Jurgen Klopp says he sees a lot of similiarites between striker Darwin Nunez and Robert Lewandowski, who he coached at Borussia Dortmund.
- Nunez lacking possibilities
- Klopp makes Lewandowski comparability
- Backs Uruguayan to enhance
WHAT HAPPENED? The Liverpool supervisor has backed his £64 million summer time signing, who has netted 9 targets for the Reds in 20 video games since arriving from Benfica. Nevertheless, Nunez has additionally been responsible of squandering loads of possibilities and Klopp has revealed how Robert Lewandowski had related struggles in entrance of objective in his early days at Borussia Dortmund.
WHAT THEY SAID: “There are numerous similarities [with Nunez], to be trustworthy. Sure, I feel Lewi would inform the identical story. We had capturing periods the place he didn’t end off one,” he informed reporters. “We had bets on a regular basis for €10 the place I mentioned, ‘If you happen to rating greater than 10 instances I’ll pay you €10 and if you happen to don’t you must pay me’. My pocket was full of cash.”
AND WHAT’S MORE: Klopp additionally went on to say Nunez’s potential is “apparent” and that he feels the striker will study from his errors as he develops his recreation additional at Anfield.
“I feel all of us agree that the potential is so apparent. Is every part proper? No. I feel it’s clear once you see the second likelihood, the large likelihood within the second half (towards Aston Villa) he can run just a little bit on an angle after which he has a free selection,” he added. “However it’s all coming. You do it like this, the following time you do it like that. I had this case with Lewi however it’s not solely Lewi. He’s the apparent comparability. The group is totally satisfied and that’s actually cool.”
THE BIGGER PICTURE: Nunez hit seven targets in 10 video games earlier than the World Cup break however was responsible of losing a number of clear possibilities towards Man Metropolis and Aston Villa in his two matches since getting back from Qatar. Klopp clearly has full religion within the Uruguay worldwide, describing him as “unstoppable” after the win at Villa Park regardless of his struggles in entrance of objective.
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WHAT NEXT FOR LIVERPOOL? The Reds are again in Premier League motion on Friday towards Leicester Metropolis.