Liverpool midfielder Firmino charged with drunk driving

Liverpool’s attacking midfielder Roberto Firmino has been charged with drunk driving after the Brazilian was arrested in Merseyside.

The footballer was in Christmas revelry when he was caught for DUI, regional police said.

"Merseyside Police has charged a 25-year-old man with drink driving after his car was stopped in Liverpool city centre in the early hours of Saturday (December 24, 2016)," the police said in a statement on Monday.

"Firmino, from Liverpool, will appear at Liverpool City Magistrates Court on Tuesday, January 31 2017," the statement added.

Firminho is scheduled to appear in court on the same day that Liverpool host league leaders Chelsea.