After his bad moment with Colombia, will Luis Diaz start against Everton?

Luis Diaz did not give interviews after the match between Colombia and Ecuador in which he missed a penalty and remained silent also in his social networks, even knowing that he was trending because of the tense discussion between those who defend him for what he contributed before the ruling and those who criticize him for the lack of effectiveness he had both in the game against Ecuador and against Uruguay in Barranquilla. Lucho only reappeared on Thursday. Through its official account, Liverpool published the moment when the Colombian arrives at the AXA Center facilities and meets face to face with Jürgen Klopp, who gave him a warm welcome hug.

After greeting his boss, Diaz made his way to the gymnasium of the sports venue, but not before throwing a smile at the camera that followed his every step back in England to prepare for the next Premier League game. The Reds will be back in action this Saturday in another edition of the Merseyside derby against Everton. The match is scheduled for 6:30 a.m. (Colombia time) with less than four days rest for Luis Diaz, who also faced a 10-hour-plus journey back to the city.

If what happened after the September double-header is anything to go by, the Colombian would start the game from the bench and only play in the second half if needed. Liverpool are coming off the back of a 2-2 draw with Brighton in the last game before the international break, meaning that beating their arch-rivals is almost a must. Right now, Klopp's team is in fourth place in the league with 17 points, the result of five wins, two draws and just one defeat, the one that ended in controversy due to the VAR ruling on Diaz's goal against Tottenham.

<strong>Luis Diaz would be a starter</strong>

With the derby against the Toffees over, Liverpool will have to focus on the third round of the Europa League group stage. On Thursday next week they will host Toulouse of France at Anfield, where the top of Group E will be at stake. The player is still indebted to the national team shirt. Luis Diaz had an opaque double elimination day: he missed an incredible goal in the game against Uruguay and wasted a penalty in the game against Ecuador. He left blank, without a goal and without being able to show his usual football, the one that took him to Liverpool, where today he is able to express his game much better and has better records than those achieved with the Colombian national team. Diaz is a different player in Liverpool, where he is a starter and shows in the Premier League his best level, although he still does not reach the maximum performance expected of him this season.