Liverpool legend Jamie Carragher is a huge fan of Portugal forward Diogo Jota, who came off the bench to earn his side a big point in the Premier League against Nottingham Forest.

Jota headed home with his first touch, following Kostas Tsimikas' cross into the box. The former Wolves striker rose highest to convert the chance and cancel out Chris Woods' opener.

"Jota the slotter!" Carragher posted on social media. The Liverpool number 20, who turned 28 in December, now has eight goals in all competitions this season, though he missed a substantial chunk of the campaign through injury.

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Just under a year ago, Carragher explained to Sky Sports how Jota was the best finisher in the Premier League. "I think of some of the strikers I've played alongside: Michael Owen, Luis Suarez, Fernando Torres, Robbie Fowler. I think he [Jota] is the best finisher," Carragher said.

"Robbie (Fowler) maybe [could be ahead of him] in terms of pure finishing, hard and low, into the corner. But [his two goals against Bournemouth are] typical Jota. When he gets the chance he is so clinical. This season, he's got a goal or an assist every 84 minutes. There's only two or three players in the Premier League who are higher than that.

"He sums up Liverpool's recruitment over the last five or six years. He's a player who was in and out of the Wolves team, and when he was bought a lot of people were scratching their heads.

"When everyone's fit, he's probably not even playing. But I still think he's a better finisher than the likes of Suarez, Torres, even Salah. The only one who can compete with him is Robbie Fowler at the start of the Premier League years."

Liverpool.com says: If Jota could just stay fit for longer, he would have scored plenty more goals for Liverpool. The Reds' number nine would have that spot in the team nailed down had he not missed 12 games through that rib injury.