The irony here is he was unplayable against City in the home game and arguably our MOTM, tore them to shreds albeit the finishing let him down more than once.
The best player in a 2-0 loss yet his deficiencies still comes under scrutiny when he was the least of our problems last night.
Won't pass? He set up Salah on a plate 10 yards from goal and he passed it back to Prickford.
Won't shoot? With a bit of luck the effort he smashed off the post goes in off it instead of bouncing back out.
I guess you assess players from YouTube highlight reels, with techno music blaring out to make it look as if he’s quality.
The fact of the matter is he’s not good enough for this club. He can’t press, he can’t offer anything in midfield, his link up play is atrocious and his ability to connect with the team is non existent. Our lack of control in midfield is partly down to him because he’s so brain addled that he’s nowhere near play in the defensive transition. Everything that he should be doing as I’ve noted here is everything Mane was exceptional at. That’s who he replaced and my god it’s a terrible downgrade on him. Diaz plays his own game, and running around like Shaun Wright Philips with about as much end product isn’t worthy enough.
His dad can continue touting him to Barca and Madrid for all I care, which is another thing, getting your family to put you in the shop window hardly screams commitment and dedication to Liverpool FC. For that reason, he hasn’t earned my support for him if he ultimately doesn’t care for the club. He’s not a Liverpool player. Where we were blessed with the likes of Mane, Firmino, Milner and Hendo who would run through brick walls and go to war for us, now we’re left with guys like Diaz who, rather than going to war for us, merely jumps out the trench into no man’s land, waving a wooden stick with his trousers around his ankles, running around in circles and flailing like a clown before retreating back into his trench.
Useless. And a couple of goals against useless teams does nothing to change my opinion of him. I mean, from Mane to this?
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