Darwin Nunez has posted a message on social media after his first appearances for Liverpool.
The Reds striker recently made his first two appearances for the club following his £85million transfer from Benfica. Nunez played half an hour in the 4-0 defeat to Manchester United, and then a similar length of time in the 2-0 victory over Crystal Palace.
He is yet to score his first goal during the pre-season tour, but has had opportunities to find the back of the net. In the win over Palace, Nunez was denied by goalkeeper Vicente Guaita with a close-range strike.
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Nunez will now return to Merseyside along with the rest of the Liverpool squad. Hours after the win over Palace, the Uruguay international posted a short message on Twitter.
In his tweet, Nunez wrote: “resiliencia,” which translates to “resilience” in English, followed by the ‘shushing face’ emoji.
The tweet from Nunez comes amid recent criticism of the striker from sections of rival fans. Jurgen Klopp leapt to the defence of his summer signing in a press conference before the win over Palace.
“I am not worried at all,” said Klopp, when defending his new striker. “The general judgement is 0.0% interesting. And it will be like this, and we all know it’s a joke or a game for some people to pick out some situations where a player is not doing well.
“The only really important thing first and foremost is how I judge the situation for the player. I couldn’t be more calm about it. I am completely convinced about his potential.
“Liverpool supporters in the whole world should know now after a while that new players need time and get time, and we should be the first – all Liverpool supporters on this planet – who just delete the fee we paid. Just delete it, it’s not important.”
Klopp added: “It is my responsibility to help Darwin that he can fulfil his full potential. And I am in it. I am in that responsibility. I’m completely calm.
“I know with strikers it is like this, he missed a chance and then we have these nerves, people out there saying ‘Oh my God, he missed a chance.’ I can promise it will not be the last, for no striker in the world. They will miss chances, that’s how it is. Having them is good. And from there we go.
“Really, with half a football brain you don’t doubt the potential of Darwin Nunez and now we have to help him that he can fulfil that as quick as possible. That’s all.”
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