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After a testing couple of fixtures last week, Liverpool desperately needed a result against Watford on Wednesday and they were relentless in their pursuit of the three points – the Reds demolished their visitors 5-0, with Virgil van Dijk and Sadio Mane scoring braces and Divock Origi finding the net too.

Despite the aforementioned trio’s goalscoring exploits, it would have been extremely difficult to pick a clear man of the match, with each and every one of Jurgen Klopp’s men playing out of their skin against the Hornets.

Fabinho’s dominance at the base of midfield, though, was crucial to stopping Watford, who showed in their thrashing of Cardiff last weekend that they are extremely dangerous when allowed to drive through the middle of the pitch.

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There was a particularly applause-worthy moment when he hunted down Gerard Deulofeu – the Spaniard was looking to get at the Reds’ backline – and, while leaving the former Barcelona man in a heap, stole the ball back for his side with ease.

The 25-year-old was integrated into the starting XI slowly having completed the switch from Monaco in the summer, but he now surely joins the likes of van Dijk and Mohamed Salah as being one of the first names on the team-sheet.

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