Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp admits Diogo Jota is now a main leader in his squad.
Klopp says the Portugal striker is a "decisive" performer for the Reds.
He said, "His football brain, he is a very smart footballer, that's how it is. He understands the game particularly well.
"I really think Portugal is blessed with some of these kind of players who really understand the game on a different level – and he is one of them, definitely. It gives him a chance to see situations slightly earlier, to adapt to different things the opponent is doing a little bit quicker. That's it, on top of that he is both-footed and a great finisher.
"I love Diogo's story, now he is back and I hope he is back for the next 10 years and stuff like this, all of that, but Diogo missed chances as well, that's how it is. That he comes back and scores with the first he has is fantastic, but then it's always the story that the others didn't score and now he is coming back… 'Finally Diogo is scoring!'
"It's not about that, it's about creating, it's about coming into situations and then they all can score. The goal from Darwin was an exceptional goal and in a game where we obviously had a lot of possession, a lot of fantastic football moments, the [first] goal we scored was from outside of the box with the first touch into the far corner, probably the most difficult of all situations we had in the whole game. It was a super finish.
"Then, yes, later Diogo closed the game, it was really good, but we need these boys and we need Diogo. Believe it or not, if you are a Liverpool player you must be a pretty special player otherwise you are not there. It's as easy as that. These boys have all their real qualities and always had. In the moment, for these last few games even when the results were not always outstanding, we found a good rhythm.
"We had a good rhythm in the game, good fluidity, which is really important, didn't get too often in a rush and really played in the way we wanted the boys to play and that's helpful. It's just helpful because it gives you a good feeling in the game, which is really important.
"You would probably call it momentum and for that you need to be connected, you need to be connected in the right moments. If you are connected you can lose balls because you can win them back quickly and all these kind of things. The rhythm was quite good recently."
