Liverpool's Darwin Nunez hit the post with the goal open but ended up assisting Ryan Gravenberch.
The reaction of Liverpool players to Darwin Nunez's inexplicable open goal miss can be seen in fan footage shared online.made it three wins out of three in the Europa League with a 5-1 thrashing of French side Toulouse at Anfield.Toulouse were level for a period when Thijs Dallinga bagged a 16th minute equaliser but Liverpool turned it on for a high-scoring victory.
But the game's biggest talking point was in the 65th minute when Nunez was involved in the most chaotic passage of play.But just when it looked like he was going to double his tally for the game, Nunez fluffed his lines with the goal open as he hit the post.Nunez was still sunken to his knees when Gravenberch picked up the ball but then fan footage filmed by Paul Machin from“He played incredible.
"Everything before was super-convincing, was absolutely clear, how he took the defender away, how he passed the goalie, it was a perfect situation.“He played really good, the goal he scored, the situations he was involved, dropping into midfield, staying on the ball, all these kinds of things. There were a lot of good things.”"Watch out...
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