​Liverpool's Brazilian ace Roberto Firmino has revealed that his 'family are everything' after the forward's father made the long trip from Rio Di Janeiro to Wembley to see his son play in the Capital One Cup final against Manchester City.





Firmino has a picture of his Mum and Dad tattooed on his right-arm, a tattoo of his daughter's name on his chest as well as the motto ‘Family, Unending Love' in German.

“My family mean a lot to me but I guess that’s like it is with every other player,” the Liverpool forward said.





“My parents are everything to me as is my own family, my wife Larissa, my daughter Valentina and my baby son.





“We are a long way from our families so it is great that my dad is flying over for the game and I hope we can win the cup and make it a worthwhile journey.”





Firmino also commented on what it was like growing up in Brazil.





“My parents gave up things for me when I was growing up,” he said. “We lived in a tough neighbourhood where there were gangs and although my mum made sure I studied at school they also allowed me to follow my dream to play football.”





“It’s great for me. I enjoy it in Liverpool very much as it’s a bigger city and also to have Brazilian friends like Philippe Coutinho and Lucas over here has been great for me,” he said.

Les stats en 2016 de Firmino 🇧🇷 pic.twitter.com/CfKjFmzJ6S — Liverpool FC France (@lfc_france) February 24, 2016

Despite a slow start on Merseyside following a £29 million transfer from Hoffenheim, the Brazilian has come into his own under Jurgen Klopp.





“I knew Jurgen Klopp from my time in Germany,” he said.





“He’s a really top coach and has already changed a lot of things here at the club and it’ll only get better.





“Of course we know it won’t be easy against City even though we beat them convincingly last time.





“We will have to play with all the passion and strength that Liverpool can muster to be able to win it.”



