Idol or failure? Darwin Nunez will have his defining moment at Liverpool

After a rather discreet last season, this season he has started again at a high level and has clearly made a difference. The departure of Sadio Mané from Liverpool in the summer of 2022 was quickly replaced with the signing of Darwin Nunez. He had previously dazzled at Almeria and also at Benfica, who, as we know, were used to selling their main players at a good price. He started at an acceptable level but ended up disappointing in general during last season. Just 15 goals and 4 assists in a total of 42 games, of which he only started 26 in this case. And above all, he clearly went from strength to weakness throughout the season.

But this season, after many changes in the midfield of the Anfield team, things are going differently. No less than 4 goals and 3 assists in 10 games for the Merseyside outfit, where he is undoubtedly already the great offensive reference point. At 24 years of age, this Uruguayan striker is clearly destined to make a difference this season under the guidance of Jürgen Klopp. So we are looking at a striker with a lot of room for improvement and the qualities to make his mark at his club.

Striker Darwin Nunez was happy with his 90th-minute goal as Uruguay drew 2-2 away to Colombia and his team took a "good point" from the Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Melendez on the third day of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers. "We took a good point. When they scored the second goal I thought it was going to cost us a lot more, but we knew how to control it and we got the penalty, which was very good for us," said the 24-year-old Liverpool striker, in statements reported by Gol Caracol.

<strong>Nunez is on a roll </strong>

When asked about what it means to replace Luis Suarez and Edinson Cavani in attack, who have not been called up by Marcelo Bielsa for any of these qualifiers, the striker said: "I don't feel any pressure, because I am supported by the coach, by my family, by my team-mates. In addition to Nunez's goal, Uruguay's full-back Mathias Olivera scored for Uruguay, while Colombia's goals came from James Rodriguez and Matheus Uribe. With this result, the Cafeteros are provisionally third with five points, while the Charrúas are fourth with four. In the next matchday, scheduled for Tuesday, Colombia will visit Ecuador and Uruguay will host Brazil. "We have to keep working as we have been working right now. We have a very young team, I believe in my team-mates and we're going to give everything (against Brazil) as we did today," said Núñez.