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Liverpool forward Roberto Firmino believes he is enjoying his best season as a footballer – as he discussed the “great unity” that is bonding him with Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane.

Firmino moved on to 27 goals for the campaign with a double strike in the Reds' remarkable 5-2 Champions League semi-final first leg win over Roma on Tuesday.

Salah and Mane also found the target to take the trio's combined tally to 88 goals this term, with the strikeforce hailed as Europe's most potent.

And Firmino has pinpointed a simple reason behind the triumvirate's success.

“Teamwork,” said the Brazil international. “We have great unity, not just up front but when it comes to defending too and we're working well together, and I think that's the main reason.

“I hope that we can carry on in this way.

“I'm really happy for the season and it's my best one to date, but it's not over. There are big games still to come. So I hope that I can continue like this, carry on improving and giving my all on the pitch.

“Personally I've been working hard to make this happen, and I've been doing things right and I've been improving.

“Am I doing anything differently in training? That's a secret of ours! That's my secret. I can't tell you anything...”

Firmino celebrated Liverpool's win over Manchester City in the Champions League quarter-finals the next morning by posting a picture of his breakfast on his Instagram.

“Yes, I love couscous with eggs,” he said. “It's typical north-eastern Brazilian food – the food of champions!

“You could say that's one of my secrets, but it's really down to hard work.”

Firmino was speaking the official Liverpool matchday programme ahead of Tuesday's win over Roma.

And when asked if he'd regard a top-four finish and reaching the last four of the Champions League as a good season, he said: “I wouldn't be happy with that. I want to get to the Champions League final and we are going to fight to the end to achieve this while we still can.

“We've gradually become a team that people are respecting in this way and I hope that things can carry on like this.

“And in the Premier League we want to end the season as strongly as we can and hopefully finish as runners-up.”

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Liverpool head to Roma's Stadio Olimpico next week with a three-goal lead, exactly the same position in which they were going into the second leg of the quarter-final against Manchester City.

And Firmino believes the Reds learned from their experience of a harrowing first half at the Etihad before going on to win 2-1 on the night and 5-1 on aggregate.

“We knew that they'd be giving their all in the second leg and that they'd bring all this energy to the fore, along with their supporters at home,” he said.

“But when they scored, we managed the pressure they put on us over the course of the match.

“We learned a lot as a team as the game went on and managed to win the match.

“In the first half we were really withdrawn, but before the second half the boss spoke to us and told us to just play out football and play with a smile on our faces and that's exactly what we did.”