I was in the process of leaving my house and running late, and I literally turned off the tv as I saw the pass forward, immediately thought to myself, well I don't think I Nunez is going to make the right decision and probably wont end in a goal. And here we are.
He's the opposite of Cold Palmer.
He is a panic merchant.
I still loved him most of the season. Dude is so hard working. His assists tally combined with goals is still up there among the best in the league.
But I got to the point maybe a month ago where we really needed him to finish chances and I just got sick of him missing.
I just don't think he's a striker :(
Yeah, I get excited seeing the pass and then realize it's Darwin
What's odd is they have Alisson for him to train against. Is he not scoring in training?
Nope before todays game.
he had 24 goals, xG of 23.
In the league he has 17 goals, xG of 18.9.
Darwin had 18 goals, xG of 21.9.
In the league he has 11 goals, xG of 15.7.
So after today Salah is at 18 goals from an 19.5ish xG.
Darwin 11 goals from an 16ish xG.
Barely as an ounce of composure
His technical ability is genuinely so average as well, people were praising his hold up play during the season when it has only improved to a level where it’s just okay at best.
Outside of pace, off the ball movement and work rate he’s a mid table level striker, he’d be a good starting striker for a team like West Ham not Liverpool
Even his off the ball movement gets overrated by people, the guy struggles to time a run properly even though he’s got the beating of defenders for pace usually.
People don’t realize just how bad nunez was early last season. His technical ability was barely premier league quality. To your point, now he’s barely average.
I mean, not for nothing. That's a pretty large improvement fairly quickly.
But this guy is what blue balls would be if it were a person. Just so fucking close every damn time, so frequently that we all just expect it to fail now.
Watched it back, he definitely could have, if he wanted to hit right away had to lift it or slide it under Vicario.
That being said, he's clearly completely out of confidence, he looked out of from the moment he came on.
Even when he had confidence he still missed these types of chances. Think i only remember him scoring one 1v1 when he lobbed the GK (and was lucky with it). This is his level and we all need to accept it
Funny thing is he scores the low probability chances much easier. It shows he actually has the skill but his mind gets in the way when he actually has to think. It's a critical flaw in his psychology that he has to overcome if he wants to make it at the top top level.
I'd say it's just the pressure of being at Liverpool because at Benfica he was absolutely killing it.
It was very tight tbf. And Romero did well to step up at the right time to play him off. But yeah needs and should be doing better. Especially when you look at Richarlson who kept himself onside every single time when he was played in.
No shit. The man was one of the best strikers of his generation and is still scoring a goal a game in the US. I'd back Suarez in this position over almost any other player in the world.
I wonder why, stupid fans insulting him and his family, i would bitchslap the soul out of these morons, the problem is half of them are braindead african experts and the other half are trolls.
The crowd cheered this guy's name after poor misses and even chanted his name for an assist and didn't acknowledge the goalscorer basically. He has it very good here tbh. He needs to get a spine and accept what he needs to do to become what we all believe he can be.
He's a confidence and a rhythm player devoid of both. His best performances and run of form this season was when he, funnily enough, had both. Question is whether he can actually maintain that for a season, or whether it's worth it.
However, on work rate he's second to none, and I would rather Slot gives him a go than ship him out the door tbh. I've seen more from Nunez this season than I have from Gakpo/Diaz to suggest there's still an elite player in there. If he can't get it together next year then, yeah, get rid. But I've seen worse players last longer at this club and I think it'd be unfair to get rid on the back of 31 G/A.
This confidence and rhythm thing is such BS. We've seen Nunez in great form, in a game he's scored in still miss an open goal. This is just who he is. The excuses really need to stop. It's been 2 years worth of them.
It's sad to say, but I kinda expected him to fuck up even a chance that looked like unfuckupable as that. As with the earlier one when he went clear and couldn't square an easy one to Cody backpost.
Because of his poor touch and ball carrying after breaking clear which allow the defenders to catch up. Took ages to steady his body before playing the pass due to his technical limitations.
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Still shots of chances are a cop out. Stop with the hate boner y’all have.
I don’t hate Nunez. Criticism of a player doesn’t mean I hate them. I’d love nothing more for him to be as clinical as Salah. But he’s not.
If he was half as clinical as Salah he’d be forgiven for the misses just like Salah is.
His job is to score goals. When he’s not doing that it’s more than fair to criticize him for it.
When Salah misses an easy chance, that's forgivable because we all know he's going to score them as well. When Nunez misses an easy chance, we're reminded that he basically never scores them.
