When Liverpool first lost Luis Diaz and Diogo Jota to long-term injury back in October, Jurgen Klopp initially alternated between different formations and different players on the left without much luck as the Reds’ inconsistency continued.
Out of desperation, he turned to Darwin Nunez come November with the former Benfica man rewarding such a decision with an assist away at Spurs before scoring a brace at home to Southampton in Liverpool’s final game before the 2022 World Cup.
At the time, the decision to play the Uruguayan there was just a stop-gap. After all, the £64m man had been signed as a striker while Diaz was poised to return in time for the Premier League restart, with Jota not too far behind. But then the Colombian was forced to undergo knee surgery and the Reds found themselves left short in attack.
