On Friday, PL champions, Liverpool announced the £25 million signing of Thiago from Bayern. Klopp conscious of the thrill surrounding his arrival from Bayern Munich, hoped instead to ease Thiago into action. Barely 48 hours had passed since his move was confirmed, after all, it might have been of enormous ask to throw him straight into the side for a game of this magnitude. The midfielder was called upon after just 45 minutes with the scores still at 0-0. Captain Jordan Henderson had to get replaced thanks to a decent thigh muscle, allowing Thiago to form his debut. He did, however, concede a penalty with quarter-hour remaining for tripping Timo Werner. However, Alisson bailed out his new teammate by saving Jorginho’s penalty. It had been the sole blot on his copybook in an otherwise very exciting 45 minute debut.
In fact, he actually broke a Premier League record within the last half . consistent with Opta, not only did Thiago complete more passes than the other Chelsea player, his 75 successful passes are the foremost by a player who played 45 minutes