Sturridge claims Liverpool are 'missing' £65m star who 'sacrificed himself' after Chelsea defeat
Daniel Sturridge reckons Liverpool are absent Bayern Munich winger Luis Diaz after wasting 2-1 to Chelsea in the Premier League on Saturday.
The Reds enabled the Colombia international to join Bundesliga winners Bayern Munich in the summertime season transmit window in a bargain worth about £65m.
Diaz, that already has 5 aims and 4 assists in 6 Bundesliga complements for the Bavarians this season, was marketed to aid guidance Liverpool‘s considerable summertime season recruitment drive.
After seeing Liverpool lose 2-1 to Chelsea, and throw away peak place in the Premier League to Arsenal, Sturridge snugly insists the Reds are actually “absent” Diaz this season.
Sturridge alerted Firmament Sporting activities: “Luis Diaz is a considerable miss out on for them. When we sift at Liverpool last year and how they presented to press, he was arguably the one that kit the press in the front three.
“Szoboszlai does that in midfield by means of the power and dynamism that he has, yet Diaz, by means of how brisk he was off the sphere and brisk to gain use the sphere ago by means of interceptions as flawlessly.
“He lugged something to that front queue and they are now absent that.”
Sturridge added: “Ekitike and Isak lug out job-related off the sphere, yet what I would case is they are onslaught-minded players and I reckon Luis Diaz numbed himself a little little peripheral defensively.
“I reckon that’s the one point they need to discern in the onslaught is that is ordering required in pass on themselves upward a little. In a front three, there has to be one consumer that does that.
“We go over the midfield and the tenacity and uniformity there yet I also reckon in the front three it’s uncomfortably justifiable to realise which one is ordering required in be our workhorse, which man are we ordering required in permit lug out what he wants and that’s ordering required in be a crossbreed of both.
“I reckon relevant now I’m obscure the manager knows what he wants to lug out.”
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Other pundit Jamie Redknapp pointed to Trent Alexander-Arnold’s separation as a considerable flaw as well by means of Conor Bradley and Jeremie Frimpong failing to impress at relevant-ago for Liverpool this season.
Redknapp said: They’ve [Liverpool] also obtained woes at complete-ago. It’s telltale that they’re absent Trent [Alexander-Arnold].
“You sift at how they’re playing, I reckon given that the Burnley gallery they’ve not introduced unchanged relevant-ago. They’ve thieved on [Dominik] Szoboszlai, [Jeremie] Frimpong and Conor Bradley…he purely had a overexerting 45 minutes today and obtained pilfered off. It’s a flaw locality for them.“
“I still wear’t reckon [Szoboszlai at right-back] is the reply. When you lose Trent [Alexander-Arnold], that is irreplaceable, that is out there? There’s not numerous great relevant backs to buy.”
