Michael Owen has admitted that Luis Diaz – the Liverpool hero against Benfica – may not start against Manchester City as he first predicted.Liverpool’s January signing from Porto starred on Tuesday in his first appearance back in Portugal. He got an assist for Sadio Mane’s goal in the Champions League quarter-final, before handing the Reds a crucial 3-1 lead at the death.
Ibrahima Konate had opened the scoring from an Andy Robertson corner before Mane’s second.
Trent Alexander-Arnold’s ball was magnificent to find Diaz, who headed onto Mane to make it 2-0 to Liverpool.
Benfica hit back through Darwin Nunez and the visitors became sloppy as they were put under more pressure. However, Diaz scored at the death to restore Liverpoo …
- April 6, 2022
