Liverpool fans have seen their fair share of seriously good players lose valuable time in their careers due to injuries down the years, with Daniel Sturridge perhaps the most notable example of a truly elite talent not reaching his full potential due to time spent in the treatment room.
Winning the Premier League marked the perfect start to life at Anfield for manager Arne Slot, but someone could have played a larger part in the campaign was attacker Diogo Jota, who has suffered several injuries during his time at on Merseyside.
On the pitch, the Portugal international has been sensational, but Slot will be hoping to get more out of the forward, who has missed 99 games for club and country since joining from Wolves in the summer of 2020 for £41m, according to injury data gathered by Transfermarkt.
Here is every Liverpool game missed by Jota, showcasing just how troublesome his fitness has been.
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1 ByLewis ThompsonSep 14, 2024 Knee collateral ligament tear, 11 games missed February 18th, 2024 to April 9th, 2024
Jota returned in truly stunning form after the prior injury, smashing in five goals and three assists in seven league fixtures over the Christmas and New Year’s period as Liverpool won six of those games. Once again, however, it didn’t last long, with a serious knee injury nearly ending his season.
Liverpool 4-1 Luton
21 February, 2024
Premier League
Chelsea 0-1 Liverpool (AET)
25 February, 2024
Carabao Cup
Liverpool 3-0 Southampton
28 February, 2024
FA Cup
Nottingham Forest 0-1 Liverpool
2 March, 2024
Premier League
Sparta Prague 1-5 Liverpool
7 March, 2024
Europa League
Liverpool 1-1 Manchester City
10 March, 2024
Premier League
Liverpool 6-1 Sparta Prague
14 March, 2024
Europa League
Manchester United 4-3 Liverpool (AET)
17 March, 2024
FA Cup
Liverpool 2-1 Brighton
31 March, 2024
Premier League
Liverpool 3-1 Sheffield United
4 April, 2024
Premier League
Manchester United 2-2 Liverpool
7 April, 2024
Premier League
Hip injury, 4 games missed April 22nd, 2024 to May 14th, 2024
Less than two weeks after returning from his knee ligament injury, Jota suffered a hip problem and would miss the remaining five games of the top-flight season, albeit he did make the bench for the final-day win against Wolves, meaning only four count as missed games through injury.
Torso injury, 11 games missed October 21st, 2024 to December 14th, 2024
After a foul by Tosin Adarabioyo during the clash at Anfield, Slot’s first “big six” clash, Jota had been ruled out with a suspected rib injury until at least the end of the November international break.
Unfortunately, he wasn’t able to make a comeback until mid-December, when he came off the bench to score against Fulham in their 2-2 draw at Anfield, missing 11 games in total.
Muscular problems, 4 games missed 18th January, 2025 to 1st February, 2025
More muscle issues befell Jota in 2025, with the forward missing another four games, three of which were won by Liverpool in his absence.
The game they lost was a virtual dead rubber in the league phase of the Champions League, with Liverpool finishing top despite a 3-2 defeat to PSV.
Jota eventually made his comeback to the matchday squad a few days later against Bournemouth, before marking his comeback in the dying moments of their Merseyside derby draw with Everton.
Brentford 0-2 Liverpool
18 January, 2025
Premier League
Liverpool 2-1 Lille
21 January, 2025
Champions League
Liverpool 4-1 Ipswich
25 January, 2025
Premier League
PSV 3-2 Liverpool
28 January, 2025
Champions League
