Liverpool legend Steve Nicol has opened up on Darwin Nunez’s body language during the Reds’ Premier League victory over Brentford on Sunday, August 25. Arne Slot’s side secured all three points against Brentford with a 2-0 win at Anfield after beating Ipswich Town 2-0 in their season opener.
Luis Diaz and Mohamed Salah found the back of the net for the Merseyside giants as Slot maintained his 100% win record. However, Liverpool icon Steve Nicol has highlighted Darwin Nunez’s actions could be concerning for the fans.The former Scotland right-back insisted that the Uruguay international didn’t look too excited during the Reds’ goals against Brentford.
Nicol, who won 10 trophies during his time at Anfield, told ESPN via Rousing the Kop:
“A little thing on Nunez. I don’t know whether anybody noticed, but I don’t know if it was the first or the second goal, the camera panned straight to the bench and he never moved a muscle, he never.”
The Scotsman added:
“Every single person around him was up, was smiling, was clapping and he was sat with his hands on his knees and he never buzzed.”
Darwin Nunez has had a mixed spell at Anfield since joining Liverpool in the summer of 2022 in a deal worth £85 million from Benfica. The 25-year-old has scored 33 goals and produced 17 assists in 97 appearances for the Reds so far.Nunez started on the bench during each of Liverpool’s first two games this season.
He was an unused sub against Ipswich Town and came on from the bench to play 18 minutes against Brentford.
