Andy Robertson is hoping there are 'many more' goals to come from Darwin Nunez after the Liverpool striker opened his account for the Reds in a competitive game in Saturday's 3-1 win over Manchester City in the Community Shield.
Liverpool new boy Nunez was signed in June for a fee that could reach a club-record £85 million, but he had to settle for a place amongst the substitutes. Nunez soon made his impact when entering the action after winning a penalty and scoring the third goal.
Left-back Robertson highlighted how Nunez will need time to adapt to his new surroundings, but is glad the pressure is off the striker where his goal goal is regarded.
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Robertson, who assisted Nunez's goal, spoke to Liverpoolfc.com after the win over City at Leicester City's King Power Stadium: "He also had the chance [before that] but, to be honest, I don’t think he did much wrong, I just thought it was a magnificent save by the ’keeper.
"A great start for him. He’s going to need time, he’s still young and we will be patient with him but what a 30 minutes he had. To get his first goal makes a huge difference and I’m sure he will be delighted with his half an hour’s work. It just means that the first goal is away, all that pressure has gone and hopefully there’s many more to come."
After a tough 10 days in Austria working on fitness ahead of the new season, Robertson is excited for the real 'fun' to start next Saturday away at Fulham: "Yeah, it was tough. It’s been a short pre-season, a lot of us have only got 45 minutes in our legs, that’s the maximum we’ve played, some have played 60 and things like that, so when it got to 60 to 65 there was a lot of tired legs and then they went and equalised.
"It showed a lot of character, we brought on fresh legs. Darwin was brilliant when he came on, Fabio, Harvey, Curtis, Naby, Millie, we made all six subs and I thought they all made a difference and gave us that bit of pace and a bit of composure when we were getting a bit tired. It was a full squad effort today.
"We flew straight from Austria, it has been a tough 10 days and now the real fun starts."
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