Liverpool miss out on millions as Luis Diaz makes first start

Liverpool secured a 2-0 Premier League win over Leicester City in Luis Diaz’s first start for the club, as the Reds have lost out on millions after Xherdan Shaqiri’s latest move

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New signing Luis Diaz made his first start in a Liverpool shirt on Thursday night as the Reds secured a 2-0 win over Leicester City.

Diogo Jota struck twice to seal the win in front of a buoyant Anfield crowd as they welcomed Mohamed Salah back from the Africa Cup of Nations.

But it was Diaz whose performance particularly caught the eye, with ex-Reds player Michael Owen said he was left ‘drooling’ at the player’s performance.

The game was full of talking points as Jota’s importance was underlined by his double.

It comes as the club has missed out on millions following Xherdan Shaqiri’s transfer to Chicago Fire.

Here are Mirror Football’s latest Liverpool headlines.

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Leicester talking points

Diogo Jota struck his 100th goal in club football as the Reds beat Leicester City at Anfield on Thursday night.

The Portugal international put his side in the lead with a close-range strike after Foxes goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel could only parry Virgil Van Dijk’s header.

His smart shot on the turn found its way under the Denmark international to wrap up the win late on.

The game was full of talking points, including Salah’s return and Diaz’s Anfield bow, and Mirror Football has taken a look at them all.

Read the full story here.

Liverpool miss out on millions

Xherdan Shaqiri’s transfer to Chicago Fire from Lyon has led to Liverpool missing out on millions.

The Swiss midfielder only left Anfield last summer as he sealed his £5million switch to the Ligue 1 side.

But things have not worked out as expected for him in France and he’s already made a swift exit.

But due to the structure of his move from Liverpool, the Reds will now miss out on millions of performance-related bonuses they were due from his move to Lyon.

Read the full story here.

Luis Diaz report

Michael Owen was left ‘drooling’ at Luis Diaz’s performance against Leicester City as the Reds new signing got his first start for the club in front of the Anfield crowd.

Diaz was unfortunate not to get himself on the scoresheet as he spurned a number of good opportunities.

It means the Colombian will have to wait for his first Liverpool goal, but that didn’t stop ex-player Owen heaping praise on the winger’s performance.

And Owen believes Diaz already ‘suits the red shirt’ of Liverpool after flashes of brilliance during his first Premier LEague start.

Read the full story here.