Without a doubt, Luis Díaz came to revolutionize Liverpool in such a short time. He has been in Jürgen Klopp’s team for just a few months and has already won the hearts of the coach himself, the fans and British journalism. His participation against Manchester United in which he scored and assisted gave people something to talk about.
Luis Díaz has done everything perfectly to shine in England, and he only needs to learn the language to achieve a better understanding with his teammates whom he has already revolutionized by changing the position of Sadio Mané, and a fight with Diogo Jota that the peasant already seems to win . The English media compare him with the historic Uruguayan striker, Luis Suárez.
Liverpool Echo commented, ‘Rival fans might look at Liverpool’s record-setting winter signing Luis Diaz from Porto and wonder why so much fuss is being made about his performances so far. The 4-0 win over Manchester United was his 17th appearance for the club and in those games he has managed four goals and two assists.’
On that note, the Liverpool Echo headlined, ‘Liverpool could have finally signed their next Luis Suarez’. The beginnings of the Uruguayan in England were not amazing as in other seasons, because perhaps more goals were expected from a scorer like the Uruguayan. In 13 games, he scored four goals and provided three assists.
His numbers were improving season by season. Luis Suárez managed to spend four years in Liverpool and left a record of 133 games played, and 82 goals scored. Díaz has already surpassed him in games played in the season, and he hopes to continue breaking marks of the ‘Pistolero’.
Regarding those beginnings between the Colombian and the Uruguayan, Liverpool Echo said, ‘Suárez signed in the middle of 2010/11 and finished the campaign with four goals and three assists, a fairly modest result. But despite playing just 1,100 minutes, he completed the second-most dribbles and won the third-most free kicks of any Liverpool player that season and was far ahead in both by rate per 90 minutes.’
The English midfielder also spoke about the match against Manchester City in the FA Cup, ‘Díaz was more involved in the sublime team play that led Sadio Mané to score all three goals for the Reds… Between the 23rd minute and the break, Liverpool completed four dribbles and each of them was by Díaz. He carried the ball past Joao Cancelo, Fernandinho, Gabriel Jesus and Bernardo Silva, an impressive quartet of players to beat.’
They added, ‘what makes this all the more remarkable is that there have only been 11 instances where a member of Klopp’s side completed four or more dribbles in a league or European game this season (according to FBRef), let alone in a quarter of a match against that elite’.
From Liverpool, they concluded that, ‘Diaz’s career at Liverpool has started in a very similar style, so the sky could be the limit in the years to come. And whatever happens in terms of goals, he will continue to provide the Reds with attributes they lacked before.’
