At the crack of dawn on Oct. 30, a highly touted powerhouse - the
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, but fell to an unexpected 1-2 defeat to Leeds United, a loss that left many jaws on the floor. Despite
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At one point in the game, the team controlled the tempo of the field, but their offense was inefficient. Especially the first striker Nunez, his performance can be described as "disastrous", two excellent one-touch chances were wasted, and became a key player in the team's loss.
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Nunez joined for a transfer fee of up to €100 million this summer
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, Ben was seen as the team's new hope. However.
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The fans of the team are gradually sensing that he might be the next Carroll. During the game, Nunez always looked too reckless, turning a good game into a mess time and time again, leaving both the supporters heartbroken and the opponents secretly happy. Despite this, Coach Klopp still believes in Nunez and has publicly defended the Uruguayan player on several occasions, calling on fans to give him more time.
Before the match, Klopp said in an interview, "Believe me, no one can predict just how good Nunez can be, perhaps even he himself is difficult to predict. Although he missed some chances, he also scored. In fact, his performance data is quite outstanding." However, as soon as the words of the "Uncle Jag" left his mouth, Nunez wasted two chances to score a single goal again in this round of matches.
In the 32nd minute of play.
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Launching a long pass from the back, Nunez sprinted and managed to get past a defender to face an open goal. Meslier abandoned the goal, but Nunez ended up missing the chance because of his hesitation to both shoot and try to cross. Meslier spoiled the attack just in time.
65th minute.
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Launching a counter-attack, in a 3-on-3 situation in front of the goal, Salah broke the ball and passed to the left side, Nunez followed him and got another one-touch chance. This time, Nunez didn't hesitate any more and shot directly at the goal, but unfortunately, his shot was too direct and was parried by Meslier.
Throughout the game, Nunez took four shots, two on goal, but missed both one-touch chances, missed his crossing attempts, and had a success rate of just 16.7% against the run of play. After the match, the WhoScored website gave Nunez a rating of just 6.7.
Nunez had revealed that Suarez had sent him messages of encouragement and guidance on how to get a foothold in the Premier League. But to reach Suarez in the
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The height of the Nunez still has a long way to go. After successive criticism from fans, his confidence has been hit, and people are worried whether he will repeat Morata's mistake: high price to join the Premier League → frequent missed scoring opportunities → criticism → confidence shaken → performance decline → continued to be scolded → finally left the field in disgrace.
