Topic: Diogo Jota (Diogo José Teixeira da Silva)

[Circa1892]

Did well when he came in.

I think his confidence has been hit slightly by Diaz.

He did the impossible and broke up the Salah-Mane-Firmino trio, was scoring well - and then lost his place. Hard to take. He’ll be back.

[richmiller1]

Had a very poor cameo when he came on

Thought he was better than Diaz to be honest, and we all know out wide isn't where he's strongest

[harryc]

He will grab a goal out of no where but can be so frustrating with his general play.

[macmanamanaman]

Bad luck Jota. A few of his instinctive touches may well, on another day, crept in.

[CanuckYNWA]

Thought he was better than Diaz to be honest, and we all know out wide isn't where he's strongest

Diaz just seemed so devoid of ideas tonight, Jota was very good when he came on but by then Real Madrid had shut up shop so was very hard to break down

[SMASHerano]

Not sure why he keeps getting games on that left side. He excels through the middle and looks devoid of ideas when he plays on the left.

[robertobaggio37]

Hasn’t done anything worth mentioning in his last appearances

[KloppCorn]

Thought he was good. He was using his strength and putting his body about. Unlucky Courtois was in such form he could have got a goal due to striking instincts.

[Ravishing Rick Dude]

It's strange, he was boss for us and kept us in the race for the title when Mane and Salah were in AFCON, but after that his form started to drop eventually

[S]

It's strange, he was boss for us and kept us in the race for the title when Mane and Salah were in AFCON, but after that his form started to drop eventually

I feel like tactically a lot of our attention switched to Diaz (understandably) and Jota hasn’t really been the same since.

What’s weird is that as good as Diaz is, I think he might benefit from being introduced from the bench. Whereas with Jota I always like him starting.

[Mighty_Red]

It's strange, he was boss for us and kept us in the race for the title when Mane and Salah were in AFCON, but after that his form started to drop eventually

He kinda fell off a cliff, not sure why. He's been brilliant until around March, but he'll be back. Think we need to do a lot of work in preseason to get him working well with Diaz and the others.

[Gaz123456]

I've got a mate who's a Wolves supporter and he said that he's obviously improved massively since he joined us, but that he was a 'streaky player' for them as well, and would have spells when he was brilliant, and then ten games when he didn't quite cut it. It will be interesting to see if the coaches can get some consistency in him, because he can be a brilliant player on his day.

[rafathegaffa83]

Ended up with a thigh injury on international duty.

[SamLad]

Ended up with a thigh injury on international duty.

of course he did......

[The Final Third]

Diogo has re-injured his hammy..hope it's not that serious but likely out for pre-season..

James Pearce@JamesPearceLFC
Diogo Jota having a scan amid fears he’s suffered a recurrence of the hamstring injury he’s only just recovered from. #LFC

[newterp]

sucks because that will probably derail his whole pre-season.

glad we have some attacking options.

[The Final Third]

The forward missed Liverpool’s opening pre-season friendly of the summer against Manchester United in Bangkok due to the issue he sustained while on international duty with Portugal in June.

And Jürgen Klopp suspects a recurrence of the problem may have occurred on Jota’s return to full team training on Wednesday evening.

“So, Diogo is unlucky. Diogo was not involved [against United] because of an injury he got at the end of his season,” the boss said during a press conference at Singapore National Stadium on Thursday evening.

“He trained yesterday fully and got injured again, so that’s really not cool but we have to wait for the results. He had further assessment this morning so we have to see.”

When asked if Jota has again damaged his hamstring, Klopp replied: “We will see. The same region, yes.”

The manager, who was previewing Liverpool’s friendly against Crystal Palace in Singapore on Friday, also revealed a fitness issue for Alisson Becker.

He said: “Ali was not 100 per cent, he finished the session earlier, was doing the warming up and felt something so now there we have to wait as well. I think pretty much all the others are fine, so that’s it.”

[Jookie]

Even with a minor injury I don’t think Jota starts the season. Even a 2 week absence followed by an individually tailored 2 week ‘pre-season’ pushes a start date to mid August. For me that’s the absolute best case scenario.

With another 4 or 5 front 3 options it’s not a huge concern. If we an get Jota back playing for early September then that would be good. More rotation required then with the CL games in the mix

[DTRed]

This is a real shame. Diogo has that knack of early season goals when teams are still trying to find rhythm, us included.

[Garnier]

It could have absolutely nothing to do with it, but i'll still pin it down on UEFA and the abundantly necessary Nations League fixtures in the last month

[rafathegaffa83]

It could have absolutely nothing to do with it, but i'll still pin it down on UEFA and the abundantly necessary Nations League fixtures in the last month

Absolutely

[jckliew]

Last season we had these strikers: Mane, Mo, Bob, Jota, Divock, Taki
This season we start with : Nunez, Mo, Bob, Carvalho.  Wee bit light. Especially when a proven goal getter is out for the start.
Looking at the improvement of the squads of the top 5, especially Chelsea, Arsenal and Spurs, a good start is imperative to the season.

