Jota has hailed the powerful display from Cameron Carter-Vickers after Celtic kept their treble dreams alive by beating Rangers 1-0 in the Scottish Cup semi-final on Sunday. The World Cup-winning defender still had the temerity to complain. This description of being a handful can be applied in equal measure to either Jota. Within 30 seconds of kick-off, Nicolas Raskin saw a shot deflected narrowly wide of Joe Harts goal. We made an error, again, in a moment and conceded. Time will tell. Diogo Jota is the subject of a popular Liverpool terrace song, but thankfully it does not follow the formula that prescribes theres only one of him. The galling thing for Rangers is that a Celtic performance no better than moderate in level was sufficient to beat them. Liverpool manager Jrgen Klopp equaled a record against Tottenham, while Trent Alexander-Arnold achieved a feat that has eluded some Premier League greats. Rangers have tasted victory only once in the past nine stagings of this derby. Jota wasted no time in showcasing his talents at his new club, reaching double figures in goals after just 21 appearances despite his debut season being interrupted by a knee injury sustained in December that ruled him out for around three months. Liverpool scored a memorable stoppage-time winner to beat Tottenham 4-3 on Sunday, but Trent Alexander-Arnold's 'top sides' comments point to a key transfer need. After Morelos was substituted in the closing stages, Rangers played without an orthodox centreforward. Subs: Ralston (6), Mooy (6), Iwata (6), Haksabanovic (6), Oh (5). Jota is a former Portugal youth international, representing his country at various levels, including the under-17 team that won the 2016 European Championship, the under-19 team that won the 2018 European Championship and the under-21 team that finished as runners-up at the 2021 European Championship. As reported by Record, Jota will sign for four seasons with Celtic. . Virgil van Dijk prevented Son Heung-min converting a Kane pass when hacking clear in front of his goalline after the striker had cut inside Ibrahima Konat and fired low past Alisson. Salah had missed his previous two penalties, against Bournemouth and Arsenal, but made no mistake this time, swiping the spot-kick down the middle of Forsters goal. Liverpool have completed the signing of Portugal forward Diogo Jota from Wolves in a 41m deal that could rise to 45m with add-ons. You can talk about mistakes but we instigate mistakes because the boys never switch off, Postecoglou said. One fan said: "You know it, Filipe bossed it today. Klopp has now settled on a midfield three which includes the 22-year-old. And at just 23, the one currently plying his trade north of the border could yet turn into an interesting proposition for Liverpool. On 18 October 2018, he made his debut for the first team in a 30 away win over Sertanense in the third round of the Taa de Portugal. A banner flying over Merseyside also referred to the Major League Baseball and National Hockey League teams FSG own. [31], Jota earned 73 caps and scored 26 goals for Portugal across all youth levels, starting with a 21 win for the under-15 team against Switzerland in Campo Maior on 10 June 2014. ". Beales acceptance of a need for seismic change looks like a positive step. It's the #SuperBowl weekend! ", Another used said: "Hope this isnt a sign. Diogo Jota saved Liverpool from embarrassment on Sunday afternoon as the Reds forward scored a last-minute winner to earn his side all three points despite being 3-0 ahead in the Jota is the hero as Celtic advance to the Scottish Cup final. So, if you hear a very familiar sounding chant the next time you tune in to watch Liverpool in the Premier League, this is why. Up in the directors box Spurs chairman Daniel Levy could barely look at his teams latest shambolic collapse. [18] He made his return from injury on 17 January 2022, in a 20 home win over Hibernian. This time on the right wing, Maeda pounced on a loose ball as the Rangers team completely fell asleep, nicking in ahead of Borna Barisic. View our online Press Pack. "We played our football when we needed to, we defended really strong when we needed to which was underpinned by the unbelievable work ethic this group has. "I'm bitterly disappointed. This service is provided on News Group Newspapers' Limited's Standard Terms and Conditions in accordance with our Privacy & Cookie Policy. Gary Neville co-commentated on the match for Sky Sports. Ian MacNicol/Getty Images. Diogo Jos Teixeira da Silva (born 4 December 1996), known as Diogo Jota, [note 1] is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a forward or winger for Premier League club Liverpool and the Portugal national team . But then, bizarrely, the visitors burst into life and created enough opportunities to have drawn level by half-time with Liverpool easing off. But, with Beale's side growing more desperate with the clock counting down, Celtic sat deeper and absorbed the pressure to see out the game. Barcelona manager Xavi Hernandez has left the press in no doubt about who he will be supporting in the Copa del Rey final on Saturday evening, as Real Madrid take Dont sing it Jurgen Klopp