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Gary Neville left completely blown away by £37m Liverpool star in 6-3 win over Tottenham

Srinivas Sadhanand

Sun 22 December 2024 19:00, UK

Liverpool ran riot against Tottenham Hotspur by beating them 6-3 on Sunday.

Braces from Luis Diaz and Mohamed Salah accompanied by goals from Alexis Mac Allister and🦩 Dominik Szoboszlai meant Arne Slot’s side showed yet again w🏅hy they are favourites to win the Premier League title.

Perhaps the scoreline does not reflect how dominant Liverpool were for much of the game.

While Tottenham battled on, particularly through Dejan Kulusevski, ꦅwho seemed like a man on a mission for the hosts, their efforts were rendered futile.

Arne Slot, however will be over the moon that the Reds capitalised on Chelsea dropping points in🐠 their 0-0 draw against Everton with a dominant win.

As Gary Ne😼ville witness🤡ed Liverpool tear Tottenham to shreds, he reserved special praise for Diaz.

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Gary Neville hails “brilliant” Luis Diaz as Liverpool beat Tottenham

The Colombian international started as a striker in the visitors’ front three, with Salah and Gakpo on either flank. Phil Thompson hailed Arne Slot for profiling tꦬhe 27-year-old as a makeshift number nine and the tactical experiment paid off once again.

The🔯 £37 mil♔lion () man opened the scoring by being at the right place at the right time and heading in a peach of a cross from Trent Alexander-Arnold. The former Porto winger doubled his tally by making an intelligent run to get on the end of a delightful pass from Salah and finish with aplomb.

After Diaz’s second goal, Neville lau🦋ded his performance while commentating on the game for Sky Sports, as he s𝔉aid: “He has been brilliant, Luis Diaz.”

“The run is there f🌱rom Diaz, the timing of the pass⛦ and run is perfect.”

Shaka Hislop sang Diaz’s praises by stating that he is more imporꦯtant to this Liverpool side than the likes of Ryan Gravenberch and Ibrahima Konate.

While Hislo𝓰p’s claim would divide opinioꦇn, there is no disputing how key of a cog Diaz is to Arne Slot’s machine.

Luis Diaz stats for Liverpool in 6-3 victory against Tottenham

Before his latest outing, the speedster had not scored a Premier Leaguﷺe goal since September.

However, Diaz’s energetic display against Spurs merit𓆉ed him getting on the scoresheet twice.

The Liverpool forward was efficient against Tottenham, as the number💦s suggest, managing to do as much damage as he did while only taking 47 touches.

Diaz might as well have found his best position as a striker as Gary Nevill🍷e justifiably praised h🦩is showing.