Hopefully Mo continues his goal scoring starts and Nunez finds his feet sooner than later.

[LovelyCushionedHeader]

Last season we had these strikers: Mane, Mo, Bob, Jota, Divock, Taki
This season we start with : Nunez, Mo, Bob, Carvalho.  Wee bit light. Especially when a proven goal getter is out for the start.
Looking at the improvement of the squads of the top 5, especially Chelsea, Arsenal and Spurs, a good start is imperative to the season.

Hopefully Mo continues his goal scoring starts and Nunez finds his feet sooner than later.

Luis Diaz?

And Jota isn't dead. He might be fine in a week or two.

[jckliew]

Luis Diaz?

And Jota isn't dead. He might be fine in a week or two.

Sorry. Missed Diaz out. But goal getters. We have Mo and no one consistent like Mane or Diogo.
Hopefully Nunez hits the ground with goals.

[OkieRedman]

Sorry. Missed Diaz out. But goal getters. We have Mo and no one consistent like Mane or Diogo.
Hopefully Nunez hits the ground with goals.

Nunez will score vs Fulham if he gets 60+ mins.

[El Lobo]

Last season we had these strikers: Mane, Mo, Bob, Jota, Divock, Taki
This season we start with : Nunez, Mo, Bob, Carvalho.

That, hand on heart, is probably the most bizarre football-related couple of sentences I've ever seen anywhere.

[DelTrotter]

Last season we had these strikers: Mane, Mo, Bob, Jota, Divock, Taki
This season we start with : Nunez, Mo, Bob, Carvalho.  Wee bit light. Especially when a proven goal getter is out for the start.
Looking at the improvement of the squads of the top 5, especially Chelsea, Arsenal and Spurs, a good start is imperative to the season.

Hopefully Mo continues his goal scoring starts and Nunez finds his feet sooner than later.

Can't include Sadio and Mo as they went to afcon and Firmino had lots of injuries so can't count either.

The "all these teams have improved" stuff never works out either.

[anandg_lfc]

Jota will be a big miss. He has a knack for scoring those first goals to break the deadlock. It's a long season and i hope he doesn't get rushed back.

[Nick110581]

What would time scale be ? 4 weeks place ?

[killer-heels]

Last season we had these strikers: Mane, Mo, Bob, Jota, Divock, Taki
This season we start with : Nunez, Mo, Bob, Carvalho.  Wee bit light. Especially when a proven goal getter is out for the start.
Looking at the improvement of the squads of the top 5, especially Chelsea, Arsenal and Spurs, a good start is imperative to the season.

Hopefully Mo continues his goal scoring starts and Nunez finds his feet sooner than later.

Why would you mention Spurs, Arsenal and Chelsea?

[jckliew]

Why would you mention Spurs, Arsenal and Chelsea?

Just seems that they are having a very nice transfer summer.

[killer-heels]

Just seems that they are having a very nice transfer summer.

So? They are not getting anywhere near us.

[jckliew]

So? They are not getting anywhere near us.

Let's see. Season has not started yet. Interesting season ahead.

[newterp]

Let's see. Season has not started yet. Interesting season ahead.

isn't that every season?

[killer-heels]

Let's see. Season has not started yet. Interesting season ahead.

Do you really believe that these teams are getting anywhere close to 90 points? Because if you do then you are downplaying what us and City have done, which is move the dial.

Amazing how anyone can doubt us. The pundits have realised how much its folly, they rightly know that its us and City. Again.

[Funky_Gibbons]

Last season we had these strikers: Mane, Mo, Bob, Jota, Divock, Taki
This season we start with : Nunez, Mo, Bob, Carvalho.  Wee bit light. Especially when a proven goal getter is out for the start.
Looking at the improvement of the squads of the top 5, especially Chelsea, Arsenal and Spurs, a good start is imperative to the season.

Hopefully Mo continues his goal scoring starts and Nunez finds his feet sooner than later.

Who have any of those teams signed that we should be afraid of?

[Magz50]

Last season we had these strikers: Mane, Mo, Bob, Jota, Divock, Taki
This season we start with : Nunez, Mo, Bob, Carvalho.  Wee bit light. Especially when a proven goal getter is out for the start.
Looking at the improvement of the squads of the top 5, especially Chelsea, Arsenal and Spurs, a good start is imperative to the season.

Hopefully Mo continues his goal scoring starts and Nunez finds his feet sooner than later.

Elliot, Diaz, Jones …

[Dubred]

We have an absolute array of talent upfront this season.

If they can do what they're capable of its going to be an incredible season again.

[jckliew]

Who have any of those teams signed that we should be afraid of?

So you do not think Chelsea, Spurs nor Arsenal have improved their teams/squads with their recent signings?

[jckliew]

Elliot, Diaz, Jones …

Are these goal getters who you think can replace the goals of Jota and Mane?