Good job he wasn’t on the sofa.
Had a dream night for him to start a match like this. Unfortunate ending for the team, if only he put away that shot. But he was running non stop. Not sure whether that is enough but it speaks of an attitude that will do him good anywhere.
Jason Koumas was a lovely player from what I remember. Great goals in there! 
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Its wild how different Lewis is to his dad. Jason was the Welsh (two footed) Hagi, the sort of player described with words like mercurial" and “naturally talented” not someone you’d typically associate with putting in a shift.
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Apparently Koumas last night broke Gerrard’s record to become our youngest player to get a goal and assist in a CL match.
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He’s a fine lad. Hopefully this is a start of a long list of goals and assists to his name.
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And I associate him with a Wigan team that was the archetype of a lower-half PL club that we somehow always dropped points against! That combined with the fact that there are more and more young players whose fathers I used to watch playing gives me a combination of PTSD and existential dread…
As for young Koumas, I can’t ask for much more from him. His technical limitations are obvious and will likely prevent him from becoming a mainstay in a top 6 PL club but everything else about him justifies his current status in the club. He leads the press, he’s tireless, he’s a proper team player - one of those players you could perhaps call “low maintenance”. I’d really like him to improve his finishing because he gets into goalscoring positions more often that I imagined he would.
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His interview last night was wonderful. A game in which gets his first CL goal and instead of talking about it he was talking about how made up he was for Barcola 
He’s just an absolute treasure
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This lad will be an absolute treasure for us,delghted at the way he has started..not selfish at all!
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He finished very well against Lask, just a pity 2 were offside
Really talented player in my opinion. Should have been so much more. The Welsh Hagi is a great comparison.
Have to say I don´t think Lewis has anywhere near the talent but he sure works hard. Hope he does well.
Jason Koumas the Welsh Hagi… f*ck me, the amount of these random comparisons.
Was either him or Maradona.
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Its almost like you’ve never met a football fan.
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I do like the faith Iraola has put in him and he has re-paid that so far, he was really unlucky on one cross on Sunday and last night he was certainly unlucky to not get more than one.
Still better than a Scottish Haggi
Welsh Ianis Hagi.
It will be interesting to see where else we use him once Ekitike is back fit and we (hopefully) have two of our main strikers fit at the same time. I assume he might be also used off the sides if we have people missing and we need balance in Iraola’s assymetry (like opposite of Barcola for example).
He’s being used up front mostly because of his pressing and running at the start of Iraola’s tenure. But there are questions that remain like if he can merit being here also next season, what sort of level he can reach in terms of ceiling and what’s really his best position going foward.
We see his touch and finishing can be a bit heavy or inconsistent, but on the ball he’s playing back to goal a lot, trying to lay it back to his team mates and it’s not easy. Even for better players or players who are proper strikers. I’d be interested to see how he does when he faces defenders more.
He’s definitely on a good way to merit a new contract. Not only merit from his side, but from the club’s perspective to protect his value.
His battle is surely to prove he can remain here for a while even when all of our forward players are fit and generally accustomed to Iraola’s style. He could look at a case like Chiesa’s status (even if it has dropped even further) and think “I’m going to be Liverpool’s backup option to cover all forward positions”.
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