Slot now has a Liverpool star who plays like the ‘Firmino of old’
While Chelsea stumbled to a goalless draw at Everton on Sunday, Liverpool turned on the style in their travels to Tottenham Hotspur to extend their lead at the top of the Premier League four points
The final score would be 6-3 in favor of Arne SlottThe team cheerleaders as Ange Postecoglou’s depleted Spurs side ran out of steam to provide the Reds with chance after chance to make the victory even more emphatic.
It was definitely not a game for the north London defenders, with the hosts showing their firepower in spades while Liverpool seemed to score every time they ventured into the hectic affair.
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Mohamed Salah’s incredible season shows no signs of stopping as the Egyptian wizard bagged two stunning goals and two assists in the high-octane win.
Everyone associated with Slot’s leaders will be praying that Liverpool’s charming winger stays beyond his contract which expires next summer as the 32-year-old managed to terrorize the hosts all afternoon with the likes of Djed Spence for Spurs simply taken. surprised by its devastating quality.
Away from the continued brilliance of Liverpool’s number 11, Dominik Szoboszlai also got in on the action with a goal and an assist of his own initiative, while Trent Alexander-Arnold shone from the back with a impressive collected four key passes of his 94 ball touches.
Spurs so open, which had seen them leak four against Chelsea at home earlier in the month and three against Man United a few days ago, really played into the away team’s hands, with Luis Diaz using the contest as a way to boost his confidence significantly after some unmemorable individual displays of late.
He got Slot’s men going when his header beat Fraser Forster, with Gary Neville even claiming as commentator on the match that Diaz played like. “Roberto Firmino of old” from the center forward role, dropping into deep areas and roaming freely in the center of the pitch
DÃaz’s performance in numbers
Now playing back-to-back Premier League games as a centre-forward, having previously been used as a winger at Anfield, Slot could have struck gold by molding the electric Colombian into a faker 9 player profile based on . 8/10 awesome show, just the way it was judged by the Liverpool Echo.
Liverpool’s number seven will be hoping he can be as big as Firmino when his England career is examined, with Diaz already up to the task. 35 goals for the Reds from 121 appearances after getting that brace against Spurs.
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Diaz’s numbers for Liverpool by position |
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position |
games |
goals scored |
Assistance |
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LW |
106 |
29 |
29 |
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St |
5 |
5 |
0 |
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RW |
5 |
1 |
1 |
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LM |
2 |
0 |
0 |
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Coming from Transfer market |
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Most of them came from that familiar spot on the left wing, but with five attacks from five now in this new forward position, Slot would be foolish not to stick with Diaz here as he now aims to replicate the heroics Firmino scorer above.
The Brazilian would retire from his celebrated spell at Anfield with 90 accumulated goals from the centre-forward position, with his ability to finish chances in the blink of an eye reminiscent of Diaz at Spurs, who was in the right place at the right time to score an invited cross from Alexander- Arnold.
So Slot will be hoping he’s found a permanent forward he can trust far from crossing his fingers that the enigmatic Darwin Nunez turns out well.
After all, the ex-Porto star would constantly pepper Forster seven shots recorded from just 47 touches of the ball, with his header on the day surprisingly his first goal in League action since mid-September. Also completing 88% of his passes accurately, it’s safe to say it was a good day at the office.
Now Slot will be praying for a purple patch of form to arrive for his new option up top as Ruud Van Nistelrooy’s Leicester City begin to fear a Christmas Day hitch could be on the cards.
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