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#3 Philippe Coutinho is not Barcelona material yet
With all due respect to the Philipe Coutinho fans out there, the player has been way too erratic for too many seasons now for one to categorize him as a world class player. He has in him, bits and pieces of magic, that can prove useful in unlocking opponents but he goes missing far too much in the bigger games for too long.
Such was the case with the little Brazilian on the night as barring a couple of moments of involvement, Coutinho could hardly be noticed on the ball all game. For an attacker who plays between a midfield and forward line, he should’ve dropped deeper to collect the ball more often and should have tried to dictate play from deep rather than drifting from side to side and returning only to support a hapless Alberto Moreno defensively.
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It is this point of efficacy that puts Philipe Coutinho in a category somewhere between good and world class and if he hopes to be one of the best players on the planet someday, he needs to regularly inch towards the World Class than remain on the line that says good.
Till then, Liverpool fans could breathe easily to an extent as their diminutive forward is a really good season away from any Barcelona like club moving for him.
