Liverpool’s Uruguayan striker Darwin Nunez (R) controls the ball through the English Premier League soccer match between Aston Villa and Liverpool at Villa Park in Birmingham, central England on December 26, 2022. (Photograph by Oli SCARFF / AFP)
Darwin Nunez was not on the scoresheet in Liverpool’s 3-1 win over Aston Villa on Monday however supervisor Juergen Klopp mentioned he was delighted with the Uruguayan’s all-round play and is assured the targets will come.
Nunez missed a number of probabilities in opposition to Villa however his tireless working and likelihood creation noticed him named Man of the Match, together with his late cutback permitting teenager Stefan Bajcetic to attain his first senior aim.
Klopp mentioned he had been round lengthy sufficient in soccer not too lose any sleep over Nunez’s current scoring file.
“There are such a lot of different issues which might be far more vital as a result of we glance again at strikers and you can not think about a number of the probabilities strikers who I labored with missed,” he mentioned.
“The work charge he put in, the areas he creates, he’s unstoppable within the second. There is no such thing as a defender who can actually catch up speed-wise.”
Nunez has scored simply 5 league targets since being introduced in as Sadio Mane’s alternative in a switch that value Liverpool an preliminary price of 75 million euros ($79.92 million) within the shut season.
Klopp mentioned he’s being affected person with the 23-year-old, who additionally failed to attain in three video games on the World Cup.
“He’ll rating targets, I’ve little question about that,” mentioned the German. “Every little thing might be high-quality.”
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