When the ball hit the back of the net on Tuesday evening, Darwin Nunez must have felt an enormous sense of relief. All forwards love scoring, of course, but having gone five appearances for club and country without a goal, the Uruguayan will have been delighted to score for his country in their 2-0 win over Canada.
The goal had a strain of Liverpool past and present running through it, as former Red Luis Suarez provided the assist. He sent over a cross and Nunez leapt higher than the defender to head the ball powerfully home from about eight yards out.
Comparisons were even made between Nunez and John Toshack following the goal, if you want to glance even further back into the history of forwards at Liverpool. While that might be going a bit far (unless Jurgen Klopp is planning to pair him with someone in the Kevin Keegan mould), the former Benfica man’s header did raise a pertinent question: why aren’t the Reds providing him with that type of service?
