Many individuals were shocked when Liverpool was obliged to sign Luis Diaz from Porto toward the finish of the January move window, since it is an association they are know about.
Not that they hadn't wanted to buy Diaz in any case, yet reports expressed they were wanting to do as such toward the finish of the time, just for a startling proposal from Tottenham to push the arrangement forward.
It was a welcome need, as Diaz set it all up and assisted Liverpool with verging on accomplishing the unimaginable by winning a fourfold.
With the Colombian moving to the left half of the assault, Mane had to play in a new focal situation for the equilibrium of the time, which he did honorably.
Nunez will be a more normal fit in that middle job than Diaz, and both will be searching for a smooth exchange from the Primeira Liga to the Premier League.
He's now demonstrated that he can cut it against English resistance in two appearances against Liverpool in the Champions League quarter-finals this season.
Virgil van Dijk as of late recorded Nunez as one of his hardest ever rivals in a meeting with Rio Ferdinand, in spite of Jurgen Klopp's side winning 3-1 in the main leg in Lisbon. Nunez scored the Benfica objective and played alright that Virgil van Dijk as of late recorded him as one of his hardest ever rivals in a meeting with Rio Ferdinand.
At the point when Van Dijk was inaccessible, he might have dazzled much more in the return leg at Anfield. Nunez regularly pulled out to one side, extending Liverpool's guard, and he might have had a full go-around in the event that it hadn't been for their viable offside snare.
Nunez scored multiple times in the Liverpool objective, yet two of them were precluded by the associate ref as Benfica drew 3-3 on total.
In the end 10 minutes, however, he showed his power of character by driving a fabulous prevent from Alisson and practically hauling his group once more into a game they had recently been well out of.
Is Nunez a solid match for Liverpool?
Roberto Firmino, who was splendid under the Anfield floodlights yet has seen his already vital situation in Liverpool's offense recoil lately, scored two of Liverpool's objectives that evening.
Until the appearance of Diogo Jota in 2020, which flagged a slight shift away from that as the previous Wolves man progressively assumed a part nearer to that of a customary striker in Klopp's framework, it was valued that the Brazil global played in even more a 'bogus nine' job, permitting Mane and Mohamed Salah to flourish.
It's distorting Nunez to suggest he's an unadulterated number nine in the Erling Haaland form. He drops profound and pulls wide in similar way as more modest aggressors, like those as of now at Liverpool.
At 6ft 2in tall, he could give a weapon that will provoke the curiosity of Liverpool fullbacks Trent Alexander-Arnold and Andrew Robertson, particularly the previous.
No other safeguard in Europe's main five associations has created however many open doors as Alexander-Arnold this season, with Robertson second on 90, in front of Cristiano Biraghi of Fiorentina (89).
With 27, he likewise created the most 'huge open doors' this season (characterized by Opta as an open door where an objective is normal), while just David Raum (226) of Hoffenheim and Angelino (211) of RB Leipzig provided more open play crosses than his 191.
Nunez seems to have all that he wants to thrive in the Premier League on paper. Pace, strength, skill, shooting accuracy, and lovely hair.
The Darwin development jokes are aging significantly, and keeping in mind that we have a hand in a portion of the responsibility, it'll be better for the player assuming he dismisses all likenesses.
Nunez is allowed to act naturally.