Emre Can made his 39th appearance for Liverpool today as the Merseyside club took on Crystal Palace in the 37th week of the Premier League.
Liverpool were defeated by a 3-1 scoreline at home on their captain Steven Gerrard’s final game at Anfield.
Emre Can started at right-back again and put on a good defensive performance The 21-year-old made eight tackles, one interception and four clearances.
The Germany U21 international also made a total of 67 passes and maintained a passing accuracy of 83.6%.
Can received a rating of 7.53 for his performance at right-back from whoscored.com.
Following the final whistle we took to Twitter to see how Can’s latest performance went down on social media. Read a selection of what we found below:
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Glad to see Emre Can take over Gerrard position next season.
— SMF (@SyedMuhdFadli) May 16, 2015
Emre Can reading the game in a smoking jacket with soft jazz in the background.
— NTX (@NTXabi) May 16, 2015
Also Emre Can needs to stop playing as a RCB. The opposition are exploiting his lack of pace and the fact he's never well protected.
— ReviewFootball (@ReviewFootball) May 16, 2015
Emre Can's first half by numbers:
100% aerial duels won
89% pass accuracy
4 tackles wonComposed as ever. pic.twitter.com/zeedtBIwIa
— Squawka Football (@Squawka) May 16, 2015
Can joined Liverpool as a central midfielder from Bayer Leverkusen on a £9.75 million move in the summer but has played most of the season as a defender in Reds boss Brendan Rodgers back-three.