Topic: Luis Díaz (Luis Fernando Díaz Marulanda)

[smutchin]

Maybe I’m a bit glass half full but the lad left everything on the pitch and did everything but score … kept creating all game long and showed real commitment … the one on one .. a couple of inches the other way and he’d be the hero …

I’m with you. He was really unlucky today. Worked his arse off. A couple of times he just didn’t quite have the finishing touch, a couple of times the ball in to him made it impossible for him. But he never gave up believing. Small margins in the end.

[art03]

He played great. I think we don't appreciate how fast paced the game was at those crucial moments. I believe Darwin got used to it now and you can see the results. I have no doubt that Diaz will get there too. Unlucky not to score at least 1 of those chances.

[Coolie High]

He played great. I think we don't appreciate how fast paced the game was at those crucial moments. I believe Darwin got used to it now and you can see the results. I have no doubt that Diaz will get there too. Unlucky not to score at least 1 of those chances.

It shouldn't take 4 seasons to get used to it.

Maybe this is just what he is, he's not unlucky its just poor finishing.

I guess the encouraging thing is his making more of these type of runs, but at 27 he should really be approaching more of  polished article.

[smutchin]

Let’s not forget he had to put in the full 90 minutes as well. Again.

His work rate is off the scale. But the sheer number of minutes he has had to play recently is going to have an effect on his performance. I dread him getting injured.

[MonsLibpool]

He played great. I think we don't appreciate how fast paced the game was at those crucial moments. I believe Darwin got used to it now and you can see the results. I have no doubt that Diaz will get there too. Unlucky not to score at least 1 of those chances.

He is clearly in tune now. He's just not the most composed in front of goal and this isn’t based on only this game. If he could improve on that aspect of his game, he'll be bagging 20 per season.

[ScubaSteve]

Will have to watch the highlights to see how big his miss was but that mazy run he did was off the charts…put in a solid performance when on the wing

[duvva 💅]

Brilliant today. Anyone saying he’s not good enough is bonkers. Yes he should probably have scored at least one of those chances. But they aren’t dissimilar to the kind of chances Darwin was missing before and he’s more of a striker.
Diaz runs players into the ground, anyone who wants rid, should leave themselves

[WhereAngelsPlay]

Brilliant today. Anyone saying he’s not good enough is bonkers. Yes he should probably have scored at least one of those chances. But they aren’t dissimilar to the kind of chances Darwin was missing before and he’s more of a striker.
Diaz runs players into the ground, anyone who wants rid, should leave themselves

His best game by a mile.

[Funky_Gibbons]

Quite strange because the statisticians only had us missing 2 big chances in the whole game.

That’s because he never got a shot off on two occasions because his first touch was poor so it doesn’t count as a missed chance.

[swish]

he had walker on the backfoot in that 2nd half, Also if he goes down from the rodri challenge thats a 2nd yellow

[Coolie High]

That’s because he never got a shot off on two occasions because his first touch was poor so it doesn’t count as a missed chance.

Yep, his best opportunity was actually not the little cross/pass Nunez gave to him from the right wing, but when he was basically clear on goal if he had a better touch from a central pass from i think Nunez again?

[RyanBabel19]

Well done to him

Nunez got the benefit of the doubt for ages despite missing chances, Luis deserves the same. He's getting into the positions

[HeartAndSoul]

Played very well outside the box but needs to be taking the chances when the margins are so thin in games like these.

[Funky_Gibbons]

Yep, his best opportunity was actually not the little cross/pass Nunez gave to him from the right wing, but when he was basically clear on goal if he had a better touch from a central pass from i think Nunez again?

Yeah Nunez set him up twice and Salah once.

[CHOPPER]

 Championed this kid for a while, exceptional is going lightly in praise. Key to everything we do and a ‘ first name on the team sheet’ player. Just needs to start hitting the back of the net and he’s probably the best player in the league then.

[William Regal]

Absolutely outstanding today, barely any players have Walker on toast (barring Mane), hes got that yard of pace back after the injury, he wants to take on defenders at every opportunity, energy levels off the scale, brilliant to see.

[lgvkarlos]

Absolutely outstanding today, barely any players have Walker on toast (barring Mane), hes got that yard of pace back after the injury, he wants to take on defenders at every opportunity, energy levels off the scale, brilliant to see.

