Fabinho claims he has finally found his rhythm at Liverpool after a lacklustre start.
The Brazilian midfielder joined Jurgen Klopp’s side from Monaco in the summer for £43.7m but didn’t make an appearance in the Premier League until the club’s ninth game of the season.
However, since making his league debut in a brief cameo against Huddersfield, Fabinho has started six of Liverpool’s last eight league games, usurping Naby Keita and culminating in a standout performance against Manchester United on Sunday.
“The intensity is different from what I am used to [but] I’ve got into the rhythm of the team and got used to the style of play.
“The role that the manager asks of me is what I’m used to, so there were no problems in adapting in that respect.
“Obviously in the first games I didn’t have that automatic understanding with the rest of the team, so I had to work a bit harder to understand other players’ runs, but I can do this faster now.”
Fabinho insisted that nothing had surprised him when joined the club, although Klopp had hinted in the past that the midfielder’s reserved nature had made hit harder for him to adjust to life in England.
“When I came here I already had an idea about how the Premier League would be, but the difference is the physically intense nature, the difficulty of every single game, whether you’re playing against a team who are at the top or the bottom.
“It’s always a big challenge. I don’t remember many games that we’ve won by a large margin, which demonstrates the competitiveness.
“It’s what I expected from following it on the TV, but playing in it, you really appreciate that it is the most competitive league in the world and the hardest championship to win.”
