Jurgen Klopp has set Liverpool winger Luis Diaz the target of scoring “10-15 goals” this season while urging the Colombian winger to draw inspiration from former Reds forward Sadio Mane. Klopp insisted he has no doubts that Diaz will soon discover his goalscoring touch having struggling to find the net on a regular basis despite dazzling since joining from Porto back in January.
The forward has notched just six goals in 28 appearances since arriving at Anfield at the turn of the year, despite his consistently influential displays for the Reds. Diaz squandered two glorious opportunities in Liverpool’s Premier League opener against Fulham last week, but despite that, Klopp called for calm, insisting the goals will come.
Initially opening up on the expectation for the number of goals Diaz could score this season, Klopp declared: “Oh definitely he can get 10-15 goals this season. That is his quality. We need to see, but of course that is his potential.”
The Reds boss then cited Mane as an example of someone who needed time to settle into Liverpool’s system before exploding with regards to his goals return. Prior to his move to Anfield, Mane had never got near 20 goals in a season for either RB Salzburg or Southampton. However, after a season of settling in, the Senegalese striker hit double figures in four out of five of his remaining years with the Reds, including 26 in 2018-19.
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