👍

[Raid]

Thought Walker marshalled him well in the first half, but fuck me what a second half he produced. If he’d put one of those chances away you’d be talking about an all time performance there.

The lad will be devastated that he didn’t get us over the line today, so hopefully we pick him up as fans in our next match.

[JC the Messiah]

Ridiculously brilliant with the ball at his feet. Dribbled at though he had magnets on his boots.

A shame his finishing was off, as it would have been a historic performance.

[robertobaggio37]

He’s playing himself back into form. Brilliant player, just needs little of that composure in front of the goal and then he’ll be one best in the league, I’m sure of it.

[latortuga]

Love his hard work and industry, but the simple fact is that he doesn't have the composure to be good enough to start for the best team in Europe. 

If you could swap him out for a young Mane you would everyday of the week.  Is a young Mane-like available?  No idea.  If not he'll do just fine and an excellent squad / rotation option.

[CornerTakenQuickly]

Maybe his best performance in a Liverpool shirt that since before his injury last year. Just didn't have the finishing. That run middle of the second half when he somehow wins a corner after being challenged like 5 times running from the halfway line was insane.

[TepidT2O]

4 weeks ago he couldn’t beat an egg, now he’s beating his own shadow. 

He’s coming into a hot streak of form. He will score goals. No doubt.

[Raid]

Love his hard work and industry, but the simple fact is that he doesn't have the composure to be good enough to start for the best team in Europe. 

If you could swap him out for a young Mane you would everyday of the week.  Is a young Mane-like available?  No idea.  If not he'll do just fine and an excellent squad / rotation option.

Yes, I would imagine Sadio would have scored one of those chances. But players like Sadio don’t come along very often.

Luis Diaz is an exceptional player in his own right and one of the best out there in that position currently

[Wingman]

he had walker on the backfoot in that 2nd half, Also if he goes down from the rodri challenge thats a 2nd yellow

Yeah, but it wouldn’t have been

[Clint Eastwood]

He was outstanding, aside from his finishing. The one-on-one in the second half was the type you'd see Mane take in games like this.

Incredible energy though. Just needs to score more.

[Scottymuser]

Championed this kid for a while, exceptional is going lightly in praise. Key to everything we do and a ‘ first name on the team sheet’ player. Just needs to start hitting the back of the net and he’s probably the best player in the league then.

I mean, you know we have Nunez and Salah right?  Nunez for example has 10 goals and 7 assists, despite missing numerous more chances than Diaz and hitting the woodwork 12 times - or a goal involvement every 93 mins. Diaz has played 3 full games worth of minutes more, and only has 6 goals and 3 assists or one every 204. No way he would be close to Nunez even if he did start scoring more chances and Nunez didn't (Nunez is underperforming his xG by 3, Diaz by 2 - so Nunez has been more wasteful).

Diaz and Jota for me are clearly our third/fourth best attackers, both a level below Salah and Nunez. Fantastic third/fourth choices, but to pretend Diaz wouldn't just somehow be better than Salah and Nunez, but be the best in the league, off the back of one (very) good performance when he wasted our best 4 chances (2 created by Nunez, 1 each byac and Salah) is hyperbolic to say the least

[PEG2K]

I mean, you know we have Nunez and Salah right?  Nunez for example has 10 goals and 7 assists, despite missing numerous more chances than Diaz and hitting the woodwork 12 times - or a goal involvement every 93 mins. Diaz has played 3 full games worth of minutes more, and only has 6 goals and 3 assists or one every 204. No way he would be close to Nunez even if he did start scoring more chances and Nunez didn't (Nunez is underperforming his xG by 3, Diaz by 2 - so Nunez has been more wasteful).

Diaz and Jota for me are clearly our third/fourth best attackers, both a level below Salah and Nunez. Fantastic third/fourth choices, but to pretend Diaz wouldn't just somehow be better than Salah and Nunez, but be the best in the league, off the back of one (very) good performance when he wasted our best 4 chances (2 created by Nunez, 1 each byac and Salah) is hyperbolic to say the least

While the other poster was indeed hyperbolic about Diaz, you seem like on a mission to shove Nunez into the conversation of any of our other forwards bar Salah (thank god he's a legend already).

The weirdest one for me was when Jota was credited with an assist for earning a penalty and you jumped in his thread to say that should not count as an assist because earning a foul in the box has nothing to do with skills (!?) and Nunez is a far more creative player than Jota.

