Did Liverpool look nervous against Wolverhampton Wanderers last weekend, or did Arne Slot simply suffer a disjointed performance?
Let us not forget that Liverpool has always done the job, beat the old gold to resume a lead of seven points at the top of the Premier League.
It was a match that called for the support of the bench, Wataru Endo being named the man of the match and Conor Bradley adding energy instead of Trent Alexander-Arnold in the right back.
However, Darwin Nunez was not likely at the number.
Darwin Nunez’s performance
Nunez, 25, was one of Liverpool’s most important figures in recent years, but it has been linked to a transfer to Saudi Pro League in January after a little growth sign since his arrival from Benfica.
The International Uruguay is tenacious and multiple, but it is also useless and compensated as a focal singer, only scoring six goals in 34 games For the slot machine this season.
Against the Wolves, Nunez failed to pull, to make a key pass or even to try a dribbling on its 26 minutes of action plus the time of stopping, According to Sofascore. In addition, he lost his two duels on the ground and only completed half of his eight passes attempts.
See the table below. The South American lacks turns to turn.
Darwin Nunez – Career in the Premier League | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Correspond to statistics * | 22/23 | 23/24 | 24/25 |
Match (starts) | 29 (19) | 36 (22) | 20 (7) |
Goals | 9 | 11 | 4 |
Aid | 3 | 8 | 2 |
Plans (on the target) * | 2.9 (1.3) | 3.0 (1.3) | 1.3 (0.5) |
Missed bonuses | 20 | 27 | 3 |
Big chances created | 11 | 11 | 3 |
Key Persses * | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.4 |
Dribble (success) * | 0.6 (44%) | 0.4 (43%) | 0.4 (44%) |
Total duels (won) | 2.8 (38%) | 2.4 (38%) | 2.6 (39%) |
Statistics via Sofas | |||
The problem is that he has not improved, with the ossification of his skills which lead many rivals to look at The price label of 85 million pounds reported with derision.
Four goals are simply not good enough for the front of the Liverpool club, in particular because it is outclassed in the Premier League by a former Reds hope at Harry Wilson.
How Harry Wilson does for Fulham
Fulham Signed Wilson for costs of 12 million pounds sterling In July 2021, a product from the Liverpool Academy but found its limited opportunities under Jurgen Klopp, only make two senior appearances.
Now aged 27, he was a pillar of the first Cottager team in recent seasons, playing important roles both in the Premier League and in the second level and even being described as “the footballer’s footballer” by Boss of Wales Craig BellamyWho rented their work rate and their state of mind, allowing peers to nourish their approach.
A technically talented player, the left foter is coming from the right flank and uses his upward movements and his instinct of natural origin in front of the objective of impressing.
He scored five times In the elite, this term having started only eight times, so it clearly does something good.
In fact, it ranks among the 4% the main fields of field environments and attackers in the Premier League this quarter for non-penalty goals scored by 90, According to Fbrefsuggesting that he could indeed make an impression in the current Liverpool team, applying relief for Mohamed Salah.
With Nunez, without taking four first league strikes, this quarter after such an overflow in the previous two years, he only highlights the groping that led Klopp to continue the attacker.
One thing is certain, it is more clinical in front of the lens than Nunez at the moment, despite its modest market value of 14 million pounds sterling, According to TransferMarkt.
Unfortunately, the international country international Fractured his foot at the end of January And could be out of action until mid-April, but if Nunez, which has only marked in one of its last 12 high-flying games, will be able to catch it is another question.
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