Excellent news for Portuguese international Diogo Jota

This Monday, Portuguese international Diogo Jota returned to training after an absence of a month and a half.

There were two new faces this Monday morning at Liverpool training. Like the Brazilian goalkeeper Alisson, Diogo Jota was indeed one of the great novelties of this Monday's session. This was carried out in preparation for the next European meeting of the Liverpool Reds, scheduled to face Girona in the Champions League.

Diogo Jota back soon

If he was present with the rest of the group this Monday, Diogo Jota should not be used by Arne Slot this Tuesday evening, in the Champions League. For good reason, the Portuguese international has just returned from an absence of a month and a half, due to a rib injury.

The return to competition is still imminent for the former Wolves player, who was stopped in his tracks last October. Before his injury, the Portuguese international had scored six goals in his first 10 appearances of the season.

A place to regain?

Despite the absence of their striker Diogo Jota, the Reds did not give up. At the dawn of the sixteenth day of the Premier League, Arne Slot's men are still at the top of the English championship, with no less than 11 wins in 14 matches. A success also illustrated by a great series of victories on the European scene.

The English club is in fact the only one to have won all of its first five matches in the Champions League, and therefore sits at the top of the standings in the competition. As the match between Liverpool and Girona approaches this Tuesday evening, everything seems to be going well for Liverpool. It remains to be seen whether Diogo Jota will manage to regain a major role within this team, which is obviously already doing very well without him.

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