By coming off the bench to score against Fulham on his Premier League debut, Darwin Nunez wrote himself into the Liverpool history books. Jurgen Klopp’s new £85million record signing also got an assist at Craven Cottage, setting up Mo Salah as the Reds came back to draw 2-2 on the opening day of the 2022-23 season.
Nunez’s goal places him alongside some outstanding players to open their accounts in their first game in the famous red kit.
We’ve taken a look at the last five players to score on their Liverpool debut and how they subsequently fared. Eyebrows were raised when Liverpool spent £34.3million on Salah, who struggled at Chelsea during his first spell in English football.
But the winger was determined to prove that he could be a success in the Premier League and made an immediate impact, scoring in a 3-3 draw with Watford in August 2017.