Darwin Nunez just couldn’t find any luck against Luton Town – though, some may argue he could have made his own luck. The Uruguayan struggled in front of goal as Liverpool battled for a breakthrough at Kenilworth Road.
The closest he came was in the first half as Nunez controlled a ball over the top from Trent Alexander-Arnold before hitting the crossbar with his effort. He’d later miss an open goal from all of three yards – though, the flag did go up. All in all, Liverpool’s no.9 had nine efforts in the fixture. This is a joint Premier League-high for the season and so it does look quite bad without context.
While Nunez did have nine efforts, few of them were actually of any great quality. Opta data on Fbref shows that his expected goals from the combined nine was actually 0.9 – meaning he technically wasn’t expected to score from them.
Darwin Nunez struggled against Luton Town but the level of criticism aimed at the Liverpool striker is undeserved.
