Liverpool: Darwin Nunez mocked on social media after he nearly hit CORNER FLAG in Uruguay training
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‘Liverpool fans should apologize for ever comparing this man to Haaland’: Darwin Nunez is mocked on social media after the £85m attacker nearly hit the CORNER FLAG with an effort in Uruguay’s training that was ‘more difficult’ was then scoring’
- Darwin Nunez has been ridiculed online for a quirky attempt at Uruguay’s training
- The attacker robbed his teammate before his wild shot nearly hit the corner flag
- Liverpool signed the 23-year-old Benfica striker this summer for £85 million
- Nunez struggles to settle, scored once in five games and was shown a red card
- Meanwhile, Manchester City’s new signing Erling Haaland has 14 in nine games
- One fan joked Reds supporters should apologize for comparing Nunez to Haaland
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Liverpool star Darwin Nunez has been ridiculed online for a wild shot that nearly hit the corner flag during Uruguay’s training.
The 23-year-old striker, who came to the Reds for £85 million from Benfica this summer, has left his country for international service after a subpar start to the season at Anfield, where he scored just one goal in five competitive competitions. spell.
And Nunez’s woes continued after his wayward attempt went viral after flying miles off target, prompting fans to mock the attacker on social media.
Darwin Nunez has been brutally mocked online for a quirky attempt during training in Uruguay
The £85m Liverpool attacker nearly hit the corner flag with the wild shot before bowing his head
The footage, jokingly set to the Champions League anthem, shows Nunez clattering into a teammate and fouling him before being allowed to run further towards the goal.
Under minimal pressure from any defenders, he misaligned his effort horribly, forcing the goalkeeper to sprint away from the goal in a failed attempt to stop the ball.
Nunez then bows his head in frustration as football fans descend on the video to mock his attempted strike – some mockery of Liverpool supporters who compared him to Erling Haaland in pre-season.
Nunez has struggled to settle at Anfield, scoring just twice in six games, missing several good chances and being shown a red card and then a three-game ban for a shocking headbutt against Crystal Palace’s Joachim Andersen.
Haaland, who came over from Borussia Dortmund for £51million, has got off to a good start with 14 goals in 10 games, 11 of them in seven Premier League games.
Fans have laughed at Liverpool supporters for comparing Nunez (R) to Erling Haaland (L) after his woes continued this season
And football fans quickly took to social media (pictured) to ridicule the 23-year-old attacker
Many Liverpool fans had insisted that their new man surpass Haaland, but the Norway international has looked a class better so far.
The TikTok video, which has been liked more than 125,000 times, received a lot of reactions from fans who were stunned by the effort.
One said: ‘All Liverpool fans worldwide should choose a venue to collectively apologize to the rest of the world for ever comparing this man to Haaland.’
Another added: ‘That seemed harder to do than score’, with a third question ‘How did he make it pro?’.
Nunez has had a difficult season so far and was sent off in Liverpool’s draw with Palace
Another fan joked that he was sorry he ever compared Nunez to former £35 million flop Andy Carroll
One continued, “This looks like golf trying to get the flag,” while one TikTok user sarcastically posted, “What a player.”
A sixth said: “He’s a social experiment at the moment,” and one football fan added: “(Liverpool manager Jurgen) Klopp will come out and tell you it was the wind,” followed by a wind and two smiling emojis.
Another account posted, “It’s getting to the point where you can’t defend him anymore.”
One said, “I’m sorry Andy Carroll ever compared you to this man, it was too harsh,” while a tenth simply concluded: “Barca dodged a bullet.”