It was about halfway through the first half of Liverpool’s defeat to Leeds at Anfield last Saturday that Fabinho made his feelings known to the crowd. The hosts had once again failed to string some passes together and as the ball drifted out of play there came groans from the Kop. Hearing this, Fabinho turned to the stand and began waving his arms in a call for support, doing so aggressively and with a snarl on his face. He clearly was not happy and neither were those watching on, with a fair few making that clear to him.
It was an ugly moment during another ugly occasion for Liverpool this season and in its own way a snapshot of Fabinho’s campaign in particular. To put it bluntly, he has been poor, consistently failing to provide the deep-lying midfield security that has been a hallmark of the his displays since his arrival from Monaco four years ago. In a malfunctioning side he has arguably malfunctioned the most and will no doubt be as furious and frustrated with that as anyone. What happened against Leeds felt like a case of those emotions rising to the fore.
