{"id":15403,"date":"2022-04-16T21:02:42","date_gmt":"2022-04-17T01:02:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/04\/16\/thiago-sends-message-to-liverpool-fans-after-man-city-win\/"},"modified":"2022-04-16T21:02:42","modified_gmt":"2022-04-17T01:02:42","slug":"thiago-sends-message-to-liverpool-fans-after-man-city-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/04\/16\/thiago-sends-message-to-liverpool-fans-after-man-city-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Thiago sends message to Liverpool fans after Man City win"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool star Thiago Alcantara has taken to social media on Saturday evening, to send a personal message to the club\u2019s supporters.<\/p>\n<p>Thiago, of course, played an integral role earlier today, as Jurgen Klopp\u2019s Reds kept hopes of an unprecedented quadruple alive courtesy of an FA Cup semi-final downing of Manchester City.<\/p>\n<p>The Spanish international shone throughout the 90 minutes, lighting up the Wembley turf courtesy of a trademark combination of touch, passing and flair.<\/p>\n<p>On the back of the action coming to a close in the English capital, it therefore came as little surprise to hear of the Liverpool faithful singling their midfield metronome out for widespread praise.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Thiago\u2019s game by numbers vs Man City:<\/p>\n<p>100% aerial duels won<br \/>\n100% take-ons completed<br \/>\n92% pass accuracy<br \/>\n64 touches<br \/>\n46 passes<br \/>\n12 duels contested<br \/>\n11 duels won<br \/>\n4 tackles made<br \/>\n3 fouls won<br \/>\n2 take-ons<br \/>\n1 assist<br \/>\n0 x dribbled past<\/p>\n<p>Dominated in midfield. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DHI5cKxEjm\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/DHI5cKxEjm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Squawka (@Squawka) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Squawka\/status\/1515374712376872963?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 16, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>And now, as alluded to above, Thiago himself has moved to return the favour.<\/p>\n<p>Taking to his official social media platforms, the former Bayern Munich man sent a message of thanks to all who made the trip to London on Saturday, for their \u2018crazy\u2019 support:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"und\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Z7TL4U7gu8\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/Z7TL4U7gu8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Thiago Alcantara (@Thiago6) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Thiago6\/status\/1515432038710628353?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 16, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Mane at the double<\/h2>\n<p>Whilst Thiago proved the star of the show when it came to the exchanges in the middle of the park on Saturday, it was another member of Jurgen Klopp\u2019s ranks who did so when it came to the scoresheet.<\/p>\n<p>The player in question? Sadio Mane.<\/p>\n<p>After Ibrahima Konate fired Liverpool into an early lead at Wembley, Mane quickly put the Reds out of sight, bagging a brace \u2013 the 2nd of which came courtesy of a stunning volley from Thiago\u2019s assist \u2013 before the clash had even reached half-time.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LFC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@LFC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sadio Man\u00e9 scores a beauty of a volley<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/EmiratesFACup?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#EmiratesFACup<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Q4CSPHjEL4\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/Q4CSPHjEL4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Emirates FA Cup (@EmiratesFACup) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EmiratesFACup\/status\/1515349712173297666?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 16, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Manchester City, to their credit, did manage to pull a pair of goals back over the course of the 2nd-half through Jack Grealish and Bernardo Silva, but it ultimately proved too little, too late, as Liverpool booked an FA Cup finale showdown with one of Chelsea or Crystal Palace.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/man-city-send-apology-to-liverpool-over-fan-behaviour-at-wembley\/\">Man City send apology to Liverpool over fan behaviour at Wembley<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/transfers\/man-city-in-lead-for-haaland-as-real-madrid-plan-around-benzema\/\">Man City pull ahead in race for Erling Haaland as Real Madrid keep faith in Karim Benzema<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Liverpool star Thiago Alcantara has taken to social media on Saturday evening, to send a personal message to the club\u2019s supporters. Thiago, of course, played an integral role earlier today, as Jurgen Klopp\u2019s Reds kept hopes of an unprecedented quadruple alive courtesy of an FA Cup semi-final downing of Manchester City. The Spanish international [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[13,14],"class_list":["post-15403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","category-sport","tag-football","tag-soccer","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15403"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15403\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}