Philippe Coutinho is determined to achieve big things at Barcelona after being given a second chance at Camp Nou under Ronald Koeman.
The attacking midfielder scored his first goal since returning to LaLiga, netting the equaliser in Sunday s tough 1-1 home draw against Europa League winners Sevilla on Sunday.
Coutinho joined Barca from Liverpool in a reported €160million deal in January 2018 but struggled to assert himself in the first-team picture and was shipped out on loan to Bayern Munich last term.
At Bayern, Coutinho was part of the team that won a Bundesliga, DFB-Pokal and Champions League treble under Hansi Flick but the Bavarians opted not to make the move permanent.
Coutinho s future was shrouded in doubt, with Arsenal and Tottenham having been touted as potential suitors, but the arrival of Koeman afforded him a fresh opportunity at Barca.
It is one Coutinho is keen to take, with the Brazil playmaker saying in quotes reported by Marca: I ve got a lot of hunger to work and achieve big things.
Sevilla are a great team.
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It was a tough and difficult game [but] we knew that already. It ended up being like that.
We ve got a point and now we re going into the international break. When we return, it s about continuing to work.
We ve had a difficult first three games, but we re just getting started. We re used to this and we ll keep working.
Sevilla played very well. There were a lot of Sevilla players in the centre of midfield and that s why we struggled a bit. We have to correct that.
Coutinho celebrated his goal by tucking the ball under his shirt, as his wife is pregnant.
My wife is pregnant and I wanted to dedicate my goal to her, he added. It will be my third child.