"Luis Diaz can replace Mané," praise from former Liverpool player

Liverpool are not going through their best footballing moment. They have just lost by a landslide in their Champions League debut against Napoli, their third match without a win in the last five matches in all competitions, results that have not allowed them to have the best start to the season. One of the reasons attributed in England to this bad moment is the bad streak of their strikers, in addition to the absence of Sadio Mané from the team.

The Senegalese was an important man in the club's last campaign and decided to leave for Bayern Munich after several years with the Anfield Road club. However, former Liverpool player Danny Murphy disagrees that the team's poor performance is due to the departure of Mané and highlighted the good level shown by the Colombian winger Luis Díaz, a player who for this new stage has taken over the position he was in.

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"This narrative about Mané being irreplaceable, I think it's an easy thing to say. Of course he misses out because he's a super player, but Diaz has been Liverpool's best player, he's scored four goals already and he's hit the woodwork four times, he's not been poor," the former player said on Talk Sport's English programme.

Diaz was one of the few players to be rated highly by the English press in the game against Napoli, a game in which he managed to score the only goal for the team, and was praised by the fans, who called for the Colombian's attitude to be replicated.

Liverpool's poor form

Liverpool will have a long week off to prepare and correct mistakes due to the suspension of the Premier League matchday 7 due to the death of Queen Elizabeth. Jürgen Klopp's side return next Tuesday 13 September when they take on Ajax at Anfield in the second Champions League Group A fixture.