article_snippet.sent: None-the-less, midfielder
article_snippet.sent: Against Brighton in our last game there you had to take three touches to control the ball,' Cairney explains. '
article_snippet.sent: Personally, it's not what I like, but if it takes Philippe Coutinho a few extra seconds to control the ball then I will be happy with that.'
article_snippet.sent: it does not suit Cairney, 24, who is a ball-playing central midfielder with a sweet left foot.
article_snippet.sent: But Philippe Coutinho is also not afraid to get stuck in, learned when Philippe Coutinho had a taste of the top flight as a teenager at Hull City when Phil Brown threw Philippe Coutinho in as the club were heading down.
article_snippet.sent: Since then, after moving to Blackburn, on loan first and permanently last summer, Philippe Coutinho would kill for a chance to get back there.
article_snippet.sent: I was pleased when boss Brendan Rodgers played wing-back against us in the first match,' Cairney adds. '
article_snippet.sent: boss Brendan Rodgers was out of the way a little bit.'