Neil Mellor says ‘magnificent’ Liverpool player is back to his frightening best

Neil Mellor believes Luis Diaz returned to his best self during Liverpool’s 4-2 win over Newcastle United at the start of the week.

The Colombian international was ‘influential throughout’, winning a first-half penalty and proving to be a thorn in the Magpies’ side otherwise.

“It felt as though Luis Diaz was back to the Luis Diaz that we’ve known, he was really influential throughout the game,” the former Red spoke on LFCTV’s Review Show.

The former FC Porto man was unfortunate to leave the clash without putting his name on the scoresheet after a marginal offside call for Darwin Nunez chalked off what would have been the Reds’ opener.