Jurgen Klopp, Luchito Diaz’s manager has said he is “optimistic” regarding what Darwin Nunez will bring to Liverpool in the future. Liverpool’s Jurgen Klopp has private chat with Darwin Nunez.
Nunez, who joined from Benfica in a deal worth up to £85m in the summer, has not started a Premier League game with Liverpool since mid-August, when he was sent off for a header on the Liverpool defender. Crystal Palace, Joachim Andersen.
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However, the great Uruguayan striker started Tuesday’s Champions League victory over Rangers and was joined by Diogo Jota as Jurgen Klopp adjusted his team’s approach from his usual 4-3-3 to a variation of a 4- 2-3-1/4-4. -two.
This approach is not new under Klopp and was used for a period during the 2018/19 campaign to cater to an in-form Xherdan Shaqiri, however this time greater defensive toughness was added and additional support given to Nunez in attack, the key motivation for change.
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Although he didn’t get on the scoresheet in that game, Nunez and Jota combined well to form a dangerous duo and on another night, without Rangers goalkeeper Allan McGregor in inspired form, the 23-year-old might have scored a goal to prove for your efforts.
“It was his move and the guys around him,” Klopp said when discussing Nunez and the change in formation at Friday morning’s news conference ahead of this weekend’s trip to Arsenal.
“One thing that he showed so far in all the games is that he puts himself in a good finishing position. That is why we must be optimistic regarding what will come of him in the future.”
Despite it being a slow start to his Anfield career, working in good areas to shoot on goal has definitely been a trait of Nunez’s time at the club so far. In Tuesday’s game, he took six shots, four of which hit the target.
While Nunez’s average, particularly in terms of shooting, will surely drop the more minutes he plays, it will surely be among the highest in the Premier League and it should only be a matter of time before the goals start rolling in.
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