Crouch admits he saw 'similarities' between himself and Darwin Nunez

Peter Crouch claims he drew comparisons between himself and Darwin Nunez after the Uruguayan struggled to sparkle after his £85million move to Liverpool last summer - but believes the forward now looks like a new signing.

Nunez arrived from Benfica with high expectations last year but found it difficult to catch the eye and scored just nine goals in the league - while Man City's new addition Erling Haaland made headlines for breaking numerous goalscoring records.

But now he looks to have turned a page after a positive start to the season that has seen him score twice and provide one assist already. Former Liverpool striker Crouch said he could sympathise with Nunez and his tough start having also suffered a goal drought when he arrived at Anfield in 2005.

Crouch failed to score for 18 games after joining from Southampton before putting the difficult run to bed against Wigan in a 3-0 win.

Now a pundit for TNT Sports, the 42-year-old believes Nunez looks 'full of confidence' - particularly after a heroic display in front of goal that saw him score twice in quick succession to dramatically help Liverpool beat Newcastle at the death last month.

Speaking ahead of Liverpool's trip to Wolves, which will be aired live on TNT Sports, he said it was crucial that Nunez was given longer to settle in and now looked like a new signing for manager Jurgen Klopp.

'[The parallels] were similar, he didn't go 18 games [without scoring] though!' he told Mail Sport. 'There were the odd misses and he felt quite raw at times. I did see a small comparison [to himself] but he was ahead of me at that stage.

'My drought was much longer than his. I do think he scored goals but there was always that element where it was, "Is he right? Will he do it?". He