How many Premier League appearances has Darwin Nunez made for Liverpool? The attacker raises his profile. Darwin Nunez has quickly developed a reputation as a player who isn’t good at calling offsides.
The Liverpool striker seems to get caught every time he plays, sometimes more than once in a single game. But is it so? Yes. Whoscored noted on Wednesday that Nunez has been caught off more times than any other Premier League player this season. To this end, he waved it 17 times during the campaign and placed it on a pile.
But honestly, it’s worse than it looks. Fbref shows stats and total game time. That last stat is important because the first thing you notice about everyone at the top of the table is that they are offside once every 90 minutes. For Nunez, that’s 1.37 per 90 minutes of football. This is a great indicator. The only player to score more than 900 total minutes and score a goal per 90 is Anthony Elanga, who scored 1.06 times. So he’s not close to Nunez. The Uruguayan is therefore an anomaly in the Premier League and cannot be ruled out because of his numbers. This is an area of his game that Liverpool need to work on. Even more worrying for Liverpool is the fact that they have a second player in the top 10, Luis Diaz.
He is tied for 6th in the league with 10 shutouts this season. No team has two players in the top 10. The only other teams with two players in the top 15 are Chelsea and Manchester United, neither of whom have made good strides in attack this season. But maybe that’s the real problem. Yes, Liverpool have players who struggle with offsides, but unlike others, they are good at attacking.
After all, the Reds have scored more goals than anyone else in the Premier League.”Solving” an offside problem means getting more points. So I have less worries and less luxury.
