Probably
01:53not yet. Is Dabo Nunez or Diogo Jota as good as Roberto Firmino? No, you'd have to say
01:59but there's more depth and more options for Liverpool. I think that has definitely helped
02:07Mo Salah in recent years. I think if Mo Salah had been playing with two more and that's
02:12it then maybe it would have been a bit more difficult but the burden has been taken off
02:16him a little bit in recent campaigns, albeit his numbers in front of goal have not slowed
02:23down whatsoever. So going forwards, you've still got Kiyos to come in. There's a lot
02:31of talk about what's going to happen with Salah. Things change, new players come in
02:37of course and that's going to happen eventually. But that front three of Mane, Salah, Firmino
02:45I think do just like red arrows. They won Liverpool everything they could have won and
02:51they return Liverpool to the top of European football and I think that's why they'll always
02:56be held in the Davis of affection.