And will get a grand total of 3 free kicks over the course of the season.
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His style of dribbling and movement is different from Salah. @Limiescouse gave a good explanation as to why refs tend not to give Mo fouls (briefly, he invites the contact and they donāt understand when he is genuinely getting hacked). If he is clever about it he can get a ton of free kicks, even with the anti LFC bias.
Best thing about Wirtz in regards to the above, is that as well as having great dribbling skills he also has vision to pick a pass and if the opposition team ācollapsesā on him he will just thread a pass through to an open player
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Some of his natural ability like ball manipulation, skills, dribbles, acceleration, delaying, turning, being strong in duels on the ballā¦ remind me of Hazard.
Two different players of course as Hazard was more a player from the side, being best in that left-half space (which I think Wirtz can also do).
Wirtz seems more central and certainly more engaged in the defensive phases of the game than Eden.
But that on the ball magic, dear me, itās very reminiscent of him. And I rate peak Hazard very, very high in those technical aspects among mortals below Messi.
Fify
Yet, I have vibes of Messi, when I watch him
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Thatās usually the following season.
1.New player comes to EPL.
2. New player plays well, and the opposition target him for it.
3. Opposition give away a tonne of fouls by overstepping the rules.
4. Fans from other clubs call out how soft the refs are on the new player.
5. Refs in the off season get on the same page and let much more of the fouls go on the new player in season two.
Itās not a LFC-specific problem: The whole ref setup is gutless to the extreme and the entire rulebook is guided by public opinion.
You make it sound so easy that I have to ask why other players donāt do this?
Now weāre getting really personal.
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Because he is special and not every player has the vision and balance whilst under pressure to have their head up o see and execute.
Well I hope he is special
Stop it please.
My expectations have to be kept much lower than this sort of rubbish or heāll end up being an instant flop to me.
Surely heās taller than Messi.
Now thatās better, my heart rate is normalising. 
We did have a player who when he felt the pressure could just pick a pass without looking he new the rest of the team so weāll. Who was it?
Alonso?
Thiago?
No it was Hendo.
Alonso had a get eye for a pass but generally needed to look. Like Trent.
Okā¦
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Welcome to Flobsā world Quickie. Thereās a giant egg hanging from the sky, and all the trees are fish.
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Depends how long you are going back we had a no look master and a King who also had that special ability
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Flobs is probably talking about Hendoās āwhen Iām in the right half space and receive a backwards pass under pressure, I go immediately for a swerved cross to the second post, without lookingā.
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