Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp says it's unfair to compare Darwin Nunez with Manchester City star Erling Haaland.
Both strikers moved to England last year, but their careers have taken different trajectories. However, there is hope inside Liverpool that Nunez will start justifying his €100m price-tag after last Sunday's two-goal blast at Newcastle.
“For us, that game (against Newcastle) goes in two directions," he told reporters. “The two goals were absolutely exceptional. In the end it looked so easy.
“The first goal is not even a chance. The second goal is a sensational run. Top, top pass from Mo but a sensational run, using the ball for a second out of his eyesight, because he turns the other way. Then with the next touch, the ball is in the perfect place.
“That's goalscoring, that's goalscoring. It's all about the details and the little things. In the end, the first goal I think Nick Pope was surprised that he shot from there, that he can do that.
“And the second goal is unsaveable. If he hits the goalie, then he has a chance. All the rest and it's not saveable. Exactly how he put it, over his arm. That's unbelievable.
“It's all there and we all know it. When they feel it, they feel it. That's the moment. Can you force it? 'He didn't score for ages!' I still know how it works but it's so difficult to feel it. Obviously, he felt it."
He continued: “He is so young, and he is even younger than he is actually. The mood of him obviously went through the roof after that (Newcastle), absolutely. Each second in training, stuff like this, that is always helpful.
“The season started with two goals more or less, and really good performances when he came on in the other games. Last year at that time he had a red card. That was the opposite start.
“Let me say, now we are in a much better place. In a world, a crazy world where nobody gets time anymore, we somehow managed to buy some time and now we go from here."
Klopp also said: “We can (expect more from him) and that's completely normal. But it's about the situation. Understand again that this is one game.
“Yes, a big one, for us especially really big. But a week later, it's a story. We are a week away from it, pretty much. The next opponent is waiting. We all have different things we need to do in these kinds of games.
“No, no, we should not (compare to Haaland). He scored two goals. Two sensational goals. I have no clue, I have no clue (if he can hit the same figures as Haaland).
“He is a goal threat, a handful. His talent is top class. Top, top, top class. Now we have to make sure we can bring that all the time on the pitch."
