Divock Origi scores in a big game as usual – water is wet, sky is blue
Once a player deemed not good enough, Divock Origi has become one of the best big-game players in the world, coming up big again for Liverpool on Wednesday.
One of the most defining factors in Liverpool’s current golden era of dominance has been their ability to unearth talent where others may not see it, and go on to develop it and polish it. For example, within the span of about 2 or 3 years, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Andy Robertson, and Virgil van Dijk went from playing with the Liverpool academy, Hull City, and Southampton respectively, to being the best in the world, or at the very least among the best, in their respective positions on the pitch.
Another player who has benefitted from Jurgen Klopp and Michael Edward’s god-like system at Liverpool is Divock Origi, who was signed by the club for £10 million almost 5 seasons ago but hasn’t shown his true value until very recently.
After a few average seasons at Liverpool and a subpar loan spell at Wolfsburg in 2017-18, it seemed as if Divock Origi’s career at Anfield was finished, and that he would need to take a step down to really make a name for himself once more. While this seems laughable now considering Origi’s importance to Liverpool when needed, he really didn’t start showing his quality until exactly a year ago against Everton in the Merseyside Derby.
Origi capitalized on a Jordan Pickford error in stoppage time to seal his team a 1-0 victory on that day, and if that wasn’t enough to raise his value amongst Liverpool and their fanbase, then his heroics in the 2nd leg of the Champions League final against Barcelona certainly was.
Origi will finish his career with the most value of goal per goal scored, if that makes sense. Barcelona at Anfield, Champions League Final, derby last year, derby this year. Madness how much the man steps up in the big occasions.
— DaveOCKOP (@DaveOCKOP) December 4, 2019
That, along with his Champions League title-sealing goal against Spurs in the final, led him to become not just a fan favourite amongst Reds supporters, but a cult-hero and quite simply an icon as well.
Divock Origi has managed to make a name for himself as a man who lives for the clutch moment, and it’s very likely that Liverpool would have failed to win the Champions League last season without his monumental contributions in the latter stages.
dark. Next. Man City already out of the title race?
On Tuesday, the Belgian followed his arc by scoring a brace against Everton, just over a year after scoring the winner in the same fixture. His 2nd goal, in particular, was one of the highest quality, which displayed to us clearly that he is and was a far better footballer than we might have thought just a year or two ago.