He’s already good, you don’t put up the numbers he does if you’re not. He just has the potential to be world class

Any Liverpool fan who watches the games will know how much better we are when he's on the pitch. He's an absolute nightmare to play against. I had wanted us to buy him ever since he played against us for Benfica. Literally all he needs to do is improve his chance conversion and we're looking at 35-40 goals a season easy. Does anyone remember when Saurez arrived and he was profligate for the first season and a half until it suddenly clicked and every shot started flying in?

Yes he is actually good. Some things to note. Klopps system over the past 8 years has never been a system that requires or takes in having a true number 9 like Darwin. With a new manager like Xabi, he can unlock Nunez 100%. What I hate about modern football is we don’t give players enough time to adjust. When he came in, it was a new league, new manager/teammates/system etc, he didn’t speak a word of English. He’s now looking way more comfortable in the team and that is allowing him to be more comfortable on the pitch. Yes I want to see him convert more, but just the shear amount of times he gets into position to even score has always been great.

the thing with Darwin is that no matter when or where, if he has the ball at his feet he is a legit threat and you HAVE to treat him as such. Liverpool's xG is always positively impacted whenever he is on the pitch. People can criticize him all they want but the fact of the matter is this: EVERY single team that faces LFC, every single manager, dedicates a huge chunk of pregame prep and their team shape in response to where Darwin is in the lineup which is why bringing him off the bench has been a very effective use case because you have a team that is not only fatigued but also has to switch gears mentally to account for Darwin. He oozes quality and he is an utter joy to watch and he plays provider as often as he finishes and he is nowhere near finished product. He presses his ass off. He has snarl to his game and he trades well in the dark arts and won't be intimidated. Everyone who says they don't rate him would happily take him in thier club.

24 goals and assists, hel get 35+ goal contributions by the end of the season which in my book makes him borderline world class

Ive said it many times but this guy is a hair away from becoming elite. He’s already an incredible player and putting up good numbers. Not to mention how important he is for Liverpool. He’s klopps most used player this year so that says a lot. I believe there’s another level he can reach and he will reach that the more he adapts and composes himself in front of goal. Like Saturday for example

We love him. For us, HE'S GOOD! He brings more than goals to the table and he's fun to watch.

There was a similar situation as the Brentford one when he played against Argentina. Bentancur recovers, from Messi nothing less, on Uruguay´s box, passes to De La Cruz who filters it perfectly for Darwin who destroys Otamendi at speed, and after running the entire half and then some he looks up, fakes a shot, looks up again, and shoots perfectly through the legs of Emi Martinez. He can be clinical, but he definitely needs to work on his mentality to maintain that. Yall should really check that goal out btw.

Paul Scholes said it best. He is such a good all round player that once the goals start falling even his miss hits will find the back of the net. Has the potential to be one of the best forwards the league has seen. Whether that potential is ever reached is up to the kid and how bad he wants it.

Well done, James. Also, Haaland and Nunez have same number of big chances missed and the goal return is only separated by number of times Nunez has hit the woodwork more than Haaland - so on aggregate, we're talking about ~18-24" inaccuracy over 7 shots being the difference between him having 16 goals and 9. Nunez also has more assists and big chances created. Strange that Haaland is almost exclusively spoken about is raving terms whilst Nunez is the exact opposite. In closing, narratives in football are often rubbish in either direction.

the first half against brentford he was the best player on the pitch, he wasn’t just getting on the end of things he was starting them aswell and he’s done that this season already but not consistently, every touch in that first half was class from him

This is a well researched analysis, honestly I look forward to your videos because I'm learning a lot. From Zimbabwe ❤

A JLA video about my Darwin. Instant click!

I said this on your Nunez video at the start of the season he will go down as a Premier League great. 👑👑👑

He's elite, I'm telling you this as a football manager, there's a reason every single pundit that was a striker really likes him. When a striker is taking so good shots (from dangerous areas), thats elite. ps great video James

Darwin is a special player, and the Anfield crowd knew it from the first time they saw him, just like they did with Suarez.

