He's third choice striker and third choice left wing. But Jota is second choice striker and second choice left wing. So as soon as Nunez and Diaz are rested or out, he's there and ready to go, either as a starter or a very capable sub. For me, he's the new Divok Origi in terms of having a player able to do big things in big games when needed. Tonight he was a bit off in terms of link up play. He was very close to scoring. That's probably weighing on his mind a bit. We're lucky to have him as this back up option and it's proved to be the case while we've had injuries up front and he's come in we've won every game throughout. He's not necessarily been the match winner or goal scorer but he's a senior player that makes a difference. For both Nunez goals tonight he ran across Nunez to bring the defender across and allow Nunez to come inside and for the second Nunez goal he drops deep to bring a defender in field and then the ball over to Nunez provides the space. It's unappreciated work but it makes a big difference vs a youth player.
If I mark him up against a 5th choice forward at other clubs he's over performin really. Who's his competition? Grealish, Smith Rowe, Barnes, Johnson? Aston Villa and Man Utd barely have a 5th choice of that level. Most others simply don't.
