Darwin Nunez can make big Liverpool prediction come true with one small tweak to his game
Darwin Nunez’s eyes would have briefly lit up at Molineux as, for the second Liverpool away match running, he had the chance to be a match-winner from the bench.
The Uruguayan memorably netted a decisive brace late on away at Newcastle United last month as 10-man Liverpool came from behind to snatch an unlikely win. That victory had already gone a long way to silence the outside taunts he regularly faced last year.
Now against Wolves, he was granted a similar opportunity again. Brought on for Cody Gakpo in the 56th minute seconds after the Dutchman’s equaliser for the below-par Reds, it briefly looked like the 24-year-old would be the hero for Jurgen Klopp’s men once again.
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Playing a one-two with fellow substitute Luis Diaz from the edge of the box, the door briefly opened for Nunez as he sprinted past Craig Dawson towards the six-yard box when running onto the Colombian’s return pass. However, space was quickly sniffed out as he hurried a shot straight into goalkeeper Jose Sa’s outstretched leg.
There would have been more attention on such a miss last season at a time when an out-of-form Liverpool were struggling for points. But only five games into the new campaign, this is already a very different Reds side.
The scores might have been level when Nunez failed to net past Sa in the 70th minute, but 20 minutes later two late goals had clinched a 3-1 win. Moreover, rather than carrying the weight of the world on his shoulders after another high-pressure miss, the 24-year-old had still played his part in grinding out another Liverpool win.
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