Darwin Nunez

A Liverpool fan online has urged others to stay calm over Darwin Nunez by sharing a Fernando Torres' debut highlights…

The 23-year-old is yet to score, and has naturally attracted barrages of criticism from social media as a result of his quiet start to life as a Liverpool player. The tweet has picked up steam, alright. Sure, the Torres compilation posted might not be as underwhelming as Nunez’ debut performance, but it would be absurdly naïve to think that a debut in the first game of pre-season is the be all and end all of a player’s career, let alone someone with so many years ahead of him like the Uruguayan. See for yourself below. That’s only a game from [fans of] other clubs, which is normal. Nunez completed his move to Liverpool from Benfica in June for a fee of £64 million, but has come unstuck so far in his first pre-season with the Reds.

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has defended Nunez, saying: “I'm not worried at all, the general judgement is absolutely nil interest [to us]. It will be like this, ...

Whilst on Twitter, he captioned his pictures with “Resiliencia” which translates to Resilience. You can see he’s itching for that first goal, but I’m sure once it comes it will be like London buses.” That's only a game from [fans of] other clubs, which is normal. The striker posted a series of pictures on Instagram with the shush emoji and the emoji of a man cupping his ears. On the back of two unfortunate moments, rival fans have taken to social media to write off Liverpool’s new front man, with many fans branding Nunez as a ‘flop’ and a ‘waste of money’. During his debut, he missed a huge chance after a shot from Mohamed Salah hit the post and bounced kindly in front of Nunez, but from about 10 yards out he managed to sky his effort into the crowd.

It has been a tough start to life at Liverpool for Darwin Nunez, who has failed to impress in both of his side's first two pre-season games against ...

He is well aware of the criticism flying his way despite making the £85m move from Benfica just last month. There was growing optimism that Nunez would improve against a weakened Palace side, but it was not meant to be as the 23-year-old failed to impress once again. He went close to scoring late on with a rasping half-volley that was well kept out by Tom Heaton, but his unofficial debut ended in disappointment.

“It's still early days, not even a week with him around the team,” Alexander-Arnold told LFCTV. That should, in ...

It is a measured assessment from the right-back, with Nunez clearly still adapting to the style of play required at Liverpool – and not least the demands of pre-season under Jurgen Klopp – but with no concern over his long-term form. “He’s still kind of learning how we play, we’re learning how he plays, and soon enough we’ll get that connection,” he explained. While that is to be expected of rival supporters, that certain ‘fans’ of the 23-year-old’s new club have leaned into the rhetoric is genuinely bizarre.

Trent Alexander-Arnold has defended new Liverpool teammate Darwin Nunez from ...

You can see he’s itching for that first goal, but I’m sure once it comes it will be like London buses. "I’m sure we’ll be able to supply him with the ball to score goals. But Alexander-Arnold has leapt to Nunez's defence and insisted that the goals will come when it matters most.

A combination of factors have so far stopped Darwin Nunez from having an ideal start to his Reds career. The Uruguayan completed his move to Merseyside last ...

A lot of rival fans on social media and even some Liverpool fans have been critical of the 23-year-old. Overall, he proved to be not too effective. He was under pressure by Eric Bailly though, and the game came only a few days after he joined up with the squad.

Darwin Nunez is still getting used to the coaching methods of Jurgen Klopp but the new Liverpool star is getting some help from Thiago.

Despite some media questions about Nunez, Klopp insisted that he was completely calm about the adaption time it might take the 23-year-old to settle into the side and deliver the performance levels expected. - Naby Keita provides Jurgen Klopp proof as Marcus Rashford makes Liverpool claim Thiago may be one of the most decorated players in European football, but is also multilingual.

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has said that his new striker Darwin Nunez must not take criticism of his pre-season performances seriously.

Others compared the striker to Romelu Lukaku, who was often criticised when he had a heavy first touch. While this fixture was Liverpool’s first of pre-season, that didn’t stop fans from criticising the striker. The Uruguayan failed to impress, as did most of Liverpool’s team.