Thierry Henry says Darwin Nunez is trying to ‘overdo it’ for Liverpool and believes the Uruguayan star needs to add more composure to his game.
Liverpool’s £85m summer signing netted his sixth goal of the campaign on Tuesday as Jurgen Klopp’s side ran out 2-0 winners over Napoli in the UEFA Champions League.
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The 23-year-old has already faced huge criticism over his performances this season and has been guilty of missing easy opportunities for Liverpool.
But Henry believes Nunez is on the right track and believes the Uruguay international is trying too hard to make an impact at the club.
‘I think he needs confidence, and the confidence that I’m talking about is when you are at a club and feel like you’re going to play week in and week out, you’re a bit more cold in front of goal,’ Henry told CBS.
‘Because he wants to please so much and do so much and he wants to wow the Liverpool fans, sometimes he rushes it. He gets the ball and he rushes it instead of controlling, going back on his right foot and finishing clean.
‘I went through that. When you arrive as a big signing and just overdo it at times. Coming in after Sadio Mane, that’s not easy to do and you just overdo it instead of being calm, cool and finishing.
‘He’s the type of guy where when he gets one then things will come. I don’t think he’s a finisher like Robbie Fowler, not a lot of people are finishers like Robbie Fowler in all fairness, but he has goals in him.
‘He’s a bit more of a handful. Sometimes he will rush a bit like Alexis Sanchez or a young Luis Suarez when you felt like things were bounding off of him and stuff like that but when you start to master what you’re good at, then you can control it better. And I think that will happen to him. I think he can do that.’