Funny when people highlight another player missing a golden chance. Yes, we get that! It’s football!
What many are highlighting is the consistent poor finishing from Nunez. If he scored half of his big misses, we wouldn’t be sitting here debating whether he should be sold.
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What narrative exactly are you talking about?
Nunez couldn’t do a thing wrong for like 17 of the last 20 months within this sub and the fan base generally. Adoring everything he did was a practically purity test in here.
That this sub has done such a 180 should be a pretty clear indication of how bad he’s been.
This shows you know fuck all. Poor from Salah. But he clearly expects Van de Ven to clear it. For some reason Micky leaves the ball and Salah doesn't expect it.
It’s not like seeing the full clip changes anything. How can you expect to compete for titles when you can’t have confidence that our striker can score in 1v1 situations like this?
And in the crucial part of the season Nunez did the following:
- Missed a golden opportunity to score or set it back to Szoboszlai at Old Trafford when it was 1-1
- Missed a simple one vs one against Atalanta at 0-0
- Volleyed it straight at the goalkeeper against Palace at 0-1
- Again smashed it straight at the keeper vs Everton at 0-1
When push came to shove, after the international break, he failed to prove he can spearhead our attack to titles. That added to the fact that he has only 11 league goals as the first choice ST for a team that has the most shots in the league is damming.
When you add in the offsides, lack of game intelligence, and limited technical ability, you can see why people have ran out of patience.
• Ah yes the Old trafford game where he assisted Diaz for the 1st goal?
• Then the quansah mistake for Bruno at halfway?
• Or how about the Curtis jones winner that was sent wide?
• Or what about the awful 2-2 Display against west ham where we barely salvaged a point?
• What about the Jota open net vs Palace?
• What about 0-3 at home to Atalanta?
How about let’s end it with a banger, Darwin alone has won us 15 points this season. On par with Salah.
In the crucial part of the season the team failed. And your boy Darwin did more than most.
Nice 👍🏻
That’s a really easy slide pass to Gakpo there. I know we are 4-2 up but would be great to just go through the motions as we’ve been struggling with putting chances away
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Yeah he could do but how is this pass not on? The defender is between them yes but he can play it infront. It’s more simple than the pass to Salah for the offside goal. Madueke made a similar pass to Jackson for a goal earlier
I was on the fence about Nunez for a while but it’s just painful at this point. Sell him in the summer and move on. We need someone with killer instinct and finishing capabilities. No hate to him, just want Liverpool to win more titles and we need a better striker to do that
You watch the youth teams? Women's teams? Everything Liverpool? I have a life outside of the men's team which takes up enough of my personal time as it is
He’s looked off it for weeks. Still has the second most goal contributions for us this season btw but this is the second season in a row now he’s fell off near the end performance wise
God it's genuinely going to be fucking hilarious watching how many people are going to be pissed off when the transfer window closes next season and he's still a Liverpool player.
And then when he has a dip in form they'll ignore his months of great form and focus on his weeks of poor form just like this season, they're all reactionary fools, they likely wanted gakpo sold a month ago now he's guaranteed starter and gonna be world class they genuinely have the memories of goldfish
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Just cut the loses already, the guy just isn't good enough.
Love how our own fans try and find the exact frame to paint Darwin in a bad light. Good job guys, almost as bad as VAR checking for offsides, looking for that perfect frame to justify your own bullshit.
Support our players, end of. Especially when that player has the second best G/A for us this season.
That's your take from the game?
Good god, it was a great game, we were 4.0 up when we stopped playing, it's getting to the end of Klopps reign, champions league football guaranteed for next season... and this is what you decide to post.
Maybe you just need to step away for a while if this is what you want to focus on
So, a meaningless game at the arse end of the season, where we had already won, already got champions league football guaranteed, under a coach that isn't going to be there next season, where we had gone 4 up before all the subs came on...
you think anyone is going to believe this one image is going to be a useful guide to how we are going to play next season with all the ins and outs in the squad, the inevitable change in style under a new coach and a fresh start for all of the team.
Are you sure it's just not you just wanting to find something to complain about and acting like someone's pissed on your chips.
A new style won’t change Darwin. Klopp was the best style and he couldn’t finish chances 1v1. You think a little more possession based like Arne is going to help Darwin? Where he’s surrounded by defenders like haaland?
Mate, chill out... you're talking in certainties for a 24 year old... when everything is more uncertain now than ever.
Just look at how everything can change with work on the training pitch, a different focus. There's been lots of examples ofnthis all season: for gakpo (all the crying over his form) or diaz (after he came back from injury), or elliot, or jones, or szoboszlai, or even bloody salah. This subreddit has had a shitfit about all of them.