He’s good but more importantly he’s just really fun to watch.

You talk about Nunez's finishing in the PL but you also should look at his finishing ability when he played for Benfica, his finishing was very impressive. I think he is still adapting to the PL, languages and life in England. He is excellent.

I was shocked he did not hit the crossbar. He’s an exciting player because even he doesn’t know what’s going to happen when he hits that ball

No one has more goal contributions in 2024 than Darwin Nunez.

Among all our injuries if nunez really is out, my hopes for the title are a lot lower. He's so important to the team, always a miss when he doesn't play

The chances he gets, his incredible positional play, but then his composure in front of goal is so erratic. If he can find some composure and learn to slow down and relax when he gets a goal scoring opportunity, you’re looking at a player who could get crazy goal scoring numbers. Like if you had Defoe’s finishing ability in Darwin, you’re looking at one or two goals a game on average because he gets so many chances and because his positioning is so incredibly elite combined with his speed and strength. Now if you put in the finishing ability of a Messi or Ronaldo, you’re looking at record breaking numbers. It’s all big ifs, but that all said it’s not an issue at all. He does so much for Liverpool to the point he’s become the most important player. He does so much for the team, gets so many chances and creates so many chances that he already has a world class contribution to his team. There shouldn’t really be a dispute about him, he’s a brilliant player and also probably the most entertaining player since Ronaldinho, for different reasons, but just like Ronaldinho he has you up on your feet every time he gets the ball. Everything he does is perfect except his decision making when it comes to shots and the odd bad touch. Perhaps some rival fans won’t appreciate what he does unless he played for them, but it’s now come to a point where Liverpool fans get concerned when he’s not starting and we’re talking about the team top of the PL. He’s an absolute gift from the footballing gods regardless of his composure and finishing not being as good as everything else he does, but striker is the position he should be without a doubt. That conversion rate is so different compared to last season, last season he was missing chances by ten yards or more, but now he’s hitting the woodwork or just narrowly missing. He’s getting more refined. He’s already a terrifying prospect, but with improved finishing, he’d be formidable.

Such an amazing video, well explained good flow of reasoning, and above all good entertainment. Keep up the good work

That second shot was a Bradley pass - TAA didn't even feature in the game

imagine his second season and he was the leading, 1st to register 10G/A., his fall back play is also deadly, he picks runs fron the center of the pitch, he has played on the wing too....I love El Loco- Bielsa!

Darwin is a brilliant player it is just his finishing he needs to play left wing and also he has the potential to become the next harry kane he is a game changer he showed that against fulham really well that is why all Liverpool fans are really upset when he came off against Brentford come on you Reds

Darwin is a victim of freaks like Messi, Ronaldo, Haaland, Salah etc. changing how people look at stats and output. Darwin's numbers are great, and more importantly, he's always involved in the game and such a joy to watch.

Great video James, some really interesting points that I hadn’t even considered as a striker myself❤️

Tall, fast, physical, and a little crazy. Arsenal fan but I like Darwin's profile

He looks like an Olympic athlete that’s playing football. If he adds to his game full time & keeps this up ( composure & Chipping the keeper ) instead of hitting the ball as hard as he can 8 yards out or thrashing at his chance. Then you’re talking about a golden boot in the whole of European football type player.

Since James recorded this video, Darwin has scored a few more goals. Notably, he had a double against Sparta Praha on the away leg of the Europa League. One of the goals was a 30-yard cannonbal he shot whilst standing near the left angle of the big box. The other goal was a speed run on the right flank, placing the ball near the opposite goal post. Neither was from a central attack. So there's that.

