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Liverpool winger Luis Diaz hails Klopp as 'incredible, humble and down-to-earth'

Liverpool attacker Luis Diaz has hailed Jurgen Klopp as 'incredible'.

The Colombian has settled in seamlessly at Liverpool since his move from Porto in January.

And Diaz has been encouraged by Klopp's methods since arriving at Anfield.

"The manager? Incredible! That's a single word you can use for him from the short time we've spent working together," he said.

"He's a very humble, down-to-earth person, very calm. He tries to ensure all his players are happy, and for me that's very important.

"At the start, I think it was more about him telling me what I've been doing up to now. He was trying to put across to me that all it was about was for me to keep doing what I've been used to.

"He wanted me to know that I'd been performing very well up to now and that I should just try to keep on doing more of the same. To play my football with joy and happiness, while obviously incorporating the preferred tactical plans and instructions into my game.

"The most important thing for me is to help the team and to keep going in the same style that I've started, and to keep working hard in training just the same as ever, so I can achieve big things here, which I want the most."

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