LIVERPOOL – A striker’s job is to score goals. However, this task is not borne by the coach Liverpool, Jurgen Klopp, to their striker, Roberto Firmino.
Firmino’s main task is to open space for Liverpool’s two lively wingers, Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane. However, it becomes a problem if Firmino fails to improve his abilities beyond providing assists to Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane.
If Firmino can only provide assists without scoring goals for Liverpool, his position as the Reds center-forward can be given to other players. Moreover, a figure who is ready to replace Firmino’s position is in sight.
In the 2020 summer transfer market, Liverpool management spent 44.7 million euros to bring Diogo Jota from Wolverhampton Wanderers. Know that it is valued dearly, Jota has shown his class together The Reds.
This 23-year-old player made his debut with Liverpool in the Premier League on Tuesday, September 29, 2020, WIB, to be precise at home to Arsenal. Entering for Sadio Mane in the 80th minute, Jota scored a goal for Liverpool in the 88th minute, at the same time changing the position 3-1 for the Reds’ advantage.
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This is a sign for Jota that he is ready to become a mainstay of Liverpool’s front lines. Not Mane who will be replaced by Jota, but Firmino, who last season only scored one goal at Anfield Stadium.
In terms of sharpness, Jota is also better than Firmino. Last season with Wolverhampton, Jota scored 16 goals in 48 matches. What about Firmino? Appearing in more matches (52), Firmino only scored 12 goals.
So, can Jota act as an attacker? Jota often operated as a center-forward when he played with Wolverhampton Wanderers last season. Therefore, it is predicted that Jota will not be awkward when he has to play with Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane on the Liverpool front lines.
Klopp’s coach will still rely on his flagship pattern, which is 4-3-3. For the front lines, the trio of Salah, Jota and Mane will be filled or abbreviated as the trio of SJM. This trio can bring Liverpool not only to glory in the English League, but also in the Champions League.
Interesting awaits the SJM trio combination. This trio is predicted to be much more powerful than the trio of Salah, Firmino and Mane.
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