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Jurgen Klopp says Darwin Nunez conveyed the 'amazing' reaction to his critics by scoring four goals in Liverpool's pre-season-friendly triumph over RB Leipzig.
Nunez, who finished an £85m move from Benfica recently, got analysis from certain fans for his exhibitions in Liverpool's initial two friendlies against Manchester United and Crystal Palace.
The Uruguay striker rediscovered his structure at the Red Bull Arena on Thursday night, scoring four goals subsequent to falling off the seat in an uneven friendly against Leipzig.
'The crate of Pandora was opened for Darwin and afterward, obviously, it was the ideal night for him,' Klopp said after Liverpool's 5-0 win in Germany.
'We generally suppose in the event that you pay a truckload of cash, the players feel no strain except for they are totally typical people!
'And afterward in the event that the first contact is somewhat flawed and this age of players read social media, which is truly not brilliant. In any case, they do.
'Out of nowhere, you get in a hurry. Yet, this evening is the most effective way to shut down these conversations.
'He's an alternate striker to what we as of now have - yet he's a great one.'
Nunez scored 34 goals in 41 appearances for Benfica last season and was the subject of interest from Manchester United before his transfer to Anfield was finished.
Liverpool has all the earmarks of being finding their sweet spots after a to some degree stressing 4-0 loss to United last week, with Mohamed Salah likewise on the scoresheet against RB Leipzig.
Klopp added: 'It's truly great. You see everything this evening. First half - great minutes, lesser-great minutes, insufficient development, we really want to become acclimated to the fact that it is so difficult to play 50, 60, 70 minutes - and in the end 90 or 120.
'The human body is this way, you really want to become accustomed to it once more. At the point when we battled a tad, it was consistently following three minutes break we played football once more, then a profound breather and play football once more.
'We did that second half clearly. Hendo came on, Millie - the two of them were vivacious. Hendo out of nowhere as an eight went in behind and we made possibilities.'
The Liverpool crew will currently go to Austria for an instructional course as they move toward the 2022-23 Premier League season, which begins on August 5.
Asked the amount he was anticipating the instructional course, Klopp said: 'Without a doubt. We really want that time now. We are way off the mark to where we need to be physical.
'We need to arrive. The climate and everything are difficult, it will be difficult in Austria also. It's a benefit. We need to traverse this, we need to buckle down, and afterward, we will be fine.
'I don't know whether we will be fine against Salzburg since now we truly pull out all the stops, yet we will check it out. The main piece of pre-season begins now.'
Liverpool completed second in the Premier League last season - one point behind champions Manchester City - and start the new campaign against recently advanced Fulham.
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