Diogo Jota Scout Report At Liverpool 2021/2022: How Jota Is Becoming An Integral Cog In The Liverpool Machine – Player Analysis

Diogo Jota arrived at Anfield last summer from fellow Premier League club Wolves for £45 million.

Jota’s career is an interesting one.

He started off at Pacos De Ferreira, where he was impressive.

Subsequently, he got a move to Atletico Madrid, where he never made an appearance.

He had two loan moves, firstly with Porto and then Wolves, where he later made his deal permanent.

His move to Merseyside came as a shock to Liverpool fans, with some questioning whether he was of the calibre required to play for Liverpool.

Last season, Jota made 19 appearances and scored nine goals in all competitions.

He slowly started to learn the Klopp system and settle at Liverpool.

This season, he has really hit the ground running, with nine league goals in 16 appearances and a goal in the UEFA Champions League.

Jota has benefited from Roberto Firmino’s injuries this season and has taken the chance with both hands.

Jota is the second-highest league goalscorer, just behind Mohamed Salah.

Salah has taken some of the attention away from Diogo Jotas brilliant season as he becomes one of the best attackers in Europe.

The Liverpool front three has been one of the best units in football in recent years, and finding a way into it was always going to be difficult.

This scout report and tactical analysis aim to unpick the reasoning behind Jota’s ability to do so.

Diogo Jota Positioning

So far this season, Jota has mainly featured through the middle for Liverpool.

However, he is tactically versatile and is comfortable playing anywhere in that Liverpool front three.

This is shown by his heat map this season, with his body of play being in two areas, centrally as a striker and as an inside forward on the left-hand side.

Liverpool also tends to move Salah centrally and Jota out to the left, depending on the opposition.

Despite featuring across the front line, the bulk of Jota’s goal-scoring has come when he plays through the middle.

He thrives off crosses into the box, which we will look at in a moment.

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