Liverpool: Thiago's superb Steven Gerrard-like pass vs Man City

Thiago Alcantara was playing fantasy football against Manchester City.

Liverpool reached their first FA Cup final in ten years courtesy of a 3-2 win over the Citizens and the magical contributions of Thiago at the heart of their midfield played a major role in the triumph.

While the Reds were less coherent in a second-half where Jack Grealish and Bernardo Silva found the net, there could be no denying the efficiency of Jurgen Klopp’s men in the opening 45 minutes.

And the culmination of Liverpool‘s majestic play under the Wembley arch saw them race into a 3-0 lead just before half-time with Sadio Mane firing a stinging volley past Zack Steffen at his near post.

It was a slick and silky team move from the Reds across the board, but it was typical of their play in north London that the crucial creative spark would come from the feet of Thiago.

It was the Spaniard’s delicious floated pass into the path of Mane that ultimately forged the winning goal, impudently placing the cherry atop one of his finest performances in the famous red jersey.

However, what makes Thiago’s FA Cup display all the more impressive is that his gorgeous assist wasn’t even his finest pass that afternoon.

Rather, it was an outrageous outside-of-the-boot switch to Mohamed Salah that had Liverpool fans drooling the most, regardless of the fact it didn’t directly lead to a goal like his previous effort.

The 31-year-old had Riyad Mahrez chasing shadows by killing the ball dead on his chest, before swinging the ball across the Wembley turf with a flick of his right boot as if it was absolutely nothing.

Naturally, the end product wasn’t so much as an inch wide of its intended target, perfectly landing in Salah’s path and making for a Steven Gerrard-like