Diogo Jota has been a goalscoring machine since he signed for Liverpool at the beginning of last season. Exclude penalties and he has scored more frequently for the Reds than Mohamed Salah has across his time with the club, which takes some doing.
But if one wants to be critical, he hasn’t created enough goals for his teammates. Indeed, his assist for Bruno Fernandes in Portugal’s 2-0 win over North Macedonia on Tuesday was greeted with surprise, such is the rarity with which he’s collected them for Liverpool.
In his 69 appearances for the Reds, Jota has only supplied three assists, and one of them was entirely unintentional. To all intents and purposes, Luis Diaz created Takumi Minamino’s goal against Cardiff City, but as the ball brushed Jota on its path between the two, he was credited with an assist.
