Thiago Alcántara made his Premier League debut Sunday night in Liverpool’s shirt. The Spanish midfielder completed his transfer of thirty million euros from Bayern Munich to the English national champion on Friday and came into action for the first time two days later. The 29-year-old purchase made a big impression in his raid against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge (0-2 win) and set an impressive record in the English top league.

After 45 minutes Thiago came within the lines as a replacement for the injured Jordan Henderson. Despite only playing one half, he sent 75 successful passes, more than any Chelsea player in the entire match. Since the statistics agency Opta has the figures on passing (season 2003/04), there hasn’t been a single Premier League player who successfully delivered so many passes to a teammate in just 45 minutes.

The purchase of thirty million euros was immediately made on Sunday and made a strong impression. He was incensed in the English media afterwards, but also pointed to the penalty kick the invader caused. Fifteen minutes before time Thiago Chelsea striker Timo Werner put down Timo Werner in the penalty area. Goalkeeper Alisson Becker reversed Jorginho’s penalty, preventing an exciting final phase. Chelsea, who played a half with one man less because of Andreas Christensen’s red card, was unable to prevent the defeat in the end.

Sadio Mané scored both goals in London and praised Thiago after the match. “Not only me, but the whole world knows how good he is. He is one of the best players in the world, so we can be happy that Thiago has come to us. He has also shown today that he is a great player”, said the striker in conversation with Sky Sports. Virgil van Dijk: “It was a good performance from us as a team. It’s a pity that we give away a penalty, but I think it was a bit unfortunate from Thiago”.

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Jürgen Klopp decided halfway through the match to bring in Thiago. “We came into the dressing room and Hendo Said he was bothered, but he wanted to move on. I said, “No, we’re not taking any chances. I had to decide and chose Thiago. Even without training he’s the perfect player for that position to play against ten men. Everything he did today was completely natural. It wasn’t perfect, but it looks so simple. Clean sheet, Alisson grabbing a penalty and debut Thiago. As Hendo has nothing serious, then it’s a perfect day.” Thursday Liverpool will be back in action. Lincoln City is the opponent in the League Cup, after which the confrontation with Arsenal is scheduled for Monday.