Ian Wright has admitted he is 'desperate' for Darwin Nunez to regain his goalscoring form after seeing the Liverpool forward criticised for a lack of end product.
The Uruguay international has found the back of the net once in nine appearances since club football returned in late December, his solitary strike arriving in the Reds' FA Cup third round draw at home to Wolves.
Nunez, along with his team-mates in the final third, showed promising signs that Liverpool's season was heading in the right direction before the World Cup break but this trend has not continued in recent weeks.
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Demonstrating he can still be a threat without getting on the scoresheet, however, Nunez wreaked havoc against Everton on Monday evening and set up Mohamed Salah's opener after a fine piece of individual play.
Criticism has come the way of the former Benfica man for failing to be the individual to lead the way in the scoring charts, though Wright is optimistic the 23-year-old will soon begin to deliver in this department.
“When it comes to strikers, I can’t help but side with them. The one I sided with for so long was Torres back at Chelsea, I had to stay with that - and I’m doing that with Darwin Nunez at the minute," the Arsenal legend said on the Wrighty's House podcast.
"I feel it is going to happen for him as he is playing sensationally. The goal he set up for Salah [against Everton] and his all-round energetic pace and output - he is doing everything except scoring. I can’t put my finger on why someone with such good technical ability, it’s not even a case of needing to slow down before he shoots, it just doesn’t seem like it is going to go in for him at the moment. The fact he is not scoring as frequently as he would like to score, you have to get yourself in a situation where you can hit the target instantly.
“I am desperate for him to score," continued Wright. "He is trying to shoot from angles that are not good angles. Darwin Nunez’s touches at that pace are phenomenal, that’s why I am desperate for it to click. When it clicks, I think he will cause an unbelievable amount of problems for people."
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