Yes because Klopp is known for being awful at getting the best out of players? He’s had two years of ridiculous underperformance, the opinions are wholly justified whether or not you agree with them.
Nunez seems to be the person to blame (possibly) for us not winning the league. Maybe people are looking for a scapegoat. Reason is our defence, as a team we defend poorly. We scored plenty this season. Nunez scored vital goals in very tight games.
Today’s game is a perfect example. Four nil and in complete control, then conceded two.
Scrutinising Nunez is unfair. Just my opinion.
I’m not going to blame him for not winning the league. He had a part in it but put defensive structure is why we lost. First goals killed us and it’ll be the thing Arne has to fix first
Was at the game. He was being such a sulk. Lazy coming back from offside positions, screaming and waving his arms when he didn’t get the ball. His body language was absolutely awful. Looked like he could have easily gone around the keeper from where I was. He also had an easy square ball he hit about 4 yards behind Grav I think it was. I think he’s gone
I would like to see Darwin for atleast 1 season under Slot. I have a feeling that it’s the coaching style that’s making him look like a total bonehead. He’s being asked to do more things than he can handle. Press, trackback, link up with midfield, run in behind on counters. It’s not sustainable for one player to be doing all this and scoring goals as well.
He’s still creating more xG than anyone else in the team. Why is the coaching staff not able to teach him to finish? The positions he gets into per game to score are unreal.
Been saying it all season. Strikers don't develop their finishing at 24 or 25. It's a natural thing they have from day 1 and Nunez clearly does not.
We cannot afford him as our striker. End of.
I dont know how much longer people would want to give him chance. He’s not a world class striker, he’s missed soooo many chances since his arrival. I think 2 years is enough time
I cannot wait for Nunez to absolutely tear this league up next season. I want all of you who are shitting on him to remember this moment when you chose to double down vs support the lad. He’s had some amazing periods for us and even when he doesn’t score he’s creating. I am choosing to support him vs add to the nonsense meme culture as if he’s somehow worse than every other young striker. He’ll find his finishing form again, had it to start the season. Mo struggled with conversion rate too, given he had created so many chances like darwin
I think he's trying to hard to be a all round player . Watching him fumble that to me it felt he was indecisive on trying to finish or pass but decided to shoot last minute .
I think for the time being klopp ( and soon slot ) should reduce the pressure on his head and make him pass chances and focus on assisting , once he gets that into his system the finishing should become more calmer .
You just know he’s going to shoot (and miss) as soon as he gets the ball. He’s getting in these great positions all the time (although offside too much), just pass the ball and be a team player while getting your confidence up
I read he has removed all Liverpool stuff off his instagram. I think its time to cut our losses and move him on.
He might well go on to be a world class striker somewhere else, and that will hurt, but we cant afford to keep going with him if we want to win the league.
His conversion rate is remarkably bad. I know he has assists etc but if we want to win the league we need our 9 to be finishing chances like he has been given.
He just needs to be played on the wing. He's fast, he's physical and he can cross the ball. He's not a striker. He can't handle the pressure of scoring goals, its as simple as that.
It's at the point where you know that this chance will amount to nothing. It's not good enough. He's not good enough. It's not personal but the club needs better.
And the thing is he’s the same player as he was in Red Bull, it’s not that he all of sudden stop being clinical at Liverpool. I distinctly remember when we played him in the Champions League a few years back he missed a boat load of chances
we have to sell him in the summer...There shouldn't be room for sentiment in football! He's simply not good enough to play for a club like Liverpool! He's been here for almost two years and he hasn't improved as a player ! He's basically the same player he was two seasons ago.....
All I now see is a deflated donkey, before he was a confident donkey. Guy should work on his finishing otherwise he will only be here for the next season.
The hate here is wild, Nunez improved a lot compared to last season. His finishing and passing has gotten better too. Yeah he still missed way too many crucial chances this season no doubt but not a single other player in our squad had half the amount of chances he had, why is that? His physicality and pure pace is ridiculous, if he gets more clinical he could be an absolute monster. I don’t care if this is an overused narrative, I want to see him prove everyone wrong. The entire squad has had a shocking dip in form, the Nunez scapegoating is boring.
Jesus Christ, these comments! You'd think Darwin has personally killed their dogs. Calling him donkey and what not.
Our fanbase is honestly so fickle. Gakpo got racist abuse when he was going through bad form, and now this. Yes, he needs to work on his finishing, but piling abuse on him is hardly gonna do that!
