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For a player once criticised for not scoring enough, Luis Diaz is starting to make a habit of answering back in the most decisive way.<\/p>\n
His goals this season, including a late nerve-settling strike to seal a Champions League quarter-final win over Real Madrid, have come at important moments.<\/p>\n
First, on his Bayern Munich debut against Stuttgart in August (there\u2019s nothing quite like setting the tone). Then away at PSG, twice in fact, before he was sent off for an out-of-character foul on Achraf Hakimi that earned him a three-game suspension.<\/p>\n
Yet even that moment did little to disrupt his momentum. He returned to deliver again, with a last-gasp contribution against St Pauli, whose stubborn resistance at the Allianz Arena frustrated Bayern throughout. And, of course, he stepped up again across both legs against Real Madrid this month.<\/p>\n
Even last week, his knack for late interventions was evident, as he struck in stoppage time of the DFB-Pokal semi-final against Bayer Leverkusen, sealing the 2-0 win and sending his side into another final.<\/p>\n
There wasn\u2019t anyone outside Bavaria who thought Bayern had struck themselves a bargain in July, when Diaz joined from Liverpool in a \u20ac75million (\u00a365m; $88m) deal, including add-ons.<\/p>\n
Yet beyond the importance of his goals, their quality and quantity have also helped justify his fee.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n