Liverpool fans slag off scapegoat Firmino…whilst others rush to his defence

Everyone loves a scapegoat. Someone to pin all your frustrations on when you fancy having a moan.

Liverpool may have defeated an extremely dangerous Stoke side 1-0 in the first leg of their Capital One Cup semi-final, but not everyone was entirely happy. There was a whole lot of moaning about Liverpool's Brazilian forward Firmino, who may not have yet hit the heights of his Bundesliga days, but probably deserves a bit of patience. Not so for some of the Scouse faithful, who singled out the player for some really harsh criticism. It is true that the player missed a chance or two, but he never stopped running and wasn't lacking in effort. These fans, however, were sick of the sight of him and made their feelings plain... https://twitter.com/KarlB86/status/684474658566045699 https://twitter.com/Deanomx/status/684488877738995712 https://twitter.com/wishnuwijaya/status/684486409705492480 https://twitter.com/Grant1Shepherd/status/684484108098076672 https://twitter.com/george_bowers/status/684491422708424704 https://twitter.com/AdheerL_LFC/status/684495211364487168 https://twitter.com/JamesyLad1/status/684479360670281728 https://twitter.com/RyanRachim/status/684486567025446913 Thankfully for Firmino, quite a number disagreed with such sentiments and jumped to the defence of the Brazilian, who they are sure will come good with a little time and encouragement... https://twitter.com/jsnxitz/status/684497925880320001 https://twitter.com/SH_LFC/status/684475236054601728 https://twitter.com/FinallyFirmino/status/684497854157594624 https://twitter.com/NinaKauser/status/684486444996538368 https://twitter.com/pc_74/status/684498766347530242 https://twitter.com/Glenn_Liverpool/status/684498126766473218 https://twitter.com/Nebert_/status/684497185422094336 https://twitter.com/DarylConning/status/684497309057576960 Perhaps Zeets summarised the general (un)consensus pretty well... https://twitter.com/_Zeets/status/684497527144628224