Liverpool: Luis Diaz's epic pace with the ball at his feet during West Ham win

Luis Diaz has hit the ground running as a Liverpool player.

While there’s never been any doubt about the Colombian’s supreme talent, it can’t have been easy for anybody arriving at Anfield with the hope of breaking into Jurgen Klopp’s legendary front three.

With the 25-year-old almost exclusively playing on the left wing during his FC Porto days, there were many Kopites who feared that he wouldn’t get a sniff competing with Sadio Mane.

But alas, Diaz has made a quicker start than even the likes of Andrew Robertson, Fabinho and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, who were famously integrated into the starting XI at a snail’s pace by Klopp.

The dazzling winger has already completed 90 minutes in the famous red jersey on four occasions and opened his Premier League goalscoring account during the 3-1 win over Norwich City.

However, there’s an argument to be made that Diaz’s finest performance for Liverpool so far came during the 3-1 Premier League win against West Ham United on Saturday evening.

With Mane out of Diaz’s way and playing more centrally, scoring the winning goal in the first-half, the coast was clear for Liverpool’s latest signing to shine in the position that he knows best.

And shine he did because Twitter was flooded with fans, pundits and ex-pros alike waxing lyrical about Diaz’s kinetic performance in which he displayed exactly the type of energy that you love to see from a Liverpool player.

You only have to look at Premier League icon and former Chelsea captain John Terry casually tweeting out: “Diaz is a player,” during the game to get an idea about how much the Colombian star is impressing.

Diaz is a player ⚽️