New Liverpool favourite Xherdan Shaqiri warns this is only the beginning after he shone as the Kop club went top of the Premier League.
Shaqiri came off the bench with the Reds leading Cardiff 1-0 to inspire his team to a 4-1 win at Anfield on Saturday.
After Mo Salah scored for the third game in a row with a 10th-minute opener, Liverpool were on the rack as Shaqiri came on on the hour mark with Jurgen Klopp’s manne losing momentum.
But his influence was almost immediate, playing a role as Sadio Mane wriggled through a couple of challenges before unleashing a fierce drive into the corner with his left foot.
Cardiff set up a potentially nervy finish when Callum Paterson scored in the 77th minute, but Shaqiri and Mane put the game to bed late on.
And Shaqiri says: “We had to be brave all game.
“You saw in the beginning, we scored very early for 1-0 but it was a tough game to play and it was not nice to play against this team.
“We knew they were very strong in [set-pieces] with big players in their team.
“So we had to be brave all game and, in the end, I think the result is a little bit too much for this game but it’s a good sign for the team that we believed until the end and we also tried to score more goals. We fully deserved the win.”
Other Premier League results
Leicester 1 West Ham 1
Southampton 0 Newcastle 0
Watford 3 Huddersfield 0
Fulham 0 Bournemouth 3
Liverpool 4 Cardiff 1
Brighton 1 Wolves 0