JAMIE REDKNAPP: Villarreal must stop the flow to influential Thiago to prevent the Reds getting into their unstoppable rhythm... but Jurgen Klopp can play it cool as no side is better at silencing an opposition crowd than the Reds

COQUELIN HAS TO TAIL THIAGO

You can hear the coos of appreciation from supporters when Thiago Alcantara makes one of those trademark forward passes of his. The vision is worth admiring and so is the execution in how it pierces the opposition.

He’s such a satisfying player to watch and his influence on Liverpool is there for all to see.

In doing their homework, Villarreal will have noted how Thiago managed more passes than the entire Everton team put together in Sunday’s Merseyside derby. He attempted 121 and completed 119, giving him an accuracy of 98 per cent.