Klopp on Luis Diaz’s Debut: Shocked!

DBasia.news – Luis Diaz has just made his Premier League debut with Liverpool. The performance of the new Reds players was able to surprise Jürgen Klopp the manager.

In the match that took place at Anfield, Friday (11/2), Liverpool beat Leicester with a score of 2-0. Luis Diaz appeared from the first minute and was withdrawn at the end of the match.

Diaz did not record a goal or assist in this match. Diogo Jota scored two of Liverpool’s winning goals.

But Diaz was able to replace the role of Sadio Mane very well. He keeps the left side of Liverpool’s attack alive.

Diaz even had two clear chances to score. Unfortunately, his hard shot was still able to be anticipated by Kasper Schmeichel.

One thing that surprised Klopp was that this was Diaz’s Premier League debut and his second match for Liverpool. But the Colombian national seems to have defended Merseyside Red for a long time.

“We don’t burden new players with information regarding everything that is wanted from him in the first week. But when we see him, he (Diaz) looks like a Liverpool player,” Klopp told the club’s official website.

“He seems to be a very intelligent footballer. He also clearly has watched Liverpool quite a lot.”

Liverpool brought Diaz from FC Porto at the end of the winter transfer market yesterday. He is expected to enrich Liverpool’s options on the flanks who rely heavily on Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah.

Klopp of course already knows Diaz’s quality so he dares to pay for it at a high price. But he thinks the 25-year-old needs time to adapt.