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Darwin Nunez: Sometimes it can take six months say former Everton man
Darwin Nunez should get more playing time to find his goalscoring form
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| Darwin Nunez applauds fans as he leaves the pitch during Liverpool's 2-0 win over Rangers |
That's according to former Everton striker Kevin Campbell who believes the Uruguayan will need more time, even up to six months to settle on Merseyside.
Liverpool agreed a deal worth up to £85.5m with Benfica in the summer, which includes add-ons for Nunez. However, the 23-year-old has only scored twice since moving to Merseyside.
Nunez's last appearance takes him to the top
against Rangers in the Champions League. Despite multiple attempts to score, the Uruguayan repeatedly failed to beat goalkeeper Alan McGregor.
Former Everton striker Kevin Campbell has explained why he thinks Nunes has struggled since moving to Anfield. The former Blues striker has given a timetable on how long he thinks the Liverpool star will take to settle on Merseyside.
Campbell told Football Insider: “This is one of the problems when you go to a club like Liverpool with the levels they expect to be at.
“His sending-off did him no favours. He was still getting used to the Premier League.
“He’s missed three games, come back – and now he’s not scoring. He’s not hit the ground running.
“Sometimes, it takes six months to settle in. Jurgen Klopp has the squad to change things around.
“He’s got to find the right balance, and he’s gone back to his tried and tested – and it’s worked, in a sense.
“Nunez will get his game time, and Liverpool will come good. It’s just a difficult time for him right now.”
Darwin Nunez and Virgil van Dijk outburst explained
Darwin Nunez complained to Van Dijk "the ball doesn't want to go in"
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| Darwin Nunez and Virgil van Dijk |
New footage has emerged of Nunes venting his displeasure with Van Dijk when he failed to score during Liverpool's 2-0 win over Rangers. Five minutes before half-time, the striker turned towards the Dutchman, who was running back into position.
He then seemed to say "No quiere entrar hermano" to Van Dijk, who seemed to encourage him. Roughly translated, the phrase means: "It (the ball) doesn't want to go in, bro."
Nunes started for the Reds at Anfield but endured another disappointing night. He had six shots in total, four of which were on target and another was blocked by a Rangers defense.
But he found that Rangers goalkeeper Alan McGregor was inspired and the Scot made an impressive series of saves to stop Nunes. The Uruguay star joked that some of his problems stem from not being able to understand Klopp:
"The truth is, I honestly don't understand anything when he (Klopp) talks in team talks. Of course, I ask my teammates to see what he said, but I think he is very clear about his style of play," he said.
"Sometimes I feel a little indecisive, I don’t feel completely confident. But as time goes on, it gets better. The coach always gives me confidence, like Pep and Vitor, who are the ones who always translate for us. He gives me confidence.
“And also my companions, who always talk to me, tell me to stay calm. When they talk, I feel calmer because I know that if I do something wrong, they will always support me. And I will also always be here to support them, it’s a very united group.
“I have to show my game to the coach and be calmer when it’s time to shoot. The goal will come. It’s like ketchup, when it comes out a little, it all comes out.”
Klopp has remained calm on the problems Nunes has faced since taking office. Despite missing a goal on Tuesday night, he insisted that the Uruguayan's performance was impressive.
"The way the boys moved up front today together I thought was extremely, extremely good for only one session working on it, to be honest. We never did it before," the Liverpool boss said.
"We had now one session with a low intensity because we only played recently. So, you just see how good a striker Darwin is to be constantly in these situations. I think everybody saw tonight that this [scoring goals] will happen, so all good."
Darwin Nunez responds to video footage amid criticism
A video which shows the striker trying to curl a ball into the net went viral on social media
Lfcrumour.com shared the footage which has drawn the attention of football fans, especially rival fans to the criticism of the new Liverpool striker.
Now Nunez has appeared to have reacted to the heavy criticism that followed the training video. On Twitter the 22-year-old responded to another training footage of him curling a ball in a similar way – with an emoji.
✈️ 𝐇𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐨 𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐫…@Darwinn99 ✖️ @1_Muslera_25 #ElEquipoQueNosUne pic.twitter.com/4PMpd2JE02
— Selección Uruguaya (@Uruguay) September 21, 2022
The former Benfica man was seen in the first video trying to curl a shot into the net from the flank but failed in his attempt as the ball went far too wide from his target, reaching the opposite flank's conner flag.
Nunez has scored only one goal for the Reds in the Premier League so far this season.
The Uruguayan will be looking at adding more number of goals to his English football stats when Jurgen Klopp's men commence football action on October 1.
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