article_snippet: Amat’s shin and ultimately looping beyond the reach of Lukasz Fabianski.
article_snippet: But there has been nothing fortuitous about the manner of Jordi Amat’s improvement over the past two years.
article_snippet: Jordi Amat’s has blossomed from a player talked about in the same breath as Andy Carroll and Charlie Adam  - as examples of how Liverpool wasted the money from the sale of Fernando Torres - to England’s best midfielder.
article_snippet: Who would have thought that would happen two years ago?
article_snippet: is one of perseverance and boundless improvement.
article_snippet: Jordi Amat slides in to clear for Swansea but the clearance rebounded off Jordan Henderson and into the net .