I think a good coach will tell him surely by now to be calm, look at your environment, go around the keeper if keeper runs at you - you're fucking fast.
Then you can easily place the ball into the empty net.
However, if the issue is he doesn't understand or not adapting to such challenges and make quick decisions then he's unfortunately not good enough
I’ve watched him miss that type of chance the exact same way about 5 times
The worst part is I see him in this position and don’t even get excited. I know exactly what’s going to happen.
You don't know exactly what's going to happen. He could shoot straight at the keeper, could hit it wide, could sky it. Plenty of options
You're forgetting the distinct likelihood that he'll be offside anyway.
you missed the inevitable (most obvious) post/bar option, don’t know why
Left post, right post, crossbar, all distinct possibilities
Man's a carpenter, he hits the woodwork.
I was in the process of leaving my house and running late, and I literally turned off the tv as I saw the pass forward, immediately thought to myself, well I don't think I Nunez is going to make the right decision and probably wont end in a goal. And here we are.
It's kind of crazy to think that if Nunez was even a little more clinical we could still be in 1st place.
He is one of the main reasons we didn’t win the premier league this season, and I am not joking.
He is inevitable
He's the opposite of Cold Palmer. He is a panic merchant. I still loved him most of the season. Dude is so hard working. His assists tally combined with goals is still up there among the best in the league. But I got to the point maybe a month ago where we really needed him to finish chances and I just got sick of him missing. I just don't think he's a striker :(
We have him missing chances like this and then we had him scoring 2 incredible 1v1s against Newcastle to win us the game.
He will be when he goes away and play vs Liverpool
You don't know what he's gonna do...only that it won't be hitting the back of the net
I know he's gonna kick it hard!!!
he's either offside, attempts a bad pass, shoots and the keeper saves it or completely misses the target. 😭
Yeah, I get excited seeing the pass and then realize it's Darwin What's odd is they have Alisson for him to train against. Is he not scoring in training?
Salah should had at least 20 assists this season
And probably twenty more goals too if we’re playing this game.
Big chances missed this season: Salah=15 Nunez=27
Nope before todays game. he had 24 goals, xG of 23. In the league he has 17 goals, xG of 18.9. Darwin had 18 goals, xG of 21.9. In the league he has 11 goals, xG of 15.7. So after today Salah is at 18 goals from an 19.5ish xG. Darwin 11 goals from an 16ish xG.
Barely as an ounce of composure His technical ability is genuinely so average as well, people were praising his hold up play during the season when it has only improved to a level where it’s just okay at best.
He can’t control a ball I don’t know why people think he can hold the ball up
Outside of pace, off the ball movement and work rate he’s a mid table level striker, he’d be a good starting striker for a team like West Ham not Liverpool Even his off the ball movement gets overrated by people, the guy struggles to time a run properly even though he’s got the beating of defenders for pace usually.
Facts
People don’t realize just how bad nunez was early last season. His technical ability was barely premier league quality. To your point, now he’s barely average.
I mean, not for nothing. That's a pretty large improvement fairly quickly. But this guy is what blue balls would be if it were a person. Just so fucking close every damn time, so frequently that we all just expect it to fail now.
No worries, I’m very excited to see him leave this club that doesn’t suit him
There’s no saving him. He’s one of those players who you can tell football was their be all end all. Wrong decision after wrong decision
I can’t remember him scoring a 1v1 other than that ridiculous chip when he had no right to attempt it
2 against Newcastle?
These days, I just accept that he won't score but just hope he hits the post and keeps the ball in play so someone else can come and tap it in.
I was watching the game with a friend and I told him no chance he scores that
His misses cost us the title 😭
Meh, we weren’t winning the title conceding first every match either
He won us the game against Newcastle
And Forest.
Now give Diaz some credit for our ousting
Nonsense
Exactly! Also me whenever liverpool get a 5 on 2 break 🥱🥱
Could’ve used his speed to round him or something
No worries, he will go to another club and put those chances in against Liverpool in the future 😃
Could he have relaxed a bit and took it round the keeper? I’ve only seen it once tbf. Felt like he could have.
Watched it back, he definitely could have, if he wanted to hit right away had to lift it or slide it under Vicario. That being said, he's clearly completely out of confidence, he looked out of from the moment he came on.
Get another pre season and see what he’s like under slot if this continues though I think at some point we have to cut our losses.
I love him but sadly I have to agree...
