DBasia.news – Liverpool’s performance this season is like two seasons ago (2019-2020) when they won the Premier League, ending the 30-year wait for the league title. The Reds rediscovered their playing touch.
Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool are not only respected in Europe but also in England, plus they are still competing in all competitions this season. Several factors led to the revival of Liverpool’s performance.
Apart from not being in an injury storm as bad as last season, Liverpool’s key players such as Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah are also back in good form. Behind the great performance of the two, there is one player who is not to be underrated, it is Diogo Jota.
Jota (26 years old) has scored 10 goals and provided two assists in 20 matches in all competitions. Only Mo Salah has scored more goals in 17 games than Jota in the Premier League.
Jota also filled one post on the front lines replacing Roberto Firmino. His nine Premier League goals are the best in the top league since last season and also for Wolverhampton Wanderers in the 2018-19 season.
But because Mo Salah has always been in the spotlight with the records he has broken, Jota’s performance is not so visible. But it did not go unnoticed by Klopp. He admits the instinct to defeat the Portuguese winger is getting better at this time.
“Diogo is an extraordinary player. Underrated or under the radar, I don’t know why you always ask that because I’m always watching them,” Klopp said as quoted by FourFourTwo.
“If people do that, how can I change it? Diogo is an extraordinary player, Mo is an extraordinary player, by the way Sadio Mane is playing really well at the moment, he was just unlucky in the last moments.
“All of these players have incredible quality and that’s why they have come to this position and they have come in this situation.”
“Diogo has developed in recent months his killer instinct, it’s true. He’s been there at times, he’s in the right spaces, he’s got himself into a good position.”
“I think the way he builds up the attack, especially in this left half with Sadio, is amazing and I really like watching him. He’s still young and there’s a lot more to come from him but it’s been good, it’s been grea for us too.”