Jordan Henderson: The Liverpool unsung hero.

Jordan Henderson is undoubtedly Liverpool’s most criticised captain in the club’s history. He succeeded Anfield favorite son, Steven Gerrard and was expected to replicate Gerrard’s feat, who was phenomenal during his days at Anfield. This is no doubt a task that is too exorbitant and difficult for Henderson to undertake, as Gerrard was more than just a captain at the club.Despite his inability to fill in the boots of Steven Gerrard, Jordan Henderson has blossomed exponentially as Liverpool captain since Klopp took over in 2015. The German gaffer decision to consistently use his skipper is hinged on his hard work, tenacity, energy, the ability to disbalance the opponent and break counter attack among other idiosyncrasies.After captaining his side to an international treble in 2019, the Liverpool number 14 has emerged as one of the best midfielders in EPL. TheLiverpool skipper was voted by ardent football fans of different clubs in an online poll conducted by a Nigerian online sports news outlet”Brilla Sports FM” on 31st December 2019.The result of the poll indicated that, the fans voted Henderson for his sufficient ability to give a long trajectory and diagonal passes, like the assist to Oxlade Chamberlain’s opener away to Bournemouth in November.
According to the opinions amassed from the poll, Jordan Henderson work rate places him high above midfielders like Wilfred Ndidi of Leicester City and Ngolo Kante of Chelsea, which has seen the English man deployed to play at right back and central back respectively.In expressing their views, the fans indicated that, there are also areas where the Liverpool skipper needs to improve if his name is to be written on the stones of time as on of the greatest midfielders in the world. These areas according to them are tackling and scoring ability.Jordan Henderson continue to improve game by game and is on course to becoming one of Liverpool most successful captains.