After liverpool’s 2-0 win over burnley on boxing day, cody gakpo has praised his teammate darwin nunez. In the first half, the former benfica forward opened the scoring, before jurgen klopp’s side returned to the top of the premier league table with a smart strike from diogo jota. Liverpool will face newcastle united on new year’s day. Nunez, who has now scored eight goals in this season, will be crucial in klopp’s upcoming games, with mohamed salah and wataru endo both expected to play in the next few weeks. Lately, the reds have a lot of absentees due to injury.
The 24-year-old celebrated liverpool’s three premier league victories on the bounce by posting on instagram on tuesday evening: ”boxing day, back to it, and great win.” “merry christmas!”‘ he said. Gakpo was one of nunez’s teammates to congratulate him on a good day at work, leaving a heart in the comment section of his most recent post. After nunez’s 12-game goal drought at turf moor, manager klopp said that his team’s results as of late are more than meets the eye. Darwin’s goal is obvious, according to klopp. “from our side, it was never in doubt.” “darwin is playing an incredibly vital role for us.” It’s not just about scoring as long as you win, but it was also important for him and gave him a boost.” “you miss opportunities, and everyone says, ‘you missed it in the last games as well,'” klopp said, “but who cares?” That’s gone.”
