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Cody Gakpo: How Liverpool ahead developed into essential determine for Arne Slot’s Premier League leaders
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Cody Gakpo: How Liverpool ahead developed into essential determine for Arne Slot’s Premier League leaders

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By Tycoon Herald 8 Min Read Published January 3, 2025
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Cody Gakpo might go into Liverpool’s derby recreation with Manchester United considering what might have been. A unique shade of pink, maybe?

On Boxing Day, the Dutchman celebrated two years since his Liverpool arrival from PSV Eindhoven – although his story would have very completely different had Erik ten Hag efficiently took him to Manchester United earlier in 2022.

“I think it was the summer before that I was in contact with the club and spoke to the manager as well, obviously he’s Dutch,” he informed Sky Sports activities at first of 2024.

“But, at the end it didn’t go through and that’s just it. And in the winter Liverpool came. Best decision for me.”

It appears like some choice. With United coming into Sunday’s recreation at Anfield floundering within the backside half – and forwards Rasmus Hojlund, Joshua Zirkzee and Marcus Rashford struggling for kind, minutes and even appreciation from the house followers – Gakpo has emerged as a key cog in Arne Slot’s league leaders.

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Cody Gakpo: How Liverpool ahead developed into essential determine for Arne Slot’s Premier League leaders

Have a look again at Cody Gakpo’s greatest Liverpool objectives within the Premier League

And though Mohamed Salah has been Liverpool’s star performer in assault this season – there may be completely little question about that – Slot is equally proper to ask the query: The place would his facet be with out Gakpo?

Salah could also be main the scoring and help charts with 37 objective involvements to this point this season. Gakpo, in the meantime, has contributed simply 5 Premier League objectives to Liverpool’s title cost – however just about all of them have been at essential moments.

Three of his objectives have been equalisers with Liverpool 1-0 down and struggling at dwelling. All massive moments, all serving to Liverpool acquire factors, all – coincidentally – in entrance of the Kop.

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The Boxing Day leveller to vary the sport in opposition to Leicester, two extra in opposition to Fulham and Brighton. There was additionally the opener in what was as soon as a title race showdown with Manchester Metropolis. On prime of that, there’s the result-sealing strike over Actual Madrid within the Champions League. He additionally has 4 objectives in three Carabao Cup video games to this point.

All in all, Gakpo’s means to show up for Liverpool in a number of competitions is greatest proven by him averaging essentially the most shot-creation actions per 90 minutes out of any ahead in Slot’s facet. Not even Salah has contributed as a lot as Gakpo throughout the complete board.

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Gakpo’s kind epitomises how Slot has improved this Liverpool crew with no need to show to the switch market. Like different gamers comparable to Luis Diaz and Ryan Gravenberch, the Dutchman appeared a little bit misplaced settling into Liverpool life beneath Jurgen Klopp.

A part of his transformation in the direction of being a key participant is all the way down to his transfer to the left wing. The ahead largely performed in that position at PSV Eindhoven however former Liverpool boss Klopp most well-liked him wherever however there.

It was six months in the past, after Klopp left Liverpool and Gakpo went off to Euro 2024 with the Netherlands, when the 25-year-old discovered his outdated self once more.

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“At the Euros, I played as a left winger again. Then this season the new manager came in, I had a talk with him and he said, ‘you have to focus on the left winger position – this is your position when you come on or when you start’,” mentioned Gakpo earlier this season.

“Because he said there’s a lot of competition here, so you just have to show yourself. But he said, ‘that is going to be your position’.

“It felt a little bit bit, for me, just like the outdated me, like what I did at PSV as effectively. I really feel actually good on this place. I attempt to present my greatest to everyone, what I am able to.

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“I think I come into more one-vs-ones now with my face towards the opponent, where I can really go inside and give a cross, shoot or go outside and give a cross – which is more my game, I would say, and where I think I can be really dangerous and help the team the most.”

Gakpo has developed into an actual clutch participant for Liverpool, however that is turning into an actual crunch time for Arne Slot’s Reds.

With eight video games in January and a few tough challenges forward, the Dutchman could also be wanted greater than ever if Liverpool are to fly excessive throughout all competitions.

Watch Liverpool vs Man Utd reside on Sky Sports activities Premier League this Sunday, kick-off 4.30pm. Stream the sport with a NOW TV go.

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