Fans are carrying forward all his previous misses and using them against him every game, itโs tiresome. Any reasonable person that follows football would know he had a good game apart from the miss (which may not have even counted btw)
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This forum has been particularly reactionary and short memoried this season. Not its finest moment, right now. Some very daft comments.
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Reminds me a lot of early Suarez in terms of great technique but sometimes not the best composure finishing. He has frustrated me at times (including yesterday) but also shown incredible ability at others. If he gets 20+ league goals in the season, all will be forgiven, but heโll have to stop missing big chances. Iโm still hopeful.
I think most fans would tolerate his blatant misses if he continues to get better at goal scoring in general, as the season goes forwardโฆ Come next season though, I also think his apprenticeship of continuous improvement in front of goal, should be more or less completely over. The odd sitter every now and again, should take the place of the frequency, of what is happening at the momentโฆ!
Ian Rush never began as the assassin he eventually became in front of goal. Similar flight path with this guy me hopes :0)
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Yup, I raised this last time he was struggling and was dismissed.
The whole board seems reactionary today when in fact it was just a bad day.
The fact it was so crammed and some of our better players were off form and yet still created the chances we did in that first half.
In the second half everyone started to try too hard with tired minds and legs, why do you think fresh looking subs instantly looked better?
Reminded me of matches at the Dell, I donโt think we ever coasted one of them in the time I supported the club 1993 onwards
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The odd sitter happens to almost everyone. With him, itโs more often than what anyone would want, at least at that high(est) level. His improvement this season is surely more important than him still missing or failing to convert an unusual number of these chances. It has more value for us over 90 minutes or whatever time heโs on the pitch, when he plays well. Klopp explained it pre-Luton, that we start from here now. This is Nunez who is finally showing he can work within this team in all phases of the game. Hopefully just continues improving. But there is no need to say or repeat that he also needs to be converting more of these chances. Also, letโs drop the Suarez comparisons, for everyoneโs sake.
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And a bad day for the team overall in which Darwinโs typical Darwinness looked for most the game like the most likely route to a goal.
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Jurgen Klopp on Darwin Nรบรฑez:
โ๐ข๐๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด! ๐ข๐๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด! ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ!
โ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ต๐ถ๐บ ๐ต๐ผ๐ ๐ต๐ฒ ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐, ๐๐ต๐ผ ๐๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ? ๐ง๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐!
โ๐ฆ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ป ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐น๐ผ๐ป๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด. ๐ช๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ-๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฒ.โ
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Bit of a Firmino-esque performance that one.
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I like Kloppโs recognition of the player. He had the ball in the back of the net twice, but didnโt score. If strikers equate their performance to goals scored, and thatโs it, then Darwin Nunez could easily get into a funk and second guess himself. I thought he had a good game and even if others got the goals, Nunez played an important part in the team doing well.
Long may it continue. And a few more goals are just around the corner, I feel.
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Management 101 (and shocking how few managers get it).
When a player sacrifices their game, puts in a massive effort to do exactly what you have been coaching him and asking him to do for the benefit of the team, make damn sure he knows how much everyone appreciates it.
Why Klopp is a great managerโฆ and why Darwin is going to end his career a Liverpool legend.
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Best compliment I could lay on Darwinโฆ Even Ramos would not fancy taking him on.! :0)
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Haha, thought the same! Here I am, still waiting for Gakpo to become the next Firmino, while Nunez is running down defenders into oblivion, missing sitters left and right but helping Mo score game after game. 
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He shouldnโt try to play like Firmino in my opinion and Klopp shouldnโt mold him into the next iteration. He doesnโt need to drop back as much or do the off ball work that Firmino did.
The way heโs played so far is ideal and if he manages to sort out his finishing, heโll break the league, starting with the plastics in a fortnight.
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Scored the second goal in Uruguayโs 2-0 defeat of Argentina last night:
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Normally he misses the he has so much time to think โฆ 
Heโs warming up for Man City, good lad. Hopefully we lay on a plane, get the boys home, and we put in a good performance next weekend. I hate the international break!
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