{"id":9352,"date":"2022-02-13T09:12:20","date_gmt":"2022-02-13T14:12:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/02\/13\/why-diogo-jota-was-benched-for-liverpool-vs-burnley\/"},"modified":"2022-02-13T09:12:20","modified_gmt":"2022-02-13T14:12:20","slug":"why-diogo-jota-was-benched-for-liverpool-vs-burnley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/02\/13\/why-diogo-jota-was-benched-for-liverpool-vs-burnley\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Diogo Jota was benched for Liverpool vs Burnley"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>An explanation for Diogo Jota dropping to the bench for Liverpool\u2019s meeting with Burnley has been provided.<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool are set to take on Burnley at Turf Moor very shortly.<\/p>\n<p>Before kick off, the Reds released their starting line-up, which had a noticeable omission in the form of Diogo Jota:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u2b50   \u2b50<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s how we line up for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BURLIV?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BURLIV<\/a> this afternoon <\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Liverpool FC (@LFC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LFC\/status\/1492846022963388417?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 13, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nJota has been one of Liverpool\u2019s standout performers of late, and was one of the main reasons why the Reds\u2019 form did not drop off massively when they lost Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah for over a month due to the African Cup of Nations.<\/p>\n<p>So, Jota being benched so soon after the pair\u2019s return did seem somewhat harsh. However, Jota dropping to the bench was actually injury-related, with the forward having picked up a dead leg in midweek vs Leicester City:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Diogo Jota picked up a dead leg midweek, the reason he drops to the bench. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LFC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ben Dinnery (@BenDinnery) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BenDinnery\/status\/1492849410828603393?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 13, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Burnley vs Liverpool<\/h2>\n<p>Liverpool head into their clash with Burnley still looking to make up ground on league leaders, Manchester City.<\/p>\n<p>The Reds are currently 12 points behind City, but that gap would be reduced to six if Klopp\u2019s men win their games in hand.<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool have won three of their last five Premier League outings, with a shock 1-0 loss to Leicester back in December having marked just a second defeat of the season across all competitions.<\/p>\n<p>As for Burnley, they have won just one league game all campaign, and are currently bottom of the English top-flight with 14 points from 20 games.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, a handy win for Liverpool looks very likely this weekend.<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/live-streaming-match-previews\/atalanta-bc-vs-juventus-turin-live-streaming-watch-serie-a-online-2\/\">Atalanta BC vs Juventus Turin live streaming: Watch Serie A online<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/live-streaming-match-previews\/fc-metz-vs-olympique-marseille-live-streaming-watch-ligue-1-online-2\/\">FC Metz vs Olympique Marseille live streaming: Watch Ligue 1 online<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An explanation for Diogo Jota dropping to the bench for Liverpool\u2019s meeting with Burnley has been provided. Liverpool are set to take on Burnley at Turf Moor very shortly. Before kick off, the Reds released their starting line-up, which had a noticeable omission in the form of Diogo Jota: \u2b50 \u2b50 Here\u2019s how we line [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[13,14],"class_list":["post-9352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","category-sport","tag-football","tag-soccer","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9352","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9352"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9352\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}