He's frustrating. A rough diamond.
But whisper it quietly, his goal stats are not dissimilar to Firminho's...... around one in three. As for assists, I'm not sure.
One area that has seen a drop from roughly one in two, to only one goal in four games is on the left wing, where Diaz has replaced Mane.
From that position in years gone by, Mane would have added an average of around 8 extra goals at this stage of the season.
Fact is, we have not one but two players in our front three who are a bit lacking when it comes to being clinical. Added into the equation is the injury situation regarding Diaz, Mo and Jota, that hasn't helped.
That's a really interesting point, would have perhaps been interesting to have seen how to season developed had Jota been more available, however the dynamic of that front three (Jota, Nunez and Mo) doesn't really have a lot of ball carrying ability from wide areas these days.
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