After mimicking two celebrations which his late teammate Diogo Jota used to perform, Darwin Núñez insisted that Liverpool’s lost forward was there to “celebrate with me” in the club’s first game since his passing.
Liverpool travelled to Preston North End’s Deepdale home for an emotionally charged pre-season friendly on Sunday afternoon. Just 10 days on from the tragic realisation that Jota and his brother André Silva had been killed in a car accident, the Reds opted to go ahead with the pre-arranged fixture.
