It was not a day for scintillating performances for Liverpool of their 3-1 win in opposition to Burnley, although one participant stood above the remaining – suppose you possibly can guess who?
Jurgen Klopp‘s males have been hit with an premature flu that pressured Alisson and Joe Gomez to overlook out at Anfield, whereas Ryan Gravenberch “felt” one thing within the warm-up.
Not splendid preparations, however targets from Diogo Jota, Luis Diaz and Darwin Nunez ensured all three factors have been secured and that the Reds stay on the prime of the desk.
It was not a day of memorable performances from the beginning lineup, and whereas Harvey Elliott took loads of the plaudits for his substitute look, let’s check out how the XI fared.
Right here we evaluate our participant scores with these of the Liverpool Echo, Objective, FotMob and This Is Anfield’s readers.
Amassing the very best common rating was Luis Diaz (7.8), who scored his ninth purpose of the marketing campaign and mixed that with diligent defensive work – successful seven of his 10 duels, as per FotMob.
TIA’s Joanna Durkan famous “his optimistic presence on the left wing” but in addition that he “needed to make higher selections together with his closing ball,” we may’ve then been speaking about assists as effectively.
Unsurprisingly, it was the goalscorers who took the plaudits as Diogo Jota (7.4) and Darwin Nunez (7.4) shared second place as they too added to their season’s tallies.
The Echo‘s Ian Doyle highlighted how Nunez “put in an actual shift” and that Jota was “at all times busy,” two necessary traits in a sport that was begging for moments of high quality and depth.
In Mohamed Salah‘s absence, the trio have stepped up and contributed constantly, and so they have been seemingly attempting to outdo each other with their headed finishes at Anfield!
As for the bottom ranking, that honour went to Alexis Mac Allister (6.2) following his shift to right-sided No. 8 after the return of Wataru Endo.
The Argentine was ineffective and after an excellent run of performances within the deep-lying position, will probably be intriguing to see how Klopp makes use of the pair shifting ahead.
The following look will are available per week’s time, when Liverpool journey to Brentford for the Saturday lunchtime kickoff – one other must-win for the Reds.
