It’s always interesting to see what the foreign media think of our players. We showed you what French paper L’Equipe thought of the Reds’ performance against Barcelona, and here are some ratings from another well known continental newspaper- Italy’s Gazzetta Dello Sport.
Like L’Equipe, Gazzetta has Lionel Messi as Barca’s best player (6/10), but somewhat surprisingly, gives Coutinho a 5/10. The 5/10 is on par with what Arturo Vidal got, and many would agree that the Chilean had greater influence on the game than Phil.
L’Equipe’s player ratings tend to be notoriously harsh, and they came down heavily on some of Barcelona’s players after the Catalan giants lost 4-0 to Liverpool at Anfield last night.
The worst Barcelona players on the evening, according to L’Equipe were Luis Suarez (a former Liverpool player himself) and left back Jordi Alba, both of whom got a 2/10. A similar rating was given to Barca coach Ernesto Valverde, who was soundly criticised for his tactics after the game.
Lionel Messi (6) and Arturo Vidal (5) were the only outfield players to emerge with any credit for the Blaugrana.
