Liverpool's Darwin Nunez silences the haters with four goals vs RB Leipzig

Darwin Nunez is off the mark for Liverpool.

With the Reds’ famous front three having finally been disbanded this summer upon Sadio Mane’s move to Bayern Munich, Jurgen Klopp turned to Nunez to give the club’s front line a fresh lick of paint.

And the pressure couldn’t be any greater with the Uruguay international having joined up with Mohamed Salah, Roberto Firmino, Diogo Jota and Luis Diaz with an £85 million price tag attached to him.

Nunez under pressure

Sure, he might have set the world alight at Benfica last season with 34 goals from 41 games, but would he have the minerals to succeed where so many strikers have struggled before him: the Premier League?

Well, that was the question on everybody’s lips when the 23-year-old first pulled on the famous red jersey as part of the club’s pre-season preparations for the 2022/23 campaign.

And given all the fanfare that surrounded his arrival, as well as Manchester City’s near-enough-concurrent purchase of Erling Haaland, it quickly became apparent that there was already a cross hair on his name.

In fact, that couldn’t have been any clearer than clips of Nunez missing chances in Liverpool training and ‘highlights’ videos of him struggling in his first few games started amassing big numbers.

He hadn’t even kicked a competitive football for Liverpool yet and you really got the impression that rival supporters were baying for blood.

Which brings us to Liverpool’s most recent pre-season clash with RB Leipzig on Thursday, which well and truly marked the arrival of their new arrival at centre forward.

Locking horns with the Champions League club at the Red Bull Arena, Nunez’s struggles against Liverpool and Crystal Palace were quickly forgotten as he bagged two goals in three