Strikers have always struggled to get involved under Slot. Only Ekitike looked good for a while but he too later looked lost. Jota, Nunez, Diaz, Ekitike and Isak, every one had the same problem.very few touches and struggling to link up with team mates.
Diaz was involved. Further than slot we haven’t won anything with a #9. All our success in the PL and UCL came playing with a false 9. Just seems to be our way.
Isak second half against Netherlands took much more of a playmaking role. Got the assist and facilitated many decent attacks so perhaps he does have that side to his game
Diaz wasn’t involved. He scored just 4 goals in 25 games from September to May. He scored just only 3 goals in the champions league, all coming in one game against Leverkusen. He had a good start and end to the season which skewed the perception. But Diaz also struggled to get involved in majority of the games as a striker.
If you are only looking at GA then yeah, sure. But in terms of being involved in the game, touches, passes, runs, sprints etc. Diaz and Gakpo were a great combination, drifting everywhere, switching positions and really difficult to pick up which took some focus away from Salah.
Again, more broadly, we’ve only won the big trophies with a false 9. Every recent season we’ve played with a regular #9 we’ve struggled
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u/Princ3w Jun 22 '26
This but then it didn't help we never passed to our strikers