Darwin Nunez scores audacious lob for Liverpool after ‘genius’ Diogo Jota help
Liverpool had been at their most electrical when digging out a genius lead at Brentford.
And “digging” was the operative as Darwin Nunez flicked the ball over Mark Flekken in pleasant style to cap off a searing counter-attack. Perhaps much more spectacular than the end itself was Diogo Jota’s headed help, nevertheless.
The Bees discovered themselves caught on the different finish of the sphere as Flekken’s free-kick contained in the Brentford half might solely discover Virgil van Dijk. And the Dutchman blasted the ball upfield, the place Jota had the wherewithal to ship his glancing header into the trail of the onrushing Nunez.
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The Uruguayan’s ending has been criticised at occasions so far throughout his Reds tenure, however there was nothing amiss about his technical capability on this event. And he left Flekken flapping as he nonchalantly flicked the ball over the Dutchman and into an empty web.
Jota, 27, was rightly praised by commentators for placing himself able to get on Van Dijk’s clearance, then figuring out Nunez’s whereabouts to one way or the other nod the ball into his path. However, nothing ought to take away from Nunez’s ingenuity in tucking away the primary large likelihood of the sport.
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Jurgen Klopp‘s main man has unlocked a wealthy vein of kind for the reason that begin of the yr and appears like a person able to taking the Reds to a title. Saturday’s breakthrough marked his ninth Premier League objective of the marketing campaign, which remains to be some 5 wanting main scorer Mohamed Salah.
The Egyptian was absent from Klopp’s XI for the journey to the Gtech Community Stadium, having solely return to coaching this week following harm. However, it wasn’t lengthy after Nunez’s objective that he was referred to as into the fray as a substitute for the injured Jota.
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That was considered one of two early harm blows for the Merseysiders in west London after Curtis Jones was already taken off instead of Ryan Gravenberch. On the plus aspect, Nunez has now scored in back-to-back Premier League fixtures for the primary time in his profession.
Victory at Brentford would guarantee Liverpool stay on the high of the Premier League for no less than a couple of extra days.
