Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has described Willian as ‘one of the greatest the Premier League ever saw’ ahead of Fulham’s trip to Anfield on Sunday.
The German, whose side are targeting a return to the top of the Premier League table with a victory over the Whites this weekend, praised Marco Silva’s role in Fulham’s revival but waxed lyrical about the Brazilian veteran’s enduring ability when asked about him during his pre-match press conference yesterday.
They have very creative set pieces, really creative, so we need to make sure we prepare for that properly. Marco is a top manager, he’s doing a brilliant job in a strong league, I’m not saying they are overachieving but they are doing particularly well and it’s a really good football team. With [Raul] Jimenez up front, [Carlos] Vinicius, and then one of the greatest, the little curly one [Willian], one of the greatest the Premier League ever saw, who is still going and going and going and [Andreas] Pereira.
It’s just a good football team, well set up and it makes it special, and their little stadium there, they can create a proper atmosphere and we’ve had our struggles there. But this time it’s at Anfield, it’s home and we have to make sure it will be extremely difficult for them.”
