In the first half, Luis Diaz’s goal was ruled out for offside and Darwin Nunes put the ball on the plate, allowing Salah to score the first goal.It was another mixed night for Nunez at Anfield. It was his eighth of the season as he took Salah and Trent Alexander-Arnold to the top of the club’s scoring charts, taking him to three assists, but he missed three big chances during the game.
Former Liverpool midfielder Dietmar Hamann has urged fans to keep faith despite the Uruguayan scoring just once since the 2-1 Carabao Cup win over Bournemouth at the end of October.”Liverpool fans are patient with Darwin Nunez but I think they are patient enough to give him a few more weeks or months,” he told King Casino Bonus (via Goal ). “It’s true that Liverpool create more chances when they play, but if you don’t convert those chances, all your work will be for nothing. At some point he has to start scoring those chances because that’s what he did before Burnley. Because it was the last goal.” We were playing away at Newcastle and it was 12 or 14 games ago.
With Mohamed Salah competing at the Africa Cup of Nations with Egypt, Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp will need other strikers. Salah is the team’s top scorer with 18 goals in all competitions this season. That’s at least twice as many goals as any other player on the team.There were encouraging signs in the last game against Newcastle United, with Cody Gakpo finding the back of the net to secure three points and substitute Diogo Jota setting up Curtis Jones in a 4-2 win.