surprisingly asks Liverpool fans to stop singing song during matches. Despite having the second biggest budget in the country and by a significant margin Rangers have won fewer domestic honours than St Johnstone in the past decade. He previously said: "Every time I watch Celtic, I consider it (signing for them). But only just. Have something to tell us about this article? He used his post-match media duties to talk of the biggest rebuild this club has seen in a number of years in the next transfer window. Celtic fans have an anxious wait to see whether our Jota will sign permanently. "We miss the next one with Diogo," Jrgen Klopp said post-match. @AlisonGConroy. Jota started his career with Paos de Ferreira, before signing for La Liga club Atltico Madrid in 2016. [23][24], On 1 July 2022, Celtic triggered Jota's buyout clause of 7.5m (6.4m), signing him on a permanent five-year deal, with Benfica also receiving 30% of a future transfer. Son struck a post after latching on to Diers long ball although was flagged offside. But a strong end to the campaign from Jones will stick in his mind at the start of next season. Jota was the match-winner for the Hoops , heading home from inside the six-yard box just three minutes before half-time, with Ange Postecoglou's side now set to play Inverness Caledonian Thistle in the first weekend of June as the . [25][26] Jota started the 202223 season by closing Celtic's 20 home win against Aberdeen. Don Robertson was drafted in as the match referee after Willie Collum injured himself in the warm-up and took his place as fourth official, before being replaced by John Beaton. It would continue to be a tight and tense closing stage to the match but as the full-time whistle blew it was Celtic who deservedly booked their place in the Scottish Cup final, with a date in the diary for June 3rd against Inverness. Celtic have a player recently chased by Premier League big-hitters and Bayern Munich Only two years ago, Jota's (relatively) low release clause at Benfica set antennae twitching across Europe. Liverpool faces Mason Mount dilemma as new transfer rival emerges amid 'massive' Chelsea decision. So, in the meantime, the new chant has been a huge hit on Twitter, and is inspiring jealous glances from England. Spurs came from behind to almost steal a draw on Merseyside before Diogo Jota netted late on to claim all three points. Porro had tracked Luis Daz into the penalty area even though the Colombia winger was being marked by Cristian Romero. Liverpools defending also left much to be desired but their quality in attack carried them onwards and upwards into fifth, leapfrogging Spurs in the process. CELTIC fans have been loving Scotland skipper Andy Robertson's latest social media post - and reckon it's a subtle bit of celebrating the Hoops' Hampden win over Rangers on Sunday. In the current club Celtic played 2 seasons, during this time he played 76 matches and scored 26 goals . [32], At the 2017 UEFA European Under-19 Championship in Georgia, Jota was part of the Portugal team that finished runners-up to England. [30] He scored his first UEFA Champions League goal on 5 October in a 31 group stage loss to RB Leipzig. Influential candidate to succeed Pep Guardiola at Man City shows Liverpools Xabi Alonso issue. We had our moments, like in previous games against Celtic, but we've fallen short.". Subs: Arfield (7), Sakala (6), Matondo (4), Yilmaz (4), Hagi (4) [8] On his debut on 22 November he came on as a 77th-minute substiutute for scar Plano and scored the final goal of a 31 win at Granada, but he added no more goals in 17 games for the rest of the season, which saw the team relegated. Alisson then produced a fingertip save to prevent an angled drive from Porro finding the roof of the net. For further details of our complaints policy and to make a complaint please click here. However, following an unusually busy summer of transfer activity at Parkhead, the talented winger could prove to be somewhat of a coup for Celtic. 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Bumped into this guy ". Proud of him and to be in my team because he is definitely someone that I really like to play with.. Jota has hailed the powerful display from Cameron Carter-Vickers after Celtic kept their treble dreams alive by beating Rangers 1-0 in the Scottish Cup semi-final on . "The Sun", "Sun", "Sun Online" are registered trademarks or trade names of News Group Newspapers Limited. Robertson, 29, is a known boyhood Celtic fan and was in the club's academy as a youngster. Before today, the last time Jota scored for Liverpool, it was April. After 15 minutes at Anfield Tottenham were reliving a nightmare. https://t.co/AqVL8AS52X. While he says he's "loving life" at Parkhead, Jota is clearly still maintaining an interest in affairs at his boyhood club. When you watch them and see a packed Celtic Park, as a fan you always have that dream. It had been 372 days and 32 . Referee Paul Tierney only gave a yellow card and VAR chose not to intervene. 