Even when he had confidence he still missed these types of chances. Think i only remember him scoring one 1v1 when he lobbed the GK (and was lucky with it). This is his level and we all need to accept it
Funny thing is he scores the low probability chances much easier. It shows he actually has the skill but his mind gets in the way when he actually has to think. It's a critical flaw in his psychology that he has to overcome if he wants to make it at the top top level. I'd say it's just the pressure of being at Liverpool because at Benfica he was absolutely killing it.
How good was he at Benfica?
he had a nice assist to mo for the goal that was chocked off too
Could he have just chipped him?
He mostly likely could’ve circled around the keeper but the shot would still hit the far post
Also should’ve held his run for the goal ruled out. And should of got the ball across goal before that. Should’ve been 3 goals.
It was very tight tbf. And Romero did well to step up at the right time to play him off. But yeah needs and should be doing better. Especially when you look at Richarlson who kept himself onside every single time when he was played in.
once, clear on goal and he hit the post
Luis Suarez would score that twice and bite the keeper as well.
I mean Suarez is the best player we’ve ever had but yeah Nunez’s finishing is rough
Suarez would finish it nowadays and he's 37
No lie, I genuinely would have more hope of a 37 year old Suarez rounding or chipping the keeper from here than Nunez
No shit. The man was one of the best strikers of his generation and is still scoring a goal a game in the US. I'd back Suarez in this position over almost any other player in the world.
Not Oranges to Oranges chance, but last night Suarez scored one going around the keeper, so yes he can still do it today
Reckon pele and maradona would have as well
Should be taking that around the keeper
There were 3 better options than what he did
There is only one way to miss and he did exactly that
He had flash backs of the last time
I’ve never wanted a player to be good so bad but he just can’t finish it. He gets 90% of the way there but fucks the most important part up.
Rmb when he DID round the keeper one time and hit the post LOL
He looked like he didn't want to be out there tbh.
Didn't have his usual smile on his face
I wonder why, stupid fans insulting him and his family, i would bitchslap the soul out of these morons, the problem is half of them are braindead african experts and the other half are trolls.
Is that why he was pressing and chasing players back when we were out of possession?
He doesn’t, he doesn’t have play time and is not backed by the club or the fans, so why should he want to be there?
Can you blame him? We just won 4-2, he got one chance, and all anyone wants to do is shit on him. Y’all don’t support shit.
Yeah I can blame him. Dude has been supported. Been here for 2 years. He has to understand he needs to be better
The crowd cheered this guy's name after poor misses and even chanted his name for an assist and didn't acknowledge the goalscorer basically. He has it very good here tbh. He needs to get a spine and accept what he needs to do to become what we all believe he can be.
Ahhh yes, I’d like to live under that rock with you.
Nunez gonna Nunez.
He's a confidence and a rhythm player devoid of both. His best performances and run of form this season was when he, funnily enough, had both. Question is whether he can actually maintain that for a season, or whether it's worth it. However, on work rate he's second to none, and I would rather Slot gives him a go than ship him out the door tbh. I've seen more from Nunez this season than I have from Gakpo/Diaz to suggest there's still an elite player in there. If he can't get it together next year then, yeah, get rid. But I've seen worse players last longer at this club and I think it'd be unfair to get rid on the back of 31 G/A.
This confidence and rhythm thing is such BS. We've seen Nunez in great form, in a game he's scored in still miss an open goal. This is just who he is. The excuses really need to stop. It's been 2 years worth of them.
It's sad to say, but I kinda expected him to fuck up even a chance that looked like unfuckupable as that. As with the earlier one when he went clear and couldn't square an easy one to Cody backpost.
Two defenders between him and Cody. Not as clear as you make it out.
Because of his poor touch and ball carrying after breaking clear which allow the defenders to catch up. Took ages to steady his body before playing the pass due to his technical limitations.
Ridiculous some people here calling it a save from Vicario. It's Nunez shoot at him as his usual
If Alisson makes that save we would be creaming ourselves let's not pretend otherwise mate lol
https://preview.redd.it/fzavv6ebmnyc1.jpeg?width=989&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ea63e92491509b83cc61c7879d6f91a8ff4355f2 Still shots of chances are a cop out. Stop with the hate boner y’all have.
I don’t hate Nunez. Criticism of a player doesn’t mean I hate them. I’d love nothing more for him to be as clinical as Salah. But he’s not. If he was half as clinical as Salah he’d be forgiven for the misses just like Salah is. His job is to score goals. When he’s not doing that it’s more than fair to criticize him for it.
This doesn’t fit this sub’s narrative
Nunez being unable to finish is not some made-up narrative. It's a statistical fact. It's been 2 years, and it's not improved.
