Wataru Endo brought joy and hope to Liverpool fans after a top performance in the Japanese midfield in the friendly match against Germany.
The 30-year-old former player, who just joined Liverpool from Stuttgart for a fee of 16 million pounds, showed great performance when helping Japan beat Germany 4-1 right at the former World Cup champion’s home field.
Endo, who has made three appearances under Jurgen Klopp this season, completed 88% of his passes, made four successful tackles, recovered the ball six times, completed 35/40 passes, 3/5 times to swing the long ball accurately, 7/13 times to win duels. Obviously, Endo’s understanding of German football as well as his match experience helped this player have an extremely impressive performance.
Witnessing Endo’s performance, Liverpool fans had to admire and delight
- It’s time for everyone to respect Endo
- Endo can absolutely be a new Fabinho
- Look at Endo’s performance. It’s satisfying and enjoyable
- Klopp probably also watched Endo play. You should trust Endo more
In the 3 times Endo has played for Liverpool so far, he has only started 1 match and appeared as a substitute twice, against Bournemouth and Aston Villa. Although satisfied with the Japanese player’s efforts so far, Klopp still wants Endo to be even better: “For Endo, this is a big step forward and a change in the way he used to play so it is necessary a bit of time to get there but no problem.
I’ve talked to Endo and we’ll work it out. He always tries his best to do everything and you can see it in training. Endo is as precise as a machine.”