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Former Liverpool workhorse Dirk Kuyt has hailed the hard-working qualities of Roberto Firmino as the Brazilian continues to lead the Reds' line with aplomb.

Firmino struck his 25th goal of the season in Saturday's 3-0 victory over Bournemouth at Anfield, a total which has gone somewhat unnoticed as Mo Salah has become the first Reds player in 31 years to score 40 goals in a campaign.

But Kuyt - who scored 71 goals in six seasons with Liverpool between 2006 and 2012 - says that there is much more to Firmino's game than just goals.

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“He has his own style and that makes him special,” he told Liverpoolfc.com .

“That’s what I like in players. A typical goalscorer or different kind of striker, you see that a lot in Europe, but Firmino has his own style and he has his own speciality; he is scoring great goals but also feeding the players around him.

“He’s a great goalscorer but he’s also a team player in everything he does. I don’t know him quite well, but if I see him playing then he just wants to win with the team and he’s not the type of player who wants to score for himself. That, for me, is the biggest thing of Firmino.

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“He’s scoring great goals but he’s also giving great assists and then you are, in my eyes, a complete player who is a great thing for Liverpool.

“I think he’s also a very hard worker, he’s selfless and working hard. I watch almost all the games and the games I see then he’s always giving his everything. Sometimes he’s not scoring goals or giving assists, but for one thing he is always giving his everything.”

Kuyt, 37, recently came out of retirement to play for his first club Quick Boys in the Dutch fourth tier.