Darwin Nunez sends defiant message after another horror showing for Liverpool

Darwin Nunez is paying no attention to the haters after he was roundly mocked by rival fans for his performance in Liverpool’s 2-0 friendly victory over Crystal Palace.

The Uruguayan missed a sitter in his first outing for the club against Manchester United earlier this week and once again struggled to live up to his £85million price tag in Friday’s friendly in Singapore.

Nunez was subbed on at half-time as Jurgen Klopp effectively fielded two sides, though he was withdrawn after barely half an hour following an uninspiring display.

A compilation of his cameo went viral on social media afterwards, featuring another poor miss and some wayward passing.

Against United, Nunez had blazed over the bar from 10 yards while against Palace he missed the ball completely after a pull-back from Trent Alexander-Arnold.

In defence of the former Benfica man, the cross took a slight touch off a defender before Nunez did a borderline comical air kick.

The compilation also featured a poor attempt to head the ball down to a team-mate – only finding a Palace player – as well as a lazy foul and a terrible pass which went straight out of play.

Nunez appears to be well aware of the pelters he is receiving from rival fans and took to social media to post a defiant message.

The 23-year-old uploaded a series of images from the match against Palace to his Instagram, adding a ‘sssh’ emoji as well as another of a man pointing at his ear.

Nunez also uploaded the same pictures to Twitter with the caption ‘resilience’.

Asked about the online mocking his new signing has received prior to the game, manager Jurgen Klopp said: ‘I’m not worried at all. The general judgement [on Nunez] is absolutely nil interest [to us]. It will be like this, and we all know