'Firmino is one of the first picks in training' - Klopp
Jürgen Klopp has insisted there is no shortage of appreciation for Roberto Firmino in the Liverpool dressing room.
The Reds' No.9 is enjoying his best season for the club since his arrival from Bundesliga outfit Hoffenheim, having scored 17 times in 31 appearances in all competitions thus far.
That increased output in front of goal has not come at the expense of work-rate, either, with the Brazilian as keen as ever to close down and harry opposition defenders across 90 minutes.
Firmino's form this term has seen him earn praise from plenty of external observers but Klopp says the striker's quality has always been recognised at Melwood - most significantly by his teammates.
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He told reporters: "I don't think that it's possible that somebody could get more credit, compliments, praise, whatever you want to say as Roberto gets from us.
"But it's well deserved - everything. He's a fantastic football player.
"You see him in training and think, 'what a work ethic, what an attitude', and he brings it on the pitch as well.
"He never rests. You have to pull him out, you have to tell him, 'come on, stop, sit here, calm'.
"I hear in the stadium that people like him - good idea! - but I have no real idea if anybody thinks he's not important or whatever. I'm not too interested, to be honest.
"I'm pretty sure if I give the players the opportunity to have a free choice in training [to] build teams by themselves, Bobby is one of the first they would pick.
"[It's] nice to have him around [and] better to have him than in the other team. That's maybe the best thing you can say about a football player."