Arne Slot says Liverpool have missed ‘best possible’ Diogo Jota during injury-hit season

Independent.ie - 05/04
Arne Slot says Liverpool have missed Diogo Jota being at his best following the forward’s return to the scoresheet with his Merseyside derby winner.

Jota netted his ninth goal of an injury-disrupted season, and first since January, as he jinked past two men and fired home to secure Wednesday’s 1-0 victory over Everton at Anfield.

And Reds boss Slot said of the Portugal international: “Most players, if they come in a situation where they think they can score, they get a bit mixed up in their head.

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“But he can stay really calm in those moments, recognise where he has to shoot, where the defenders are, what the goalkeeper probably expects, which corner he’s going to go to, and then he chooses the opposite one.

“He’s calm in the moments he has to shoot – Mo (Salah) is an example of this as well – and that’s one of his biggest qualities, I think.

“What I’ve seen this season is that he started off really well, but we missed him, we missed the best possible Jota, maybe for five or six months. It took him quite a while to...
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