If Darwin Nunez has found few reasons to be cheerful with Liverpool in recent weeks, tonight's Champions League visit of Rangers represents the ideal fixture to raise spirits. After all, there are distinct parallels to the last time the striker encountered the Scottish superpower.
Just under two years ago, Nunez was still finding his feet at Benfica when Rangers were in town for a Europa League group match. The forward began on the bench before, with his side trailing 3-1, he was introduced with half-an-hour remaining.
The impact was decisive, the Uruguayan creating one goal before notching a dramatic injury-time equaliser to further a burgeoning reputation having netted a hat-trick on his debut in European competition a few weeks earlier at Polish side Lech Poznan.
