Liverpool’s Weak Performance Against Arsenal Raises Questions – Luis Diaz Criticized in English and Colombian Media

Liverpool missed the great opportunity to distance themselves from one of their main rivals for the title, Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal, who completely dried up Jürgen Klopp’s team and sent them away from the Emirates Stadium in London with a solid 3-1.

The Colombian was one of the highlights that Liverpool had in the 90 minutes. From the left or the right, Lucho tried to bring danger to the area of ​​​​a strong local defense that never suffered problems and played an almost perfect game to leave the fearsome forwards of the current leader of the Premier League with wet powder.

Luis Díaz played the 90 minutes in London | Photo: AP

This defeat will become more serious if Manchester City manages to beat Brentford as a visitor this Monday. In this scenario, the difference between Liverpool and their pursuers will be only two points, added to the fact that the citizens still have a match pending for participation in the Club World Cup.

Beyond that, the most worrying thing is that they looked very weak against the same Arsenal, which they had eliminated from the FA Cup in January. The absence of Mohamed Salah was felt more than ever and that had an impact on the harsh criticism against the attackers, including Díaz himself.

In England they rescued the guajiro’s party, but in Colombia there were those who felt that it was left in debt. One of them was Iván Mejía, a renowned sports journalist, who was following the actions of the classic of the day in English football.

“Arsenal beat Liverpool well 3/1. Bittersweet classic, I expected more football, more games,” he wrote through his X account (former Twitter).

Mejía slashed the Anfield team in all its lines. “Klopp’s men are blurred, without weapons, few options. “Arsenal elaborating more and taking advantage of a fatal night by Alisson, guilty of two goals,” he added.

But the part that sparked reactions in the comments was the criticism against the Colombian, who had just scored in midweek against Chelsea and was decisive for the only goal that Liverpool scored in London. “Very little of Lucho Díaz,” added the 73-year-old former commentator.

Luis Díaz receives a hug from Jürgen Klopp after the defeat against Arsenal | Photo: Getty Images

They did not forgive him for his opinion

Iván Mejía’s opinion did not go down well with some social media users, who responded in defense of Luis Díaz. “I differ from Lucho, Don Iván. Maybe he did little, largely due to the poor work of the midfield, but he ran more than a dodgeball. The heart of the team,” replied one of the followers.

“Díaz did what he could, he was the one who scored the most. He was alone, it seemed to me,” said another X user.

In the English press they gave a rating of 6 points to Luis Díaz’s game, amidst how poorly Liverpool played against Arsenal. “Very little from the entire team, why give Lucho a hard time, at least he fought to force a tie…”, was another of the comments that Mejía received in his publication.

It should be noted that there were also people who agreed with the journalist’s opinion and felt that the guajiro was not the same as other parties.

2024-02-06 00:58:53
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