Mental: £16m Liverpool player ‘absolutely dominated’ Chelsea in 107 minutes | OneFootball

No Mo Salah, no Diogo Jota, no Darwin Nunez, no Dominik Szoboszlai, no Trent Alexander-Arnold… need we go on?

Wataru Endo has been one of several standout performers for a young Liverpool side that has seen the Carabao Cup final go into extra time.

The Liverpool Echo’s Joe Rimmer rightly praised the Japanese international’s performance, noting that he’d ‘absolutely dominated Chelsea’s midfield’ in a tweet.

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What do the stats say?

The stats would more than appear to back up Rimmer’s suggestion on X.

Sofascore have the former Stuttgart down as recording 11/16 ground duels won, in addition to six tackles, all whilst having completed 89% of his passes at the stroke of half-time in extra-time.

Given how many neutrals had mocked our recruitment team for going down this route after failing to sign Moises Caicedo and Romeo Lavia in the summer, it only makes the performance all the more sweeter.

We’ll be taking that apology for our £16m summer signing any time now!

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