It’s been a long six months since Luis Diaz last played for Liverpool.
The Colombian was a revelation at Anfield after joining the Reds midway through last season in a deal worth up to £49m from FC Porto. He would take just 10 minutes to claim an assist from the bench on his debut against Cardiff City, even if Opta don’t recognise it, as he wasted no time at all in exciting Kopites and getting them off their seats.
A first goal would follow in only his second start for the club against Norwich City, while he’d been a Liverpool player less than a month by the time he got his hands on his first piece silverware courtesy of a League Cup final win over Chelsea at Wembley. Caoimhin Kelleher would claim the headlines courtesy of the penalty shootout victory, but the forward had been his side’s standout player.
