Roberto Firmino came back to haunt Arsenal one last time for Liverpool on Sunday when he scored a late equaliser in a pulsating game at Anfield.
The Brazilian now has 11 goals against the Gunners, the most he has against any one club, as he enters the final nine games of his Anfield career.
His latest could hurt Arsenal more than any other, with Man City looking to chase down the Gunners at the top of the Premier League table.
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With the mercurial Brazilian calling time on his career with the Reds, how will he be remembered by those outside of Liverpool? Arsenal fan Jack Salveson-Holmes gives his thoughts on the forward:
It wasn't long ago that Arsenal fans were confidently comparing the exploits of Liverpool's unorthodox number nine to our very own goal-shy forward Alexandre Lacazette - admittedly, I was one of them.
The comparisons, although lazy, were easy to make. There was a striker at a top team in the country that was seemingly more interested in link-up play and pressing than playing as an out-and-out goalscorer.
It's Bobby's goalscoring - or lack thereof - that garners the majority of his criticism from other fan bases, and to be honest, he isn't the most prolific striker in Liverpool's storied history of world-class forwards.
Although, with the way some rival fans go on about his record, I was expecting his goal tally to be sub-50 but since his Liverpool debut in 2015, Firmino has found the back of the net an impressive 109 times.
Supplementing his goal output is an impressive 79 assists which, in all, leaves Firmino on 188 goal involvements for Liverpool or one every other game.
Aside from the science of pure numbers, it is the way Firmino plays the game that has always impressed me as an outside fan looking in. The no-look passes, the flair and the mesmerising ability to link up with Mohammed Salah and Sadio Mane that terrified opposing fans so much.
As an Arsenal fan, I know all too well what Bobby can do to defences. In just 15 games he has put eleven past various Arsenal teams, and as soon as I saw him warming up on Sunday, I felt sick in the pit of my stomach.
It took all of nine minutes from his introduction for Firmino to resume regular programming, heading home the equaliser and breaking the hearts of Arsenal fans across the country.
If that ends up being the final contribution in a Liverpool career that has seen him win everything there is to win in European football, then he can rest easy that, at the very least, Arsenal fans will never forget just how good he was.
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