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The beaming smile that lit up Diogo Jota's face after just 45 minutes alongside Alexis Mac Allister was rather telling.
No sooner had Liverpool's new £35m midfielder threaded an eye-of-the-needle ball for Jota to score, then the No.20 being quizzed about the talents of the Argentine
Jota:
"I really like these kinds of players," beamed Jota. "They just see these passes. I just need to make the run and he will make it. I think I will link up very well with him."
The Portuguese forward was in Liverpool's second-half XI that took to the Wildparkstadion turf on Wednesday
For Jota, Wednesday night couldn't have been more dissimilar to the events of 12 months ago when he was deprived of a pre-season schedule after suffering a relapse of a hamstring
This time around, however, the former Wolverhampton Wanderers, Atletico Madrid and FC Porto forward will be looking to make up for the stop-start campaign he endured at Anfield last term.
Jota added
"This was our first game of the season," added Jota. "It's about getting full fitness, giving our best in the moments, pressing, and trying to get some ideas on the ball.
"Goals obviously help, the team feels more confident, the players that score, like me, even more. That's what pre-season is all about, it's building that confidence and building that fitness into the season."
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