Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard believes Luis Suarez can go on to be a better player than Manchester City’s Carlos Tevez after the Uruguayan produced a superb display against Fulham on Monday night.
Suarez picked up the man of the match award and netted his fourth goal for the Reds in the 5-2 victory and his tireless movement was commonly at the heart of much of Liverpool’s good work.
Prompted on whether the former Ajax man reminded him of Tevez as a player, Gerrard told Sky Sports: “I think it’s natural you’re going to compare him to Tevez because of his build, his shape, the way he plays.
“But for me, what I’ve seen so far, I’m going to be slightly biased because he’s on my team and he’s one of our players I think he could go on to be better.
“He’s a midfielder's dream, as soon as you look up he gives great movement, he gives you an option all the time.
“But what impresses me even more about him is when he hasn’t got the ball. His tenacity to win it back, his attitude and in the 92nd and 93rd minute he’s trying to get a second goal, still closing defenders down, just an absolute joy to watch he was.”
Liverpool was sent on their way to victory when Suarez helped create an opener for Maxi Rodriguez after just 32 seconds of play. The Argentine went on to grab his second hat-trick in three weeks but the man of the match award was rightly given to the man with only one goal on the night according to Gerrard.
He added: “That goes to show how special Luis Suarez was, usually if you score a hat-trick you deserve man of the match but Luis Suarez’s movement, his touches, his awareness, his vision, the way he took his goal – sensational.”
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