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Next five Liverpool fixtures compared to Man United and Tottenham show Champions League reality. Jota has been on the books at Benfica since 2007, when he was eight years old. A first half Jota header was enough to give the Parkhead outfit a 1-0 win and see them through to the Scottish Cup final and edge closer to a domestic treble. How Trent Alexander-Arnold could evolve into Liverpool's midfield influencer. A brainless defensive start was under way. Celtic did themselves justice against Real Madrid. Jota drought finally over. With Rangers' hopes of retaining the Scottish Cup fading, Tavernier saw his shot crash off the post before Sakala fired the rebound into the side-netting. Inexplicably, a batch of their players stopped as the Celtic midfielder Matt ORiley appealed in vain for a free-kick just outside the penalty area. With Ange Postecoglous team only three points from retaining the league title, second-tier Inverness will sit between Celtic and a fifth domestic treble in seven seasons. 2-min read. Virgil van Dijk had to move from Celtic to Southampton before winning a transfer to Anfield and that extra step in his development certainly served him well. But Liverpool's owners FSG have been sent a reminder that they will not be let off the hook. As reported by Daily Mail (via Daily Record), Celtic have identified Bodo/Glimt's Ola Solbakken as an alternative for Jota. Many questioned who the Greek-born Australian was, after producing a lot of his work in the J1 League. There were a lot of balls coming into the box and the two centre-halves were outstanding. Tottenham were beaten 4-3 by a last gasp Diogo Jota goal as Liverpool recovered from a dramatic fightback to seal three Premier League points By Benjamin Goddard 19:30, Sun, Apr 30, 2023 |. Jrgen Klopp has used a new tactic at Liverpool in recent games but it has led to an unfortunate side effect. Referee charity wants points deductions after Jrgen Klopp incident in Liverpool vs Spurs. 0 goals in national team (). The Good, Bad and Ugly: Liverpool made hard work of it to see off Tottenham at Anfield, with a late Diogo Jota goal eventually earning Jrgen Klopp a 4-3 win. Celtic: Hart (7), Johnston (7), Carter-Vickers (9), Starfelt (7), Taylor (7), McGregor (7), Hatate (7), ORiley (7), Jota (8), Maeda (9), Kyogo (6) Jones has now started the last six matches for Liverpool after returning from a couple of injury problems this season. One of them had been seen earlier in the game, with Jota turning provider for Salah his 'barren' run has included plenty of . All fine and well for the Portuguese striker. Still, Rangers couldnt sleep on the Celtic attack and Kyogo almost made it 2-0 on 57 minutes, but his first-time shot from 20 yards out was just tipped behind by McGregor. The fans absolutely adore him, and his play for the Hoops has been exceptional. https://t.co/k7WGKOhzk9, Pity the reds couldnt come up with this https://t.co/SCA5JMElvX, need one for jota ASAP https://t.co/9q9kANymz6. Bear in mind that the statistic in which Jota leads the Champions League, along with Dembl, relates to laying on opportunities for others, not carving them out for himself. "I get the narrative, we'll be lucky again, but that's all right, we will just keep winning games of football. One opportunity in particular will surely have piqued interest at Liverpool. But these guys (at the back) have been tremendous. Liverpool, of course, have a history of great terrace chants. [13] Having scored six goals in 15 appearances, including two in a 42 win at Dundee on 7 November and four assists, he was awarded the SPFL's Player of the Month for both October and November, prompting calls for Celtic to activate the option to buy in his loan contract. The Spurs substitute played a woeful back-pass straight to Diogo Jota seconds after Richarlisons equaliser and theLiverpoolstriker shattered the visitors with a clinical finish past Fraser Forster. This is an era of Celtic dominance; success in that Scottish Cup final early next month will take the clubs recent trophy count to 17 from a possible 21. Another Jota could spark transfer interest after matching Ousmane Dembl in the Champions League. Fine margins will generally decide big matches and I think we've made an error again in a moment and conceded a goal. [21] On 1 May, he scored his first goal in the Old Firm derby, a 11 draw against Rangers at Celtic Park. All picks and predictions are suggestions only. Postecoglou confirmed Carter-Vickers will not play again until the next campaign as a long-standing knee injury will receive proper attention. