Luis Diaz

Klopp's predictions about players aren't usually wrong but this one has proven way off target. From the first time he touched the ball, Diaz has looked like ...

'It was tough to take Diogo Jota off (at Villarreal), he has been excellent this season, but Luis came on and made a big, big difference. He played on the left, started pushing them back, dribbling the ball and everything. To say Diaz has hit the ground running would be a glaring understatement. 'We've tried to help him as much as we can, all the players. But the Colombia international, 25, has been almost unique. Klopp's predictions about players aren't usually wrong but this one, about his recruit from Porto, has proven way off target.

talkSPORT host Jason Cundy hailed Liverpool star Luis Diaz and labelled the forward as better than the 'overrated' Neymar.Diaz has quickly become.

He did it in the derby. He makes teams panic.” He would be eligible for league and cup medals should Porto complete the domestic double.

He starred after coming off the bench, scoring a goal in his side's 3-2 victory on Tuesday to book their spot in the Champions League final.

Diaz is more affective and a team player!" "Luis Diaz is better than Neymar," he said. "I’d have rather have Diaz than him."

Overrun by Villarreal in the first half, Reds roar back to enter their third Champions League final in five seasons. | Football News.

Liverpool were back to being Liverpool. In the first 25 minutes of the second half, Liverpool had eight shots, three on target, 75% possession and two goals. In the first half, Liverpool had 66% possession, they averaged 75% this term, and won 46% of duels. In the second half, Liverpool’s passing accuracy improved to 84% and they won 66% of the duels. Villarreal had a penalty claim turned down when Alisson got into a tangle with Giovani Lo Celso but scored when Capoue found Coquelin. So crucial to their success under Klopp, Liverpool’s full backs Robertson and Alexander-Arnold were responsible for the goal; the left back because he let Capoue in and the other for ball watching. The first came when Fabinho and Mo Salah’s give-go drew Capoue out of position before the Brazilian shot through goalie Geronimo Rulli’s legs. And when Estupinan was caught out for staying too high, Albiol rolled back the years and beat Jota to a sprint. Villarreal had neutralised the 2-0 advantage through goals from Boulaye Dia and Francis Coquelin. Who else would typify the German’s desire to show that “mentality monsters were in town”? In 15 minutes Diaz had more touches than Diogo Jota, whom he replaced, had in the first half. The season is in full swing when the player has to adjust to a new team, sometimes new country, live in a hotel and learn a language while looking for lodgings. Ask Juan Foyth. In the 53rd minute, Diaz took on Foyth and drew a challenge from another defender, skewing Villarreal’s defensive shape, before finding Trent Alexander-Arnold. An acrobatic side-volley that went nowhere followed and soon after, Diaz beat Raul Albiol on the turn. As part of the indigenous Wayuu community living in north-east Colombia, Diaz has had a difficult childhood. Yet, despite being skinny, Diaz had impressed among hundreds of triallists to make the team for Copa America of Indigenous People in 2015. The problem is compounded when the player joins a team that plays with the intensity of Juergen Klopp’s Liverpool.

As good as Liverpool's January signing has been so far, Robertson believes the best is yet to come for the Colombian.

And all had a hand in the much better second half as they scored three goals to run out 3-2 victors on the night. Which is scary, but what he is producing here and now is pretty special as well.” With the talent he has and the will to win, he just fits us perfectly.

Liverpool can still make history by winning an unprecedented quadruple - but Reds star Luis Diaz can achieve something even greater this season.The Co.

Co-host Jason Cundy added: “Diaz is as good as anyone I’ve seen in the January transfer window. Whether he gets to the levels of what Salah’s achieved I don’t quite know.” The Portuguese giants are well-placed to do so, with a six-point lead at the top of the Primeira Liga, and a final against Tondela in the Taca de Portugal.

"I'm going to play in a Champions League final, it's like I always dreamt," Diaz told UEFA after the game. The full-time images were inconclusive, but if ...

Fabinho, Luis Diaz and Sadio Mane all scored as the Reds came from 2-0 down to win 3-2 and secure a 5-2 aggregate success in their semi-final. This showing in Spain was the latest dossier of evidence to support that claim. It's quite the potent combination when it all comes together, just like it did at El Madrigal in the second period. The full-time images were inconclusive, but if Diaz was in fact reduced to tears after helping the Reds to a 3-2 win over Unai Emery's men, then there can be few who will blame him. There were suggestions, as the assembled press tapped away at their laptops inside La Ceramica on Tuesday night, that it had all got too much for Liverpool's Luis Diaz at full-time. "It comes from my roots.