{"id":426040,"date":"2011-05-18T09:58:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-18T09:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/05\/18\/glen-johnson-lucas-has-been-liverpool%e2%80%99s-best-player-this-season\/"},"modified":"2011-05-18T09:58:00","modified_gmt":"2011-05-18T09:58:00","slug":"glen-johnson-lucas-has-been-liverpools-best-player-this-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/18\/glen-johnson-lucas-has-been-liverpools-best-player-this-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Glen Johnson: Lucas has been Liverpool\u2019s best player this season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Adithya Ananth<\/h3>\n<h4>18 May 2011 10:58:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"60.2061005771\">\n<div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Lucas Leiva, Liverpool\" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/129900\/129947_news.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Lucas Leiva, Liverpool<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><span readability=\"23.3232104121\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/england\/1633\/glen-johnson\">Glen Johnson<\/a> believes <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/brazil\/15411\/lucas\">Lucas<\/a> has been <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/98\/liverpool\">Liverpool<\/a>&#8216;s best player this season.<\/p>\n<p>The Brazilian received criticism during his early days on Merseyside, and was widely considered as a flop.<\/p>\n<p>However, the midfielder has become a fans&#8217; favourite at Anfield this season and has cemented his place in the starting line-up.<\/p>\n<p>When quizzed as to who he would pick as the Reds&#8217; player of the season, Johnson told <em>LFC Weekly<\/em>: &#8220;I would say Lucas.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There were rumours at the start of the season that Liverpool were going to sell him but the way he\u2019s performed just shows you how quickly things can change in football.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;At the minute he\u2019s probably one of the first names in the starting 11. He\u2019s won the fans over now for sure, so fair play to him. I\u2019m obviously very pleased for him and his family. He deserves the recognition.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool are currently in sixth place in the Premier League, one point behind Tottenham with one game remaining.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>See the original post:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/05\/18\/2492047\/glen-johnson-lucas-has-been-liverpools-best-player-this\" title=\"Glen Johnson: Lucas has been Liverpool\u2019s best player this season\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Glen Johnson: Lucas has been Liverpool\u2019s best player this season<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Adithya Ananth 18 May 2011 10:58:00 Lucas Leiva, Liverpool Related Links Teams Players Glen Johnson believes Lucas has been Liverpool &#8216;s best player this season. The Brazilian received criticism during his early days on Merseyside, and was widely considered as a flop. However, the midfielder has become a fans&#8217; favourite at Anfield this season and has cemented his place in the starting line-up. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-426040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Glen Johnson: Lucas has been Liverpool\u2019s best player this season - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/18\/glen-johnson-lucas-has-been-liverpools-best-player-this-season\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Glen Johnson: Lucas has been Liverpool\u2019s best player this season - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Adithya Ananth 18 May 2011 10:58:00 Lucas Leiva, Liverpool Related Links Teams Players Glen Johnson believes Lucas has been Liverpool &#039;s best player this season. 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