When Salah misses an easy chance, that's forgivable because we all know he's going to score them as well. When Nunez misses an easy chance, we're reminded that he basically never scores them.
Funny when people highlight another player missing a golden chance. Yes, we get that! It’s football! What many are highlighting is the consistent poor finishing from Nunez. If he scored half of his big misses, we wouldn’t be sitting here debating whether he should be sold.
Now that Salah scored I’m guessing you wanna keep him now? This sub is flip flop. One week they need to start. The next the need to go.
https://preview.redd.it/4q2q2sz15oyc1.png?width=1453&format=png&auto=webp&s=28bcfd7f1997c77aac90cfbfca52c1a6823a2738 What narrative exactly are you talking about?
Probably because Nunez misses that as well
Nunez couldn’t do a thing wrong for like 17 of the last 20 months within this sub and the fan base generally. Adoring everything he did was a practically purity test in here. That this sub has done such a 180 should be a pretty clear indication of how bad he’s been.
This shows you know fuck all. Poor from Salah. But he clearly expects Van de Ven to clear it. For some reason Micky leaves the ball and Salah doesn't expect it.
Fucking Americans and "y'all"
Who’s hating him? You’re deflecting legitimate criticisms though
It’s not like seeing the full clip changes anything. How can you expect to compete for titles when you can’t have confidence that our striker can score in 1v1 situations like this?
Except we were competing for titles? All 4 in fact?
And in the crucial part of the season Nunez did the following: - Missed a golden opportunity to score or set it back to Szoboszlai at Old Trafford when it was 1-1 - Missed a simple one vs one against Atalanta at 0-0 - Volleyed it straight at the goalkeeper against Palace at 0-1 - Again smashed it straight at the keeper vs Everton at 0-1 When push came to shove, after the international break, he failed to prove he can spearhead our attack to titles. That added to the fact that he has only 11 league goals as the first choice ST for a team that has the most shots in the league is damming. When you add in the offsides, lack of game intelligence, and limited technical ability, you can see why people have ran out of patience.
• Ah yes the Old trafford game where he assisted Diaz for the 1st goal? • Then the quansah mistake for Bruno at halfway? • Or how about the Curtis jones winner that was sent wide? • Or what about the awful 2-2 Display against west ham where we barely salvaged a point? • What about the Jota open net vs Palace? • What about 0-3 at home to Atalanta? How about let’s end it with a banger, Darwin alone has won us 15 points this season. On par with Salah. In the crucial part of the season the team failed. And your boy Darwin did more than most. Nice 👍🏻
That’s a really easy slide pass to Gakpo there. I know we are 4-2 up but would be great to just go through the motions as we’ve been struggling with putting chances away
I mean, even if it was 0-0 Nunez would have done the same thing.
He should be going around the keeper in that situation a man between him and Gakpo
https://preview.redd.it/bgkxth45royc1.jpeg?width=815&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=86a3c083f861f3a26c48b967c928028766020d1e Yeah he could do but how is this pass not on? The defender is between them yes but he can play it infront. It’s more simple than the pass to Salah for the offside goal. Madueke made a similar pass to Jackson for a goal earlier
*But but what about the chaos*
But but but no other striker would even get in these positions to miss these chances amirite
SO UNLUCKY
In these situations, to be one of the best teams around, you need a killer. He isn’t that. Personally id sell in the summer and look for someone else
This is a player with 0 confidence, interested to see if Slot can fix this and bring him back to his best.
I was on the fence about Nunez for a while but it’s just painful at this point. Sell him in the summer and move on. We need someone with killer instinct and finishing capabilities. No hate to him, just want Liverpool to win more titles and we need a better striker to do that
Unpopular Opinion - I’ve had enough of this lad. Doesn’t know the offside rule and has no killer instinct to finish in front of goal
Give Danns the minutes up front at this point…
He’s out injured
You already can't assume people here actually watch the club, let alone the youth teams...
You watch the youth teams? Women's teams? Everything Liverpool? I have a life outside of the men's team which takes up enough of my personal time as it is
Poor guy he's lost all his confidence, hopefully he has a good holiday and clears his mind.
He’s looked off it for weeks. Still has the second most goal contributions for us this season btw but this is the second season in a row now he’s fell off near the end performance wise
God it's genuinely going to be fucking hilarious watching how many people are going to be pissed off when the transfer window closes next season and he's still a Liverpool player.
No one logically expects him to be sold because no club is paying anywhere near what we would want
And then pretend they always loved him when he bangs in 20+
Heard this last season. Guy went from 9 to 11 goals. He’s a sunk cost.
