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With nine minutes on the clock in the second-half and with the Reds 2-0 up, Diogo Jota had the perfect chance to kill the game.

After doing well to take Ryan Gravenberch’s through ball into his path and side-step the flying challenge of Emmanuel Agbadou, Jota had only Jose Sa to beat.

Instead of slotting the ball home for 3-0, though, the Liverpool forward threw himself to the ground without any contact at all.



And as it turns out, the No.20 is not a first time offender.

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January 1st 2024 seems a long, long time ago.

All was well with the Reds, but after blowing Newcastle away 4-2 on home turf, Jota was subject to criticism from Alan Shearer.

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Shearer called Jota ‘f—— embarrassing‘ after the Portuguese had gone down for a penalty under minimal contact from Martin Dubravka, despite being clean through with the goal at his mercy.

Ian Wright agreed, taking to X to back up his old England teammate.

But after seeing him take a tumble against Wolves, now we’re not so sure.

While it may seem harsh to come out against Jota here, we really would love to see him stop this kind of unnecessary risk-taking.

“Would I rather put the ball in the net than see Mo take a penalty?

Jota had a clear chance to kill the game and ensure a smooth second-half for Liverpool.

For whatever reason, he chose to pass that up.

It did not come back to bite Liverpool this time around, but in a title race these things can be the difference.
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