The newly-arrived forward displayed a wonderful performance in Liverpool’s friendly match against Leipzig.
Jurgen Klopp has urged Liverpool fans to avoid judging Darwin Nunez based on his pre-season performances.
Following two underwhelming displays against Manchester United and Crystal Palace, Nunez bounced back with an incredible performance against Leipzig on Thursday.
The former Benfica star scored four goals as the Reds smashed their German opponents 5-0. The game ended a wave of criticism toward Liverpool’s big-money signing.
However, Klopp says fans should be ready for such challenging periods until Nunez completely ingrates into Liverpool’s squad.
Speaking to the club’s official website, he said: “He has fitted very well in. It’s a new club, everything is new. Liverpool is a big club, everything went pretty quick for Darwin in the last few years – his journey is an exciting one and he will make big steps with us, definitely.
“But it’s a hard pre-season. In the pre-season players should not play like they usually play because we train really hard, it would be kind of a bad sign that we are not working hard enough if players have the freshest legs ever in the training games. But in the same moment when you are a new player you get judged every day, everybody speaks about you.
“Everything is so hectic – I’m not sure if it is my age or whatever, it’s just too hectic for me. I always think, ‘Why are we judging people constantly that early?’ Not only footballers, in general.
“So, everything will be good. It will take time like it always takes time but it’s fine. I don’t think we know already the way it can go for him because it’s so fresh and he wants to really enjoy every day, but we have a lot of work to do and he has some work to do as well. So, all good.”
Liverpool will continue their pre-season campaign with a match against RB Salzburg on Wednesday.
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