Divock Origi has been a topic for discussion recently after his heroics off the substitutes bench on Saturday meant Liverpool left Wolverhampton with all three points.
The Liverpool striker rose to the occasion once again as he scored in the 94th minute - and netted again last night in the 2-1 win away to AC Milan.
Before the Champions League game started, in the BT Sport studio, ex-Liverpool striker Peter Crouch compared the Belgian’s situation to his own.
When Crouch played for Liverpool, Fernando Torres was at Anfield and was also the best striker in the world at the time.
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“It’s a mad one with Origi. I was in a similar position when Torres was at Liverpool and I left, I chose to go out and get games,” said Crouch in the BT Sport studio.
“But at times I was thinking if I stayed I could’ve been playing Champions League football, scoring in big matches that really mattered.
“He’s going for league titles, Champions Leagues. If he moves to a lesser club is he going to have that opportunity to do that so listen it takes a tough mentality.
“You’ll be training on days off when the first-team are off, playing training ground games - it is a tough thing to do.
“You’ve got to remember you're at a massive, massive, club and you’re playing in huge games every week.”
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Crouch left Merseyside in 2008 as he joined Portsmouth, but the striker later made the switch to Tottenham - allowing him to taste what Champions League football was like again.
“I was lucky when I went to Tottenham and we got in the Champions League again but I think had that not happened I might’ve not played in the Champions League again,” Crouch added.
“As it happened Torres left and I was watching David Ngog playing and I was thinking - hahaha, I should be back in there you know.”
