Martin Keown has a big concern over 6/10 Liverpool star who has ‘dropped a little bit’

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·18 de enero de 2025

Martin Keown has a big concern over 6/10 Liverpool star who has ‘dropped a little bit’

Liverpool will hope they won’t live to regret a half of wasted chances at the Gtech Community Stadium.

The visitors registered a remarkable 19 shots (five on target), picked up an xG score of 1.54 and collected the dominant share of possession (59.2%) in the opening 45.

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Arne Slot will surely be a little disappointed to see his side squander clear chances to build a lead in their bid to secure a first Premier League win since a 5-0 win over West Ham in late December.

The Merseysiders will need to see Luis Diaz and Co. rapidly rediscover their shooting boots…

Has Luis Diaz’s form dropped off?

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Martin Keown pointed the finger at our No.7 whilst covering Liverpool’s first-half against Brentford.

The pundit claimed the Colombian international looked like he’d ‘dropped a little bit’ and suggested that Slot should push Cody Gakpo central to compensate.

“I would play Cody Gakpo down the middle. I’m not with Luis Diaz, he has dropped a little bit,” the former Arsenal star spoke on Football Focus (via BBC Sport).

“It’s a great competition with places that Liverpool have got.”

The former FC Porto winger registered 15 goal contributions across his prior 27 appearances (across all competitions) in 2024/25.

However, the attacker has yet to register a goal or assist since our 5-0 win over West Ham. Whilst we don’t expect the same level of prolificity as record-breaking goalscorer Mo Salah, we think it’s high time he got back on the scoresheet.