Don’t just concentrate on the shots. The assist last year for Salah’s goal against Everton was brilliantly executed.

the goal against brentford was perfect for so many reasons, a striker that misses at many big chances as he does should not be trying that and maybe that’s the problem but atleast he’s not limiting his game. They will have told him in training to practice side footing it into either corner and he would’ve practiced that 100 times but it’s rare u practice something like that goal just cus the scenario is so rare but it’s like sense goes out the window and he believes in his ability almost too much

This is an excellent analysis. Really really excellent

He’s an absolute pleasure to watch, bloody good player

The goal against Brentford from my knowledge is the chance that he commonly misses that he ahould score, everyone (like Salah) has freak misses but salah always scores the easy one on ones.

Incredible analysis

This is such a James thing to do

As a Overall Player he is Above Haaland...Haaland only trumps Nunez with scoring

Love it when people talk about him as if something needs to 'click'. He scores or assists every 95 mins. It has already 'clicked'.

Jimbo's been in the gym! Those biceps are popping in that shirt, good on ya

Watching that goal from the stand behind the goal there was a split second where it looked like it went over, then it went in lol😭

i am a lfc fan so might be biased he is imo already good and has still so much potential his stats this season to last just show how much opportunity he has to grow and become even better ❤darwin

Thanks mate

the guys is a beast! love to see a front three of Haalaand, Hjolund and Nunez

Good luck trying to figure out what Darwin is thinking :D :D :D I have seen him doing chips, heels or miss from one feet at open goal :D He is fun though, not gonna lie :D

Which software are you using for the analytics board?

World class analysis

i once thougth that he is a great finisher and heres why. Strikers usually aim for the side neting of the goal. you know make the shot as un reachable as possible. Darwin hits the post or is just half an inch shy of it very often. this tells me that he is consistently able to find that spot of the goal but also consistently unlucky to hit the post a lot which sometimes can be out of your controll wether that happens

It's also interesting to see, that the expected goals of nunez based on his actual shots he should have almost 4 goals more by now (PL alone).

good analysis..especially when he takes shots from right side he could be little more patient and wait for gk to go down

it was bradley that played that pass in the chelsea game btw

One thing that seems to be obvious about Nunez is that he is definitely not a confidence player, nothing he does seems to affect how confident he feels or doesn't feel. No player with low levels of confidence and high levels of criticism tries to do what he did against Brentford.

I wish EPL would let you use videos. One of the only guys in the scene who speak sense but seeing just screenshots kills the video.

It is worth watching some of his finishes at Benfica.. he has done this chip before but some of his finishes dismiss the theory that he can not score when he has time.

How do u get those tactics at the bottom

He's good and he's getting better. And most of all, it's impossible no to love this guy. YNWA.

What people don't realise is if you was to compare to Haaland. Then Nunez is a better football player than Haaland but Haaland is a better finisher. If Nunez can get his finishing more better than hes a world class finisher as well as being a world class player.

Nunez is a fantastic player. He is undoubtedly going to keep getting better

I do think not just Liverpool fans but others hype him up too much sometimes but he’s clearly not a bad striker and far from it, Liverpool wouldn’t be where they are if he wasn’t in that team. Just because he’s not got the goals doesn’t mean he’s not contributing. I like these analysis videos each ones interesting.

I’m a United fan, but Nunez is brilliant. His finishing is mostly terrible, but he still has 25 goal contributions 7/8 months into this season so far, including 14 goals (10 in the league). If he keeps this up, he’ll easily finish the season with 35 goal contributions in all comps. That’s ridiculous for a striker who can’t finish. His movement is incredible, his teamwork is incredible, and his pressing/work rate is incredible. He scored 35 goals in his last season for Benfica so his finishing MUST be better than he’s shown recently. He’s shown it a couple times this season even, but definitely not regularly or consistently. However, if he gets 30-35 goal contributions before it clicks, imagine how many he’ll get after it does, whatever “it” is. He’s hit the woodwork 9 times this season and missed at least 5 pretty much open goals. That’s nothing to do with his quality, it honestly seems like bad luck at times.