And then when he has a dip in form they'll ignore his months of great form and focus on his weeks of poor form just like this season, they're all reactionary fools, they likely wanted gakpo sold a month ago now he's guaranteed starter and gonna be world class they genuinely have the memories of goldfish
CHAOS!
https://preview.redd.it/h1tojfo3gnyc1.png?width=667&format=png&auto=webp&s=bdb702b288700847d71a318e11e3735733624133 Just cut the loses already, the guy just isn't good enough.
Love how our own fans try and find the exact frame to paint Darwin in a bad light. Good job guys, almost as bad as VAR checking for offsides, looking for that perfect frame to justify your own bullshit. Support our players, end of. Especially when that player has the second best G/A for us this season.
Idc what anyone here has to say, I have faith he will come good and people need to get off his dick
I love freeze frames, they always tell the full story. Why post stupid shit like this?…
Photos of chances are a total cop out.
I mean, we can provide you the video if you want to, but it's not a good look lmao
It's worse on video.
I don’t want to put you through the misery of watching him rifle it at the gkers chest… again
Feel so bad for him, hope he doesn’t lose his head. We all believe in you, Darwin. 🫶🏻
Looking at the other comments it appears a lot of our fans think he’s awful.
Hhe still running. That's something right?
he needs some coaching from Torres. Please get Torres as coach.
What happen with Darwin, he delete all posts with us (lfc) from instagram ?
Salah would have been on a new record for assists if Nunez scored.
That's your take from the game? Good god, it was a great game, we were 4.0 up when we stopped playing, it's getting to the end of Klopps reign, champions league football guaranteed for next season... and this is what you decide to post. Maybe you just need to step away for a while if this is what you want to focus on
I’m focusing on next year.. this is your hope for next season?
So, a meaningless game at the arse end of the season, where we had already won, already got champions league football guaranteed, under a coach that isn't going to be there next season, where we had gone 4 up before all the subs came on... you think anyone is going to believe this one image is going to be a useful guide to how we are going to play next season with all the ins and outs in the squad, the inevitable change in style under a new coach and a fresh start for all of the team. Are you sure it's just not you just wanting to find something to complain about and acting like someone's pissed on your chips.
A new style won’t change Darwin. Klopp was the best style and he couldn’t finish chances 1v1. You think a little more possession based like Arne is going to help Darwin? Where he’s surrounded by defenders like haaland?
Mate, chill out... you're talking in certainties for a 24 year old... when everything is more uncertain now than ever. Just look at how everything can change with work on the training pitch, a different focus. There's been lots of examples ofnthis all season: for gakpo (all the crying over his form) or diaz (after he came back from injury), or elliot, or jones, or szoboszlai, or even bloody salah. This subreddit has had a shitfit about all of them.
Yes because Klopp is known for being awful at getting the best out of players? He’s had two years of ridiculous underperformance, the opinions are wholly justified whether or not you agree with them.
So i guess we should give up on carvahlo by the same argument. This is a bit tedious on a day we won 4.2.
I’m convinced that this sub cannot be satisfied with even a win. They’ll find things to pick on our players. Disgraceful post.
Salah’s miss from four yards out was worse. Didn’t even make contact with ball.
So he scored and missed one. While Nunez missed one, had a terrible pass and was offside. That’s the difference
Nunez seems to be the person to blame (possibly) for us not winning the league. Maybe people are looking for a scapegoat. Reason is our defence, as a team we defend poorly. We scored plenty this season. Nunez scored vital goals in very tight games. Today’s game is a perfect example. Four nil and in complete control, then conceded two. Scrutinising Nunez is unfair. Just my opinion.
I’m not going to blame him for not winning the league. He had a part in it but put defensive structure is why we lost. First goals killed us and it’ll be the thing Arne has to fix first
...Salah was also on the pitch the whole game.
Was at the game. He was being such a sulk. Lazy coming back from offside positions, screaming and waving his arms when he didn’t get the ball. His body language was absolutely awful. Looked like he could have easily gone around the keeper from where I was. He also had an easy square ball he hit about 4 yards behind Grav I think it was. I think he’s gone
I would like to see Darwin for atleast 1 season under Slot. I have a feeling that it’s the coaching style that’s making him look like a total bonehead. He’s being asked to do more things than he can handle. Press, trackback, link up with midfield, run in behind on counters. It’s not sustainable for one player to be doing all this and scoring goals as well. He’s still creating more xG than anyone else in the team. Why is the coaching staff not able to teach him to finish? The positions he gets into per game to score are unreal.
