Jurgen Klopp might be finally ready to unleash Darwin Nunez with new Liverpool position
Darwin Nunez had barely even removed his training strip on the Liverpool substitutes' bench when the Kop began to stir.
Having seen his side first trail and then toil in their efforts to get back into the first leg of their Carabao Cup semi-final with Fulham on Wednesday night, the Reds striker was one of two changes made by Jurgen Klopp at the 55-minute mark.
Arriving alongside Cody Gakpo, the fans around the ground made no mistake as to who the headline name was being summoned off the bench and the rudimentary chant of Nunez's name - one that is in heavy rotation on the Kop's playlist of terrace anthems - started up once more.
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At times, the supporters' singing of the Uruguay international's surname has felt more like encouragement and gentle cajoling than anything else. Missed chances, the winning of throw-ins and some general closing down of defenders are acts that have all brought about a 'Nunez' chant from the fans since he made his potentially club-record move from Benfica in the summer of 2022.
But on Wednesday night, it felt like it was rooted more in expectation than hope. This time, the roars were not meant to uplift but to embolden and it worked a treat from Liverpool's perspective.
The statistics will tell you that Nunez finished the game with zero goals, more shots than any other player and two assists to his name but the reality is much more worthy of dissection. If the simple pass to Curtis Jones, that ended with his deflected shot beating Bernd Leno, can generously be labelled as an 'assist', the second was much more befitting of the term.
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