Darwin Nunez red card a ‘nightmare’ for Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp, says Jamie Carragher

Jamie Carragher fears Jurgen Klopp faces ‘a nightmare’ situation with Darwin Nunez after the Liverpool striker marked his home debut with a red card.

The Uruguay international had enjoyed a dream start to his Reds career following his club-record move from Benfica earlier this summer.

Nunez scored his first goal during the recent Community Shield win over Manchester City and produced an eye-catching performance from the bench last weekend as he helped Liverpool salvage a draw against newly promoted Fulham.

The 23-year-old was rewarded with a first start against Crystal Palace last night in the absence of Robrto Firmino, but his evening was ended when he was sent off in the 57th minute for aiming a headbutt at Joachim Andersen.

Nunez will now miss the next three games through suspension, including next Monday’s heavyweight showdown against Manchester United at Old Trafford, and Carragher believes it could be another six weeks before Klopp can begin to fully reintegrate the Kop’s new cult hero.

He told Sky Sports: ‘What can he say? He can’t go in all guns blazing. He can be frustrated and he’ll speak to the lad. But Darwin Nunez will know more than anyone that he’s made a huge mistake.

‘There’s no debate, everyone knows that. No Liverpool supporter can be having a go at Anderson, I know they were booing him in the stadium but that’s just what happens now that’s what supporters do. He’ll speak to him he mentioned he’ll support him almost like another pre-season.

‘He’s not going to be there, I’m not sure how the games fall or if there’s a cup game in between but he’ll try to work with him without games.

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