Luis Díaz: this was what the English press said about his performance in the Champions League

The Liverpool beat Inter Milan 2-0 in the first leg of the Champions League round of 16 on Wednesday. at San Siro thanks to goals from Brazilian Roberto Firmino and Egyptian Mohammed Salah.

Colombian Luis Díaz came on in the 59th minute, replacing Sadio Mané, and coach Jürgen Klopp’s idea was to send him to the same area that the Senegalese normally moves through, starting from the left wing, but looking to join up with his teammates Of attack.

The English press had new praise for the Colombian player, who entered with great dynamics and gave Liverpool opportunities, which at that time was 0-0.

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The newspaper ‘The Mirror’, analyzed: “Klopp had made three more changes just a few seconds before, with Naby Keita, Jordan Henderson and Luis Díaz introduced by Harvey Elliott, Fabinho and Sadio Mane. Díaz, signed for 50 million pounds sterling in January, was one of the brightest players in the second half and forced a Milan Skriniar block after combining with Trent Alexander-Arnold.”

For its part, the ‘Liverpool Echo’ headlined in its article on individual performance: ‘Virgil van Dijk excellent and Luis Díaz exciting at Inter Milan’.

“Luis Diaz (by Mane 59): Encouraged whenever the ball was close to him and a shot was blocked after a strong run,” the newspaper said and rated him with 7 points.

The Daily Mail also had good comments, which in its note on the individual balance of Liverpool players, says:

“Luis Diaz (by Mane 59) 7. Added a lot of missing zest, had a shot blocked and was a live wire after his intro.”

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