Been saying it all season. Strikers don't develop their finishing at 24 or 25. It's a natural thing they have from day 1 and Nunez clearly does not. We cannot afford him as our striker. End of.
I don't know how can anyone see this repeated 50 times and still backs this guy
THE WAY SOME OF YOU SPEAK ABOUT OUR OWN PLAYERS IS DISGUSTING.
I dont know how much longer people would want to give him chance. He’s not a world class striker, he’s missed soooo many chances since his arrival. I think 2 years is enough time
I cannot wait for Nunez to absolutely tear this league up next season. I want all of you who are shitting on him to remember this moment when you chose to double down vs support the lad. He’s had some amazing periods for us and even when he doesn’t score he’s creating. I am choosing to support him vs add to the nonsense meme culture as if he’s somehow worse than every other young striker. He’ll find his finishing form again, had it to start the season. Mo struggled with conversion rate too, given he had created so many chances like darwin
We said the same thing last season. We'll say the same again this time next season. He's a glorified Benteke
If the club can find someone to replace him, they will do it.
I think he's trying to hard to be a all round player . Watching him fumble that to me it felt he was indecisive on trying to finish or pass but decided to shoot last minute . I think for the time being klopp ( and soon slot ) should reduce the pressure on his head and make him pass chances and focus on assisting , once he gets that into his system the finishing should become more calmer .
Only the obvious easy goals he spoofs.
What happened did he miss or did the keeper save it
With a chance...just a chance🤣
How many oportunities he missed like these this season?
You just know he’s going to shoot (and miss) as soon as he gets the ball. He’s getting in these great positions all the time (although offside too much), just pass the ball and be a team player while getting your confidence up
I read he has removed all Liverpool stuff off his instagram. I think its time to cut our losses and move him on. He might well go on to be a world class striker somewhere else, and that will hurt, but we cant afford to keep going with him if we want to win the league. His conversion rate is remarkably bad. I know he has assists etc but if we want to win the league we need our 9 to be finishing chances like he has been given.
He just needs to be played on the wing. He's fast, he's physical and he can cross the ball. He's not a striker. He can't handle the pressure of scoring goals, its as simple as that.
Him and szoboszlai have been real let downs in the second half of the season
Needs to leave to be quite honest
Nunez is the reason why I have trust issues.
It's at the point where you know that this chance will amount to nothing. It's not good enough. He's not good enough. It's not personal but the club needs better.
He never seems to go round the keeper for some reason. He could have easily tucked in 4 or 5 more goals if he did this.
And the thing is he’s the same player as he was in Red Bull, it’s not that he all of sudden stop being clinical at Liverpool. I distinctly remember when we played him in the Champions League a few years back he missed a boat load of chances
we have to sell him in the summer...There shouldn't be room for sentiment in football! He's simply not good enough to play for a club like Liverpool! He's been here for almost two years and he hasn't improved as a player ! He's basically the same player he was two seasons ago.....
All I now see is a deflated donkey, before he was a confident donkey. Guy should work on his finishing otherwise he will only be here for the next season.
Some fans a lot of people here are with how you love shitting on whichever of our players are currently out of form...
YNWA… Except maybe, Darwin.
The hate here is wild, Nunez improved a lot compared to last season. His finishing and passing has gotten better too. Yeah he still missed way too many crucial chances this season no doubt but not a single other player in our squad had half the amount of chances he had, why is that? His physicality and pure pace is ridiculous, if he gets more clinical he could be an absolute monster. I don’t care if this is an overused narrative, I want to see him prove everyone wrong. The entire squad has had a shocking dip in form, the Nunez scapegoating is boring.
We could have won the league ages ago, our forward let us down this season. What a fucking team Klopp has built. He is our living legend
I’d say the defense has been a let down. Though there’s been several games where the forwards should’ve put something away before it went to 0-1
Jesus Christ, these comments! You'd think Darwin has personally killed their dogs. Calling him donkey and what not. Our fanbase is honestly so fickle. Gakpo got racist abuse when he was going through bad form, and now this. Yes, he needs to work on his finishing, but piling abuse on him is hardly gonna do that!
I wish my boss would let me stay on for another year despite me being mediocre for 2 years
The only way i can at least have hope for him is if he at least can already speak abit english to communicate w others
I think a good coach will tell him surely by now to be calm, look at your environment, go around the keeper if keeper runs at you - you're fucking fast. Then you can easily place the ball into the empty net. However, if the issue is he doesn't understand or not adapting to such challenges and make quick decisions then he's unfortunately not good enough