It Took Luis Diaz Just 11 Minutes To Record His First Assist For Liverpool And It Was Classy Luis Diaz made an instant impression on his Liverpool debut, recording a classy assist in his side's FA Cup win over Cardiff City. Jurgen Klopp threw his January signing on in the second half, with the Colombia winger taking just 11 minutes to make an impact. FA Cup: Luis Díaz assists and Elliott scores on Liverpool comeback Harvey Elliott enjoyed a dream return from his long injury- while Liberpool new boys Luis Díaz also starred as Liverpool past Cardiff at Anfield on Sunday afternoon. There was no separating the sides at half-time, with Liverpool controlling possession and attempts but failing to find back of the net while Cardiff had a big penalty appeal waved away. Elliott then made his long-awaited return from injury off the bench and was joined by Díaz for a debut and it didn’t take him long to make an impact The former FC Porto winger enjoyed a superb start to life with the Merseysiders, registering an assist after winning possession deep in the opposition third. Jurgen Klopp and his coaching staff feared the worst when Luis Diaz went down clutching his knee after being introduced in the second-half of Liverpool’s 3-1 victory over Cardiff City. The accidental contact proved to not be too serious, with the German coach sharing with a reporter post-game that he and the squad had joked about the incident and English football afterwards, saying, ‘welcome to England’. #liverpool #luisdiazdebutLiverpool
Liverpool Fans Are Loving New Boy Luis Diaz, He's Been Brilliant On His Premier League Debut Liverpool new boy Luis Diaz saw plenty of the ball in the opening stages of their Premier League match against Leicester City, with fans loving what they're seeing. After making an immediate impact against Cardiff City in the FA Cup last weekend, Diaz was handed a starting spot in Jurgen Klopp's XI on Thursday And the Colombian winger wasted no time to make an impression as he ran the show, lighting up the first-half He was confident on the ball and looked very lively, picking it up and driving at Leicester's defence while linking up nicely with Andy Robertson Early doors, of course, but encouraging signs for Klopp who will hope Diaz can help Liverpool's title charge this season Speaking before kick-off, the German boss spoke about his decision to start the 25-year-old. "Luis Diaz is an exciting prospect - we had a look at who was available and the natural speed of Luis, especially when Mo is not starting, makes sense to get some depth into our game," jurgen klopp told sport media