I don't think he's under appreciated at all, he's a top player. He was very good IMHO against the Mancs which hopefully is a sign of things to come going forward, but it'd be daft to pretend his form hasn't taken a huge slump recently, simply because it so obviously has.
I even question that personally (top player). I think he's a good player but if hes going to play forward he needs to score the chances he creates for himself through his impressive work rate much more consistently.
His work on the left has been poor, and if you can't take your chances centrally, then eventually he will be replaced once we have a squad of forwards that suit Jurgens approach.
When the chance falls to him you would back him to shoot a safe shot at the keeper over slotting it past him in the corner and that has to change.
He will regain form eventually, but inevitably he will slip back to the norm a month or two later.
One thing is for sure at the moment, that we are a much better oiled machine with him up front than we are with Sturridge or Origi but in the Summer he might find himself out of the team or back out in a wide area.
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