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After Fabinho netted the winning goal for Liverpool in their 1-0 defeat of Burnley at Turf Moor a pretty remarkable stat has surfaced on social media.
The goal was the Brazilian’s fifth goal in seven appearances which is a pretty impressive run of form for a defensive midfielder – a man that is often challenged with the task of breaking up opponent’s attacks and preventing goals, rather than scoring them.
Richard Jolly, a journalist who writes for the Guardian, the Observer and FourFourTwo, amongst others, decided to highlight the fact that our No. 3 has scored five goals in 2022 whilst Manchester United forward, and the player that many recognise as the best in the world, Cristiano Ronaldo, has scored none.
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The former AS Monaco man has been quality this season and he’s such an important part of the team – if he can continue finding the back of the net with this much regularity then he can become even better!
You can see @RichJolly’s tweet below via Twitter.