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. Lucas inexplicably attempted to pass back to his defence but could only feed the Portugal star through on goal. They are in the dressing room kicking themselves. Jota is a former Portugal youth international, representing his country at various levels, including the under-17 team that won the 2016 European Championship, the under-19 team that won the 2018 European Championship and the under-21 team that finished as runners-up at the 2021 European Championship . Celtic's treble hopes remain alive after Jota's header ended Rangers' Scottish Cup defence and any chance of silverware this season. Jrgen Klopp is now blessed with a plethora of options up front but the Liverpool boss still has one major dilemma facing him after a mixed campaign from one forward. Liverpool beat Spurs 4-3 in the Premier League to keep its chances of Champions League qualification alive, although Manchester United and Newcastle won too. Its only 2-0. That chant was soon rendered obsolete when Romero lunged into a ridiculous challenge on Gakpo just inside the area to concede the most blatant of penalties. ", Another punter commented: "Im going to be absolutely gutted if he doesnt sign for Celtic. Sunday's strike against Spurs may have been his first of the campaign. But not long after, he committed a high tackle on Oliver Skipp which could have seen him sent off. For further details of our complaints policy and to make a complaint please click here. Keep up to date with ALL the latest news and transfers at the Scottish Sun football page, Shocking moment 'hospitality guest' spits at Celtic fan after Old Firm clash, Flag with Nazi symbol spotted in Rangers end during Celtic derby at Hampden, Rangers fans tip Graeme Souness for major career change after Sky Sports exit, News Group Newspapers Limited in England No. Rangers had chances to level in the . Mohamed Salah picked out Gakpos smart run with a measured pass behind the toiling Eric Dier and the January recruit swept over a first-time cross from the byline. Looks like Jota will be at Anfield tonight to watch Benfica vs Liverpool! Updated 7th Sep 2021, 17:15 BST. The Portuguese winger made the most of a defensive error to head Ange Postecoglou's side ahead in the 42nd minute of a tense Old Firm semi-final at Hampden Park. Such a statement would no longer be entirely accurate: his namesake is now fast forging his own reputation, and has matched Ousmane Dembl in the early stages of the Champions League. He got the win, but his dilemma might have grown, with Son Heung-min giving food for thought. 679215 Registered office: 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF. But Jota is entering the prime age when FSG tend to move for promising attackers. Their version of Youll Never Walk Alone is, like ours, world-famous. Sun 30 April 2023 16:15, UK. Celtic booked their place in the 2023 Scottish Cup final after a tense 1-0 victory over Rangers at Hampden Park. We have given ourselves a chance to have a special season, Postecoglou said. It took the champions of Europe the best part of an hour to undo the Celtic Park resistance, and the hosts created chances for themselves too. Jones was a regular scorer from midfield as a youngster but is yet to fully show that at senior level. We shot ourselves in the foot again.. A first-half header from Jota was enough to settle a tense Old Firm encounter at Hampden, sending Celtic into a Scottish Cup final against Inverness Caley Thistle. It was an exciting match with the Portuguese outfit trailing 3-1 on aggregate at kick-off. Posting a picture of himself and the match-winner Jota celebrating, Robbo captioned the post: "Jota Sundays.". CELTIC star Jota was spotted at Anfield to take in Liverpool's Champions League match against Benfica. Romero released Son with a beautifully weighted pass over the home defence. But whatever you want to call him, it is clear that 'the other Jota' could be a player to keep an eye on. Sign up to the Liverpool.com newsletter here it only takes a few seconds! And by the 94th the nightmare was back, Liverpool clinching a fourth consecutivePremier Leaguewin seconds after blowing a three-goal lead. He used Harry Redknapp and Mauricio Pochettino as reference points for Levy. It isnt coincidence. Jota celebrates after scoring Celtic's Scottish Cup semi final winner, Andy Robertson is known to be a boyhood Celtic fan, Liverpool's Diogo Jota scored a dramatic winner of his own on Sunday, Robertson's post seemingly celebrated his team mate as well as Celtic's Jota, 1-0 win and see them through to the Scottish Cup final and edge closer to a domestic treble, he grew up a Celtic fan and that he'd still love to one day pull on the jersey, Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO). He also forced a good save with a curling effort from outside the box, having once again jinked past multiple hapless defenders. Spurs did not give up and pulled one back through Harry Kane. But we havent done it yet. This is surely only a matter of time. Both Liverpool and Spurs were unhappy with the officials as Diogo Jota's late goal secured a memorable victory for Jrgen Klopp's side, which took them into fifth. Photograph: Michael Regan/Getty Images. Here are some of the best reactions: these lot come up with the best songs in world football and no one comes close https://t.co/BWKlZB0zf5, This is the true knowledge that our fanbase is on it's knees.Diogo's been amazing for a season and a half at this point, and the best anyone has seemingly come up with is rehashing Torres' old song.These get a Jota and within 6 months, they've got something fantastic. Celtic lost influential defender Johnston to injury, with Anthony Ralston taking his place, as the game swung back in favour of the Hoops and McGregor did well to turn Kyogo's effort wide as the Japanese striker looked to score in a fourth consecutive Old Firm game.
