Is Luis Diaz a problem for Liverpool? This is what they say about the Colombian

Luis Diaz has had multiple defenders in England amid Liverpool's poor start to the season domestically and in Champions League Group A. The Colombian striker was the standout performer in a heavy defeat of Napoli in Italy, scoring the injury-time winner and creating more danger in the opposition penalty area. The Colombian striker was the standout performer in the heavy defeat to Napoli in Italy after he scored the injury-time winner and created more danger in the opposition box.

Now, Rafael van der Vaart, former Netherlands and Ajax striker, spoke about the English team and the Colombian ahead of the second match of the European club competition on Tuesday 13 September. In statements to his country's media, echoed by Liverpool Echo, the Dutchman singled out Jordan Henderson, James Milner and Joe Gomez as "normal" players and went on to criticise Liverpool in general.

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"Virgil van Dijk is the best, the right-back and left-back are also good. But if things don't go well and those strikers don't have their day, then I think it's a very mediocre team," he said. However, the former Netherlands striker praised the Colombian's talent as one of the two most dangerous strikers in Jurgen Klopp's squad.

The Colombian's mobility in and out of the flanks and into the centre paid off from the start. He switched positions in the attacking trident completed by Diogo Jota and Mo Salah. On the left, he continued the goal-scoring move started by Alisson with a long throw. He controlled the delivery with, brought it down for the Portuguese who assisted the Egyptian for the 1-0.

<strong>“We have a problem”</strong>

"The only thing I'm afraid of at Ajax is: if Luis Diaz and Mohamed Salah have their day, then we have a problem," he admitted about the players. This was the publication with which the English newspaper presented on social networks the information about the former Ajax player's statements about Liverpool and Diaz.