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After 70 minutes of standing firm in the face of Storm Ciaran, it was Darwin Nunez who eventually blew away Liverpool supporters at the Vitality on Wednesday night.
The ironic cheers from the home fans that greeted the Reds striker's imperfect first touch were quickly drowned out by the genuine ones of the 1,300 in the away end on the night as Nunez shrugged off the mocking by skipping past Chris Mepham before planting arguably his best Liverpool goal to date past Andrei Radu in stunning style.
"It was an amazing goal – cutting inside, top corner, fantastic," was Cody Gakpo's assessment, while Jurgen Klopp remarked: "Darwin showed his class and put the game pretty much to bed for us. It was an unbelievable goal."
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It was enough to secure a hard-fought 2-1 victory to move into the last eight of a Carabao Cup that has opened up nicely for the nine-time winners. Negotiate West Ham at home in the quarter-finals next month and Klopp will begin to see the Wembley arch in the distance ahead of a two-legged semi next year.
It also continued the general upturn in fortunes that Nunez has experienced since that confidence-boosting shot in the arm that came via his late double in the win over Newcastle in August. Now up to seven goals in all competitions, he is a vital part of a devastating set of attacking options that have already plundered 30 between them this term.
It's quite the vast array of firepower for the Liverpool manager and Nunez is starting to become the centrepiece of it all. It's now three goals in as many appearances for the Uruguay
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