LIVERPOOL'S most important star is NOT Mo Salah or Virgil van Dijk, stats have revealed.
In fact it is an absent Reds star who is most important to their red-hot form.
Salah and Van Dijk are worth well in excess of £150million are are two of the best players in the world.
But in stats revealed by Snack Media, it is actually Thiago who all but guarantees Liverpool win when he plays.
Jurgen Klopp's side have started with the Spaniard nine times this campaign and won all of them.
But in the six games they've had to play without him since last month, the Merseysiders have won just once.
Four of the games have been drawn and they have lost once – a 1-0 defeat at Leicester.
Thiago has been out since injuring his hip against Newcastle on December 16.
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There were initial concerns he was going to be out for the rest of the season.
But Klopp played down such suggestions after his side's FA Cup win over Shrewbury.
The German said: "He didn’t train this week but we expect him to be back to do rehab stuff from tomorrow on and then we will see.
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"No, it is not that he is out until the end of the season, not at all.”
Reds fans took a while to warm to the 46-cap centre-midfielder after his move from Bayern Munich in September 2020.
And there is also still quite a dim view of him among opposition fans.
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