Last season, criticism rained down on the Colombian Luis Diaz due to his lack of goals. This season he improved his aim and already has 5 goals in five games, but a former player put him down and explained that “he was lucky.”
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Lucho Diaz He seems like a different player than the one seen last season with the Liverpoolhe seems more mature and with more freedom in attack with the DT Arne Slot, who has given him his full support since he arrived.
Luis Diaz and coach Arne Slot
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With Jurgen Klopp He was also an important player for the Reds, but he had more defensive responsibilities and it seems that the electrifying back-and-forth game that the German proposed did not show Lucho’s best skills: dribbling.
The progress of the 27-year-old Guajiro in front of goal is undeniable. Last season he scored 8 goals in 37 games for the Premier Leaguethis year he has already scored five goals in just five games. His scoring average is one goal per game.
Schmeichel lowered the rod to Lucho
Despite the noticeable improvement in front of goal, Luis Diaz They are taking away his merits in England after his double against Bournemouth that ended in a victory for Liverpool (3-0) on matchday 5 of the Premier League.
Luis Díaz celebrates with Liverpool.
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Peter Schmeichel, legend of the Manchester United and historic Premier League goalkeeper, analysed the goals scored by the Colombian national team player against the Cherries and pointed out that the Spanish goalkeeper, Kepa Arrizabalaga, could have done more to prevent the goal.
“The first one, Kepa will surely make it easy for Díaz, is one of those, we call them crazy moments in which you make a decision and halfway through, you can’t recover from it,” he began by saying in an interview with Sky Sports of the United Kingdom.
But when talking about the second goal, he indicated that Lucho “is not a great scorer”and he was “lucky” because his definition was not the best in front of the goal Bournemouth.
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“The second one. We talked about ‘Cristiano Ronaldo doesn’t know how to play football and I don’t give a damn…’: former Real Madrid footballer lashed out
at the Portuguese
He is not a great scorer and he doesn’t get the chances. We saw the two chances he missed, then he scored two goals in two minutes. I wouldn’t say the second goal was a great finish, he was a bit lucky. He has a little space between his legs and the ball goes in there,” he said.
After taking away merit from Lucho’s goals, Peter Schmeichel He did not ignore the qualities of the Colombian who always leaves every last drop of sweat on the field and who is very supportive when it comes to defending.
“He’s a very interesting player because he has a lot of energy, he works hard for the team, he doesn’t score enough goals, but today he scored two and five in total for the whole season, which is good for him,” he said.
Luis Diaz
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