Thiago scored his first Liverpool goal in the 2-0 win over Southampton at the weekend.
The Spaniard moved to Anfield from Bayern Munich in the summer and has had to deal with a stop start season due to injuries and illness.
He has also faced his fair share of criticism as some accuse him of slowing down Liverpool's fast-paced tempo and placing too much onus on possession.
Nevertheless Thiago has retained the faith of his manager and bent an impressive strike past Fraser Forster on Saturday night.
His strike against the Saints was followed by him reeling away and running towards the dugout before pointing to his team-mates in the stands.
The 28-year-old has since revealed that his celebration was to show those players left out that they remain a big part of the first team picture.
“For sure I have a special relationship with the guys there that didn’t play,” he told the club's official website.
“When you are playing you always think about them, how they work and how they behave even when they don’t play, so the goal was for them [the players on the bench].”
The win keeps Liverpool in the hunt for the Champions League with four games remaining.
After the contest Jurgen Klopp heaped praised on his midfielder and his all round game.
"He played really well. Not the first time obviously, but he played really well," said the German.
"He looked really good in pretty much all departments, helped us a lot with his passing game, played top passes, to be honest, was defensively in there.
"So that's all really good and really important. But we all had to work hard. So he had a lot of good situations but the most important was when he finished, when he scored that goal. I'm really pleased for him."
