Following Liverpool’s 2-1 Carabao Cup triumph over Fulham, Darwin Nunez voiced his frustration regarding his goal drought.
Jurgen Klopp’s team, trailing after Willian’s 19th-minute opener, staged a comeback at Anfield.
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Nunez’s second-half entry proved pivotal, contributing assists for Curtis Jones’ equalizer and Cody Gakpo’s 71st-minute winner.
Despite a late opportunity, Nunez’s close-range attempt was brilliantly thwarted by Fulham’s goalkeeper, Bernd Leno. Liverpool’s £85 million acquisition has only managed to score one goal in his last 16 appearances for the club.
And as he made his way back to the dressing room after the club’s victory over Fulham, Nunez was heard telling his teammates in Spanish: ‘Crazy, the ball just doesn’t want to go in.’
Despite Nunez’s lack of goals, Klopp praised the Uruguayan forward’s contribution to his Liverpool team.
‘He plays outstanding, I have to say it. So many things I really love about the game,’ Klopp said.
‘The first year was the year to adapt and he scored here and there. But now the contribution in games… he would have started tonight but he had cramps in the last game, so three days later you don’t start a player.
‘The boys don’t start or not start because they score or not score. My belief and my trust in them is – as long as they behave properly – endless because they just deserve it because of the effort that they put in.
‘That you can bring Cody and Darwin from the bench, that’s a proper change. And we changed, on top of that, system and formation and set-up.
‘All of a sudden the high press was not organised anymore, we had problems there, we tried to fix that from outside and then all of a sudden protection was not [there] because we changed a couple of things.
‘But the offensive situations were much better, it’s good – he’s a big part of that.’
