Robertson and Tsimikas better look over their shoulders, there’s a new world class left back in town! Joking aside, that was a performance reminiscent of Diaz when he first arrived: full of energy, direct running, immense at tracking back and setting up chances for his teammates and dreadful at shooting from good positions.
Klopp recently said that he didn’t want Nunez on the flank but judging by that performance, he might stick around for a while. I am, however, a bit disappointed by his teammates because they failed to pick up his really good runs in the inside left channel (Robertson did it twice, Elliott did it once, both had excellent positions to pick his runs - Tottenham played an uncharacteristically high line at times). Salah didn’t look too bothered to pass to him as well, though the circumstances were different - and he always gets tunnel vision when he’s near the goal anyway.
Picked 2 really good passes against Tottenham when he had some time on the ball.
He still makes the wrong decisions sometimes, but so do the others. Really good performance again and defensively he’s as committed as anyone out there.
Like him. Hope he comes fully good. First half wanted too much time when he got in good positions. Too often closed down and blocked by defenders. Second half much better. Reminds me of that adjustment period many players need when coming into the Prem from other leagues. Like others, I’d much rather see him in the box more often using his strength.
Him playing a bit wider is a lesser evil than the diamond structure we played in a few games recently. Robbo pushed up more than Trent, Elliott played wider than Mo. So in reality, yesterday we were on paper a 4-3-3. Attacking we were like 3-4-3 and defending in 4-4-2 (Salah more central than Nunez). Means he had to put a shift in and he did it. A few crap touches, but I liked his assist and other passes in and around the box. Tried to find Mo a few times. Good stuff that he understands now that we have certain issues and he needs to sacrifice a little bit.
Nunez just joined us, I don’t think it will change much in the hierarchy. Depends also who’s on the pitch. His two penalties so far (one in pre-season and the other one against Derby) weren’t great.
I agree with @ILLOK - unfortunately, the striker he’s the most similar to is running away with the Golden Boot… That said, he’s slowly getting there, though I didn’t expect that left flank would be one of the main stations to his destination. Encouraging performance in probably every aspect aside from his first touch - he can’t trap a long ball properly to save his life…
