What a signing Luis Diaz has been at Liverpool.
In January, the Reds hijacked Tottenham Hotspur’s bid to sign the Colombia international and wound up bringing him to Anfield in a £49 million deal.
He’s only been a Liverpool player for nine months or so but he looks to have been playing under Jurgen Klopp for a lot longer.
That’s because the former Porto winger has enjoyed an instant impact on Merseyside, even forcing Klopp to use Sadio Mane as a number nine for the second half of last season because Diaz, as a left-sided attacker, was undroppable.
However, he isn’t perfect.
The 25-year-old played for Colombia in a friendly win over Mexico in California on Tuesday night.
Alexis Vega fired Mexico into the lead after only six minutes and it came as a result of a mistake from the Liverpool attacker, who conceded the sloppy penalty which led to the opener.
It was a poor, silly foul from Diaz and El Tiempo were the ones who labelled it a ‘giant error’.
Despite that mistake, the South American actually went to enjoy an excellent performance all things considered as his country recovered from a two-goal deficit to win 3-2.
Diaz flew back to Liverpool after the game and Klopp will want him as refreshed as possible ahead of Saturday, when Brighton & Hove Albion visit Anfield.
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