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Is Luis Diaz the most important forward at Liverpool?
National World - LocalTV
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23/08/2023
A bright start from Diaz.
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00:00
So, Will, just on Liverpool, is Luis Diaz specifically the most important forward at the moment?
00:05
Because it seems like he has started this season the brightest in terms of goals and numbers going forward.
00:13
Yes, definitely. I mean, two goals in this many games, you can't complain about that.
00:19
Obviously, last season he suffered injury problems, sidelined for six months.
00:26
When Liverpool started the season quite poorly, he was probably one of the few players who hit the standards you'd expect of him.
00:33
I mean, obviously, arriving from Porto in January 2022, he lit the touch paper immediately to his Anfield career,
00:44
nailed down starting spots very, very swiftly.
00:48
And yet he started the season really well.
00:50
I think that's what you've been wanting from Luis Diaz.
00:54
You've been wanting to see him add goals and assists on a consistent basis.
00:58
Obviously, we know, as a young man, he was more than capable of just doing that.
01:03
And Luis Diaz's trickery and the amount of problems he causes the defences,
01:10
maybe at times he hasn't had that end product, but he's had to have a time to acclimatise.
01:15
I think even helping him be sidelined, that knee injury, has at least helped him from a language perspective.
01:21
He's probably picked up English a lot better than maybe he's had more time to work on that.
01:26
And yeah, as you say, it's a lot of goals.
01:29
The goal against Chelsea was a crack one finish, and then the one against Bournemouth was just absolutely superb, wasn't it?
01:36
The way he managed to adjust his body and finish with the bicycle kick.
01:40
Mo Salah obviously broke his duck for the season against Bournemouth, albeit fairly fortuitously, after seeing his penalty saved.
01:49
He's been a little bit underwhelming for me in the Open two games.
01:54
Assisted Diaz's goals have been fair, and then that was a one just offside of Chelsea.
02:00
But he just hasn't been threatened as much as you want.
02:03
There was a couple of occasions against Bournemouth where he just didn't convince when he was through on goal.
02:08
There was one in the second half where you're looking at him and he just didn't get any power behind it.
02:13
And sometimes it's frustrating, the reluctance to use his right foot at times.
02:18
But yeah, you think it's only a matter of time until he really starts doing the business.
02:25
You know, his numbers speak for themselves, don't they?
02:28
And then that third position, the striking position, it's up for grabs, really.
02:34
Diogo Dias has been spectacular in the Open two games.
02:37
Koty Kakpos probably just because of circumstances has been unfortunate.
02:42
He's had to feature in a midfield role.
02:44
And it shows after arriving last January, he got better and better as that false number nine.
02:49
And Darwin Nunes is fairly fifth choice.
02:52
And Klopp's got a little bit of a conundrum with him.
02:56
But yeah, I mean, they're five great opponents, so I've had them as good as any in the Premier League.
03:02
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