Personally I like to go with the eye test rather than heatmaps, or in depth analysis from members on a forum, and on Sunday I actually forgot he was playing in the 2nd half!
Thing is we all know what it was like with Mane on that side. He was brilliant in both directions. Diaz was not a patch on Mane and I think some on here have elevated their judgement on him without remembering he was ineffective a lot of the time, but at least he was a hard worker.
But this is Slot’s liverpool and I think Gakpo epitomises the style he wants. Slow and silky, never busting a lung, but when it works it looks nice to the purist. I think Diaz would struggle big time with this style, maybe even Mane too.
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