He shone in pre-season, but here's why Diogo Jota won't play against Chelsea

Diogo Jota was undoubtedly one of the best for Jürgen Klopp's team during the pre-season, scoring 4 goals as well as the Uruguayan Darwin Núñez, being one of the best attackers for the Reds, demonstrating a great level, being a constant and very vertical player, showing great qualities when it comes to defining and has demonstrated his strength in front of goal when finishing the plays that are generated by the wings, he is undoubtedly a great option for Jurgen Klopp.

However the attacking zone has great competition both on the wings with Mohamed Salah and Luis Diaz and in the centre of attack with Darwin Nunez and Cody Gakpo so the Portuguese will have to continue to show great level if you want to play in the starting eleven, to which Jota said that competition is something that benefits the team and the players to give the best of each one to be in the starting eleven and thus be able to make the system of Jürgen Klopp can give the best results.

In what is the first game of the league it is unlikely that Diogo will be able to start as Klopp's chosen players for the attack will undoubtedly be Gakpo and Núñez, so Jota will have to wait for his chance to start from the bench and be a player who can come on in the second half of the game to give him speed and renew.

Is Diogo Jota an underrated player?

Since his arrival at Liverpool in 2020 Diogo has not been able to be the first-choice striker since his arrival Roberto Firmino was the undisputed starter and on the wings was Sadio Mané and Mohamed Salah, to which Jota will have to prove this season that he has everything to be the undisputed starter, Jota undoubtedly has a great eye for goal and Liverpool this season will not have such a large squad, so Diogo will undoubtedly have plenty of opportunities to show his great quality and do better than last season and thus be able to be an undisputed starter.