[Red Giant]

Put in a real shift. Couldn't believe he had the energy to sprint at the last minutes. Missed just a bit of composure in exactly the right moments. Should have tested the keeper on at least 4 or 5 opportunities throughout the game.
Needs to learn from Jota when it comes to chance conversion as you don't need to score a perfect goal everytime.
Hopefully we keep him fit as he is an important player.
Forza Lucho ❤️

[swish]

Yes, I would imagine Sadio would have scored one of those chances. But players like Sadio don’t come along very often.

Luis Diaz is an exceptional player in his own right and one of the best out there in that position currently

100 percent, look what the cheats spent on grealish, diaz for what he cost us is a bargain

[Coolie High]

I mean, you know we have Nunez and Salah right?  Nunez for example has 10 goals and 7 assists, despite missing numerous more chances than Diaz and hitting the woodwork 12 times - or a goal involvement every 93 mins. Diaz has played 3 full games worth of minutes more, and only has 6 goals and 3 assists or one every 204. No way he would be close to Nunez even if he did start scoring more chances and Nunez didn't (Nunez is underperforming his xG by 3, Diaz by 2 - so Nunez has been more wasteful).

Diaz and Jota for me are clearly our third/fourth best attackers, both a level below Salah and Nunez. Fantastic third/fourth choices, but to pretend Diaz wouldn't just somehow be better than Salah and Nunez, but be the best in the league, off the back of one (very) good performance when he wasted our best 4 chances (2 created by Nunez, 1 each byac and Salah) is hyperbolic to say the least

Jota is arguably our 3rd best attacker but he isn't a level below anybody this season.

[Kansti]

I find it more frustrating when Diaz missed the chance to set up Darwin for a 1-on-1, as compared to the one he missed himself. It was a prime example of my main critique of Diaz, where he tends to keep his head down and dribble without clear purpose. Its been the same since day 1. You can't fault his desire and energy, but for a 27-year old wide attacker, you would expect him to make better decisions on the pitch. Curtis Jones was in similar situation and was guilty for holding onto the ball unnecessarily for too long,  but he has made great strides in improving with regards to that. Remains to be seen for Diaz.

[wemmick]

Caused a lot of chaos today, like he used to do early in his time here. Just ran City into the ground second half. Good to see him back to his best.

[xbugawugax]

Fantastic today, not sure he misses those chances without being Diaz, if that makes sense.

think he is our most dangerous forward but not unfortunately for other teams not the most clinical.

the work he does off the ball is underrated. and also energizer bunny got nothing on diaz

seems to be coming back to his best in beating players getting into dangerous positions. class is permanent form is temporary

[mullyred94]

think he is our most dangerous forward but not unfortunately for other teams not the most clinical.

the work he does off the ball is underrated. and also energizer bunny got nothing on diaz

seems to be coming back to his best in beating players getting into dangerous positions. class is permanent form is temporary

Nunez is our most dangerous forward.

[RyanBabel19]

To think some were arguing he would struggle against Walker haha

Had him on toast multiple times

[PhilV]

Personally find him tough player to watch at times.

I love him, he works his socks off, has passion, is direct... but I feel he has low football IQ and that is really detrimental to us but also his game.

What I mean by low football IQ is that he seems to make the wrong choice often and yesterday was full of examples, run into trouble when an easy pass was on, cross to the wrong area, not shooting when he should, taking extra touches etc.

OBVIOUSLY it is a highly stressful game with a lot of tension and it's easy to comment on this from my couch at home, but I found him very frustrating yesterday.

[rob1966]

The footwork late on where he left two for dead on the half way then ran the length of their half was a joy to watch, phenomenal skill

[Crosby Nick]

The footwork late on where he left two for dead on the half way then ran the length of their half was a joy to watch, phenomenal skill

Yeah. He had incredible heart and energy, and skill! It’s a great combination, got us 80 yards up the pitch and won us a corner. And he’s done loads of that recently (maybe not from 80 yards out!). You have to take the rough with the smooth with him. His finishing isn’t as strong as our other forwards, although he’s improved his output but I don’t think anyone else gives you that out ball in the same way.

Feel like he could have rounded the keeper for that one on one, keeper looked like he’d planted his feet a bit, but it all happens so fast. I find it hard to be too critical about him.

[Clayton Bigsby]

Needs to score more. Think he could and should be a 20 goal a season player easy with his skillset and pace. Performances wise he is electric