Liverpool news: Virgil van Dijk compares Luis Diaz to ex-Reds star as Darwin Nunez shows selfless side

Arne Slot's Liverpool look connected people to situation connected aggregate fronts for the full play aft continuing their awesome consistency by thumping Bundesliga giants Bayer Leverkusen 4-0 successful the Champions League

Liverpool continued their scintillating caller signifier by thumping Bundesliga champions Bayer Leverkusen 4-0 astatine Anfield successful the Champions League connected Tuesday nighttime - making it 11 wins from their past 12 matches.

The Reds were rampant against Xabi Alonso's broadside arsenic Luis Diaz scored a 2nd fractional hat-trick, with Cody Gakpo connected people again to support his goalscoring run.

Arne Slot's squad look connected people to situation connected aggregate fronts for the full play aft showing awesome consistency and adjacent invited Aston Villa to Anfield connected Saturday. After different enjoyable evening for Liverpool, Mirror Football has taken a look astatine the biggest headlines coming retired of the club.

Van Dijk compares Diaz to iconic Reds forward

Luis Diaz was the leader against Leverkusen this week arsenic helium inspired Liverpool to a thumping triumph implicit a squad that went unbeaten successful the Bundesliga past play - scoring a hat-trick to instrumentality his extremity tally to 9 goals successful each competitions.

Diaz is becoming much and much influential for the Reds - having scored 13 times past play - and nine skipper Virgil van Dijk believes helium is resembling different cardinal guardant that excelled for the nine successful Sadio Mane.

Mane was a cult fig astatine Anfield arsenic helium inspired the nine to the rubric and Champions League, netting 120 goals on the way, and Van Dijk said determination were similarities to the Senegalese star.

"Yeah, I deliberation we’ve seen that implicit the past mates of years with Sadio playing arsenic a No 9 and drifting successful antithetic positions, truthful I deliberation the players tin bash harm everywhere.

"Obviously for him, I’m precise pleased for him to get this archetypal Champions League hat-trick of his career. I deliberation he’s an astonishing player, similar the remainder of the guys."

Nunez displays his selfless side

It hasn't been the easiest of seasons for Darwin Nunez - the £85m Uruguayan guardant - truthful it's to his recognition helium enactment the squad up of himself individually successful the triumph implicit Leverkusen.

The 25-year-old, who lone has 2 goals successful each competitions, came connected for the past 10 minutes against the German outfit and had to ticker connected arsenic Diaz and Gakpo some grabbed the goals - with Mohamed Salah besides playing a important role.

But Nunez earned recognition from fans aft celebrating Diaz's treble connected societal media aft the game, reposting a tweet from Liverpool authoritative relationship hailing the Colombian prima and utilizing a occurrence emoji.

Nunez has struggled to get successful the squad this season, starting 3 times and coming disconnected the seat connected 4 occasions successful the Premier League - but Slot insisted determination was thing to interest astir for the striker.

"I conscionable said thing astir Darwin Nunez," helium said. "In the Premier League and the Champions League, you person to play truthful galore games astatine the highest level and it's not ever imaginable for each subordinate to play each game, particularly successful definite positions."

Alonso makes feelings wide connected Liverpool

Xabi Alonso volition beryllium remembered arsenic a leader for Liverpool fans aft winning 4 trophies with the Reds - including that iconic 2005 Champions League final.

And it's wide the Bayer Leverkusen brag is inactive incredibly fond of the nine aft touching the celebrated "This is Anfield" motion not once, but doubly arsenic helium made his mode down the passageway earlier the crippled and up of the 2nd half.

The Spaniard is 1 of the astir highly-rated coaches successful Europe aft his unthinkable rubric triumph with Leverkusen and portion his broadside were good beaten astatine Liverpool, his classy motion volition person gone down good among the Reds faithful.

When asked earlier the crippled however helium felt astir returning to Anfield - 25 years aft leaving the nine for Real Madrid successful 2009 - helium said: "We volition see, I volition archer you aft the crippled however I feel. There volition beryllium a infinitesimal for everything, but the main happening is not me. It's the players, however we woody with the emotions you person successful this stadium."

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