Diogo Jota has jokingly shared his relief that Liverpool are unlikely to face Real Madrid in Europe this season.
While Jota concedes playing in the tournament is a ‘downgrade’, the forward has set his sights on winning the competition.
Jota
“They (Real Madrid) can somehow finish third in their group and still be in our way. Since I came to Liverpool, I’ve always got knocked out by Real Madrid, so hopefully they’re not there!”
Jota ultimately went over a year without scoring for Liverpool. But a return to form saw him return seven goals from the Reds’ final nine games of the season
While not overly superstitious, Jota has put such a streak down to a change of boots, having doomed Adidas’ new orange X Speedportal footwear for the first time when breaking his duck with a brace against Leeds United.
Jota:
“I never scored with the previous boots and it’s a psychological thing if you’re a striker – ‘Maybe it’s the boots I need to change’,” he said. “Then you score and everything feels fine."
“They’re just tools, but when you look at them, they give you different feelings.
“I try not to (be superstitious), because it gives you a lot of work to have everything always the same. Then, if one of those things doesn’t happen for whatever reason, you’re already 1-0 down.
“But if the boots feel nice and you’re scoring... I remember Karim Benzema wearing the same ones – it’s hard to argue when you’re scoring.”
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