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Diogo Jota is back
If the first three months of the new campaign are anything to go by, then he might just be better than ever.
Jota's unfortunate end to 2022 would culminate in October when a Man-of-the-Match performance in a 1-0 victory over Manchester City was curtailed by his injury-time departure on a stretcher.
The 26-year-old had suffered a serious calf injury and would miss the following month's World Cup in Qatar, as well as a further three months of action for Liverpool.
Upon his return in February, Jota was eager to make up for lost time. But the reality that such a plan might not be possible was abundantly clear
Such troubles were spotlighted in the eight Premier League outings in which Jota appeared - before the 6-1 trouncing of Leeds United in April - in which he failed to find the back of the net
the need to add facets to his game during the longest barren spell of his Premier League career has made Jota a more complete performer this time around.
It's no wonder he has started seven of the 11 Premier League games he has been available for this campaign.
Compared to his exceptional 21/22 campaign in fact, Jota is averaging (per 90) more touches (48 vs 41), carries into the final third (4.65 vs 2.82), key passes (1.70 vs 1.52) and interceptions (0.46 vs 0.26).
It makes it no wonder that this term there have been no such hardships for Jota who has quietly gone about his work at Anfield impressively
It's now only Mohamed Salah who boasts a better minute-to-goal ratio than Jota at Liverpool this season
the Reds' No.20's rate of 0.82 per 90 falling just behind Salah's remarkable 0.86.
Alongside Salah, Gakpo, Luis Diaz and Darwin Nunez, Jota is part of a well-oiled forward machine at Anfield that has already tallied 35 goals in all competitions.
with Jota enjoying arguably the finest form of his Anfield career, who knows what this season will bring for the Portuguese forward?
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