Luis Diaz: Klopp Unveils the Story Behind the Injury Struggle
An Uphill Injury Struggle for Luis Diaz: Klopp Reveals the "Absolutely Horrible" Scenario
Diaz's Struggle with Injury
As the English Premier League unfolds its drama and spectacle, Liverpool's Luis Diaz has been enduring a personal battle off the pitch. The winger's journey back to fitness after a knee ligament injury recurrence in Dubai, has been, in Jurgen Klopp's words to LiverpoolFC.com, "absolutely horrible".
The Reds' number 23 was on the cusp of a comeback during a mid-season training camp in …
Liverpool 1 - 0 Fulham - PL Player Ratings
Liverpool 1 - 0 Fulham - PL Player Ratings
Alisson Becker – 8.0
Had to make an early save as Fulham started brightly, yet much of the first half was about receiving and recycling possession. Had little to do through much of the second period as control seemed more important to Liverpool. Needed to stay strong when Fulham were clear late on.
Trent Alexander Arnold - 8.0
The playmaker continued to influence the first period, with one good shot easing …
Liverpool 4 Tottenham 3 - Man of the Match
Luis Diaz
This is a player that can elevate us and bring in moments of quality, that can get us over the line in the coming seasons.
Before signing the former Porto man, he was looking like a recruit that would end up at White Hart Lane. That deal fell apart as soon as Liverpool entered the fray, with a desperation to add the Columbian flyer to our ranks.
Today’s game represented the first start for the Reds, since his …
Liverpool’s 5 Current Most Valuable Players
Liverpool hasn’t had the easiest time in the last few years. The talented base that Jürgen Klopp built has begun to show their age and the team has been augmented with very young players. The team now has an uneven balance between the experienced and the rookies.
That doesn’t mean that Liverpool has lost any of the talent and fire that made them such fierce competitors for the last decade. It just means that they are having to find their …
Fighting Front Three From Five: Bring It On
It still seems almost crazy when you think back to Sunday’s events. Seven goals and more importantly four of Liverpool’s senior forwards found themselves on the scoresheet. With Bobby Firmino’s departure being announced this week, a lot of the reminiscing has quite rightly been about the original front three and how Mo Salah will be the only one remaining by the start of the next campaign. The United game may have slightly altered the conversation for many Red though about …
Why We Have to Resist the Urge to Push Trent into Central Midfield
On several occasions, I have considered the idea of Trent Alexander-Arnold in a midfield three. I was even asked by a fellow supporter recently why this was not happening, and I immediately found myself defending the logic in keeping him there, despite writing articles pointing out the plus points and why it could be the case. There seems to be so many reasons to try him in a different position, yet I always come back to the same conclusion.
Jurgen …
Absent Luis Diaz an underrated reason for Liverpool's struggles
A year ago, almost to the day, Liverpool were completing the signing of Luis Diaz, giving their 2021/22 season a much-needed injection of quality and fresh legs.
History may look back on that campaign differently, as the Reds lay on the cusp of an unprecedented quadruple at one point, but it was a grind at times.
When Diaz arrived, Liverpool were well adrift of Man City in the Premier League title race and their performances were often unconvincing.
Who else …
Why I Believe We Will Sign Moisés Caicedo, Just Not Yet…
With the January transfer window now officially open, the country’s football supporting fraternity waits for their respective teams to spend their money. Sports journalism will be rife for the next month, with rumour, speculation, and a willingness to write about anything that may happen.
That is exactly what I’m going to be doing right now, on behalf of all Liverpool fans that are craving their own central midfield addition.
Whilst our German manager has previously stated the volume of midfield …
Liverpool v Leicester - The Premier League Preview
With one game won and two to go, the Christmas Premier League fixture list has started very well for the Reds. After a successful Boxing Day trip to Villa Park, Jurgen Klopp will now be hoping to heap further misery on former Liverpool manager, Brendan Rodgers, as Friday will see his Leicester side travel to Anfield for a game under those famous lights.
Leicester’s last game saw them taken apart at home to big spending Newcastle United, with a 0-3 …
Luis Diaz Injury: January Transfer Rethink?
Amidst all the Friday drama in the footballing world, there was only one thing that really devastated and worried Liverpool fans. It hasn’t yet been confirmed by the club, but Pipe Sierra’s tweet that fellow countryman Luis Diaz requires surgery and is likely to be out until March felt like a proverbial kick in the guts. Sierra was the journalist who first broke the former Porto forwards move to Anfield and only a blind hope rails against this being accurate. …