Firmino was doing everything a No.9 should be doing but then he’d cover off what was expected from a No.10. People initially described him as a false-9. Then he was called a nine and a half. Slowly but surely, however, the role occupied by the fleet-footed maestro began to be called the Firmino role...

Firmino was doing everything a No.9 should be doing but then he’d cover off what was expected from a No.10. People initially described him as a false-9. Then he was called a nine and a half. Slowly but surely, however, the role occupied by the fleet-footed maestro began to be called the Firmino role...