‘Full of fire’ Nunez having much better season than last - Lijnders

Sunday’s 0-0 draw with Manchester United made it 10 club appearances without netting for Nunez.

Darwin Nunez has seven goals so far this season for Liverpool (Peter Byrne/PA)

Liverpool assistant boss Pep Lijnders says Darwin Nunez is having “a much better season than last year” and that he sees him as a player “full of fire”.

The 24-year-old Uruguay striker, signed from Benfica in 2022 and scorer of 15 goals in all competitions for the Reds in the last campaign, has seven so far this term.