It as a night to forget for Liverpool striker Divock Origi, who once again failed to impress during his side’s Champions League defeat to Atalanta on Wednesday night.
Origi started the match at Anfield, with Mo Salah and Sadio Mane beside him, but Liverpool’s forward line couldn’t even muster a shot on target.
After the game, BBC Sport readers provided their ratings for the game and Liverpool’s £10 million man was bottom of the pile with 2.61 out of 10.
Left-back Andy Robertson, who came on as a second-half substitute, received the highest rating of 3.93 – that in itself proved that it was an off-night for a Liverpool side having to deal with a heavy fixture load.
But for someone like Origi, he will be mightily disappointed that he hasn’t followed in Diogo Jota’s footsteps and forced Jurgen Klopp’s thinking by producing the goods on the pitch.
This perhaps indicates that he will only fall further behind Klopp’s plans, but he will argue that he hasn’t had the run of games to get his engine started.
Either way, these are always difficult situations for back-up players because they are expected to deliver the goods on the rare occasions they are handed starts and that’s difficult without any rhythm under their belt.
But as Liverpool fans are well aware, it’s the knockout games that Origi prefers in the Champions League.
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