Love it

He is excellent

Actually what went through Nunez’s mind was - Klopp would want me to side step the keeper and slot the ball into the empty net, fark off, I’ll do whatever I want. 😂

Yes, he is good, I honestly don't know who you are but Darwin is good at football. Hopefully this helps you!

You look very fresh indeed sir. Darwin is the first player to make me feel the same way Luis Garcia did, knowing full well that he is more than capable of scoring a screamer and missing a sitter in the same game, every game. Don't mind if he never becomes a player who scores 20 goals every season, he suits the philosophy of Liverpool, the enthusiasm is so endearing, he enjoys missing almost as much as he enjoys scoring.

this video shield have never had to be made. tactically, ask any manager, they look at nunez' threat as an app. player just below someone like Haaland

the fact that Darwin had missed a ton of 1 on 1s, had Jota wide open, and was up against a 6’4 keeper and decided to chip him says enough. the guy is legit insane, but it works?

He is a game changer. Yes he does miss a lot of shots, but he is so involved on the pitch that he is always assisting and creating chances for Salah, Jota and Diaz.

I've watched every Liverpool game this season, and I can confirm: he is very, very good. He's been pretty unlucky, otherwise he'd be even better.

Im just praying that we dont only get to see one elite season from Darwin at LFC and then he leaves to join Barca/Madrid. South Americans dream of those clubs but i hope Darwin understands how much the fans of lfc have stood by him.

He’s become so much more complete that he’s a crucial cog in the team. Salah Trent van dijk nunez alissson are absolutely key

Darwin is a BEAST YNWA

Just law of averages. More shots = more misses. Where Liverpool slacked last season was the amount of shots players took so it's good to see. Who doesnt love the chaos Darwin brings.

nunez is the definition of chaos and btw, he is super unlucky this season and hit the post 9 times

Fair play. He's gonna turn into a 35/40 beast within a season or 2

Just started watching. Why can't you show the actually footage of them moving? Would maybe make it better? Love the vids.

Did you go to sports science uni?

The fact that this video has close to 100k views is wild. Has any other player ever been put under the microscope like Nunez?

Liverpool did say they had a rough diamond when they bought him

Ohhhh James, James, JAMES. What a samism you've committed. "Straight out the bat" A combination of straight out the gate and straight off the bat. Very good, very good indeed

Should do a vid like this for Nicolas Jackson at Chelsea.

I think it’s fair to say that if haaland doesn’t score then he’s useless in the game whereas Nunez is involved if he doesn’t score. Now he won’t score the same amount of goals as haaland and very rarely does haaland have a game where he doesn’t score but that’s why us Liverpool fans (ignore the online fans) don’t get on his back if as an example, when he hit the woodwork four times against Chelsea, because he’s involved in a lot of the game whether it be in build up play or his off the ball work

I don't have a problem with 112 shots. It would be more worrying if he was Rashford who makes no effort to help his team mates.

Real Madrid | February 2023 Even though the game didn’t go Liverpool’s way, that goal by Darwin Núñez was otherworldly..Nunez you can see loads of untapped potential

I understand why you can't use actual footage. However, the freeze frame analysis for posts such as this just does not work.

He's chaos. Chaos is good... sometimes.

DARWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEZYYYYYY

El Pantera aka Captain Chaos aka Darwizzy

His finishing needs to improve full stop.

I know it’s shallow but anyone who needs convincing on Nunez just needs to watch the 35 minutes he played off the bench against Fulham on his premier league debut. If you’re especially keen, compare it to the hour that came before. He is DANGER, and the more refined he gets just means extremely bad news for every other team on the continent.

Straight out the bat classic samism to start the vid

I trust kloop, his vision is years ahead.. I prefer Darwin over Haaland.

Darwizzy is a world class striker no matter what anyone else says.

pep ong gonna be studying this vid taking notes lmao

Hope he watches this

Are the shots just the premier league? Definitely has goals from outside those central positions

Even Historically speaking.... Pope never Liked Dawin😂😂😂😂

LA PANTERAAAA

Haaland has now missed more big chances than Nunez.