Diogo Jota admits he was 'not expecting' to return against Burnley
Diogo Jota has admitted he was "not expecting" to feature in Liverpool's 2-0 win over Burnley after being sidelined for over a month. The 26-year-old had missed the Reds' last eight Game s with an unspecified muscle injury and had trained just twice in the build-up to Liverpool's Boxing Day trip to Turf Moor. Jurgen Klopp decided to include Jota in his matchday squad, to the surprise of the club's medical staff, and he repaid his manager's faith by climbing off the bench to scored Liverpool's second goal in stoppage time - sealing the win that took the club back to top of the Premier League table. "It’s massive, it’s a special feeling. It was a crazy 24 hours and I was not expecting to be in this squad list, to be honest," Jota admitted to the club's official website about his return. "I was already at home when I found out I needed to travel back out again to train with the team, but from that moment on I just felt I needed to do t...