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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Scott Murray

Darwin Núñez getting into the whole pub-car-park-infused carry-on

A silent fume, earlier.
A silent fume, earlier. Photograph: Peter Powell/Reuters

NUN BETTER

Wilfried Zaha and Luis Díaz both scored delightful goals at Anfield on Monday night, but that wasn’t the half of it for fans of aesthetic purity. That head-butt by Darwin Núñez was – and let’s put notions of the moral unacceptability of wanton uberviolence to one side – perfectly executed. A graceful spin followed by an unambiguous planting of the heed right into Joachim Andersen’s startled face, the crisp, clear connection registering a top mark of 11 on our patented Yosser Hughes-o-meter. The act would also score highly at a Highland Games, come to think of it, given Andersen crashed to the floor in the 12 o’clock position like a perfectly tossed caber.

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