{"id":1255264,"date":"2022-04-03T13:46:42","date_gmt":"2022-04-03T12:46:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1255264"},"modified":"2022-04-03T13:46:42","modified_gmt":"2022-04-03T12:46:42","slug":"luis-diaz-liverpool-markus-babbel","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/luis-diaz-liverpool-markus-babbel\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cI have not seen this before\u201d \u2014 Markus Babbel labels Luis Diaz\u2019s start to Liverpool career as \u2018abnormal\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Former Liverpool defender Markus Babbel has doubled down on Jurgen Klopp&#8217;s claim that Luis Diaz\u2019s start to his Anfield career has been &#8216;miraculous&#8217;, branding him &#8216;abnormal&#8217;.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Diaz, 25, joined the Merseyside club for an initial \u00a337.5m in January from Porto, whom he represented with distinction for three years, where he established himself as one of the continent&#8217;s most unpredictable and skilful forwards.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-color: transparent; display: block; padding: 0; max-width: 700px;\" title=\"Audioboom player\" src=\"https:\/\/embeds.audioboom.com\/posts\/8058957\/embed\/v4?image_option=full\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The talismanic Colombian has needed little time acclimatising to the demands of Premier League football, taking to the division like a duck to water, where he has so far bagged two goals in six games and dazzled the Liverpool faithful with fleet-footed exhibitions of skill and creativity.<\/p>\n<p>His early impression has been such that Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp recently lauded his influence as &#8216;miraculous&#8217;, and ex-Red Babbel has now echoed the sentiment, suggesting the creative <i lang=\"es\">Cafetero\u00a0<\/i>has been in &#8216;abnormal&#8217; form on Merseyside during these formative stages of his career in red.<\/p>\n<p><span>Speaking to Squawka (<\/span><span>courtesy of\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bet365.com\/#\/HO\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bet365<\/a><span>), Babbel said: <\/span>\u201cI was thinking \u2018this is not normal what he is doing\u2019.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><strong>Bet365 welcome offer: How to get up to \u00a350 in free bets<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Open an account (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/go\/bet365-sports?q=uk-all-con-mab-s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here&#8217;s a link<\/a>)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Make a qualifying deposit of between \u00a35* and \u00a310*<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Claim the offer to receive five times your deposit in &#8216;Free Bets&#8217;.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>\u00a0To release your &#8216;Free Bets&#8217;, place qualifying bets to the value of the your qualifying deposit and allow those bets to settle.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Your &#8216;Free Bets&#8217; will become available shortly after your qualifying bets have settled<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>To use your &#8216;Free Bets&#8217;, select &#8216;Use bet credits in the bet slip&#8217;.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/go\/bet365-sports?q=uk-all-cso-mab-s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/imstore.bet365affiliates.com\/?AffiliateCode=365_00991869&amp;CID=757&amp;DID=380&amp;TID=1&amp;PID=149&amp;LNG=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"320\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>18+ only. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gambleaware.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Be Gamble Aware<\/a>. Time limits and Ts&amp;Cs apply (see above and Bet365&#8217;s sign-up page).<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&#8220;From the first day, he has been performing like he&#8217;s played for Liverpool the past 10 years. He has been on fire.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo yes, it has been miraculous. I have not seen this before where a player has moved in the winter window \u2014 where you don\u2019t get a pre-season \u2014 and been this fantastic.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He is a top player for Liverpool.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Since making his Premier League debut in Liverpool&#8217;s 2-0 win over Leicester at the start of February, Diaz has played like a man possessed, and the numbers back up his lightning start in front of the Kop. In that timeframe, Diaz has completed more take-ons than any other Liverpool player (15), registered the second-most touches in the opposition box (46), behind only Mohamed Salah (79) and is one of just two players to win double-digit fouls for the club (10).<\/p>\n<p>And Diaz makes a quick return to Portugal as Liverpool face Benfica in the Champions League quarter-finals, with the first leg taking place in Lisbon on Tuesday night. The capital club were perhaps breathing a sigh of relief when Diaz left their <em>Tres Grandes<\/em> rivals, but they will once again tussle with him, looking to inflict a first-ever Benfica defeat on his CV. 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