Luis Diaz has seen his supervisor combat his nook amid criticism over his type for Colombia when in comparison with his output for Liverpool.
It has been an encouraging begin for Diaz underneath Arne Slot, with three targets and an help from the left wing – welcome type after a summer season of switch hypothesis.
He wouldn’t be thought-about prolific for Liverpool, with solely 27 targets in 101 appearances, however that has not stopped some from his house nation criticising him for performing higher at membership degree.
After simply three targets for his nation in 2023, Diaz already has 4 this calendar yr, and his worldwide supervisor, Nestor Lorenzo, stood up for his attacker earlier than their match towards Argentina.
“The celebrities are all the time on everybody’s lips and are noticed in a specific, extra intense method,” Lorenzo informed reporters, by way of Crimson Mas.
“Three or 4 months in the past, the problem was why he didn’t rating targets for the nationwide workforce, and now he has turn out to be our prime scorer within the qualifiers.
“We stated that he’s going to attain targets, and he’s scoring them. I’m not nervous, for me, Luis is doing a superb job. Let’s simply let him move as a result of he does it effectively.”
How good is it to listen to managers stick up for his or her gamers?
Diaz has scored three of Colombia’s seven targets of their World Cup qualifying marketing campaign thus far, his newest got here towards Peru over the weekend – taking his document for his nation to fifteen targets in 56 caps.
It means his common for membership and nation is at the moment the identical with 0.26 targets per look. Whereas criticism could come his method, he has the vote of confidence from each his managers.
The 27-year-old is just not quick on competitors on the left wing for Liverpool, however he’s at the moment first-choice for Slot, who rapidly put to mattress any switch hypothesis at the beginning of the season.
“His future is with us as a result of I like lots what I’ve seen within the final 10 days that he’s been in,” Slot stated previous to the Reds’ opening sport of the season in August.
“He’s had a huge impact on Liverpool’s seasons, and I’m hoping that he has a huge impact within the upcoming season as effectively.”
It’s so far, so good on that entrance!
