Bournemouth taunts show rivals will never learn about Darwin Nunez - but Liverpool supporters know real truth
Bournemouth fans, perhaps more than most, should have known an awful lot better than to tweak the tail of Darwin Nunez.
Midway through a difficult first half for Liverpool, a spurned opportunity from the Reds forward prompted the airing of a derisory chant from the home support that has rarely been heard this season.
Come full-time, though, that suggestions Nunez is merely an inferior version of former Anfield striker Andy Carroll were instead booming out sarcastically from a gleeful away end highlighted how the Uruguayan became a key figure in helping Liverpool move five points clear at the Premier League summit with this eventual romp at Bournemouth.
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Of course, Nunez’s limited command of the English language would indicate he had little idea of what was being sung. Regardless, his second-half showing emphatically rammed the words back down the throat of his detractors.
This was a memorable afternoon for the player, first reaching and then surpassing a career total of 100 for club and country.
His first demonstrated the composure his critics have long called for when calmly finishing first-time with his left foot having been found by Diogo Jota, the Portuguese having only days earlier spoken glowingly of the “trust” Liverpool have in his fellow forward.
But it was Nunez's part in the second goal that demonstrated why he is so beloved of the Anfield faithful and his team-mates. He turned Jota’s speculative punt forward into an opportunity by winning a tenacious tussle with Bournemouth centre-back Ilya Zabarnyi, the loose ball then inviting substitute Cody
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