Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has stated new striker Darwin Nunez will learn from his nightmare home debut for Liverpool and come back stronger.
As Anfield bows go it could not have been much worse for the £64m summer signing from Benfica, who was shown a straight red card for a headbutt on Crystal Palace defender Joachim Andersen.
He became only the second player to be sent off in their first Premier League game for Liverpool at Anfield, after Joe Cole against Arsenal in 2010.
Nunez, who scored on his debut on opening day in a 2-2 draw at Fulham, will now miss the next three games – but how costly could his moment of madness be?
Nunez has only been sent off once before in his career, in his first season at Spanish club Almeria, where he made his professional debut in 2019.
The following year he moved to Benfica for £35m and, after scoring 32 league goals in 57 league appearances, earned a dream summer move to the Premier League.
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Klopp:
“Darwin knows he let his team-mates down. I will leave him alone for a night and then talk to him tomorrow”
“Of course it was a red, he was provoked but that is not how he should behave.”
“It was not a reaction we want to see. He knows he will be challenged in this way, centre-halves will do that, but it is not a reaction we want.
“But we will use the time productively. We will use the suspension for physical work to make him strong – not a punishment but to make him stronger.”
