Darwin Nunez has been likened to the Marcus Rashford of old due to his poor finishing as the Liverpool striker continues to struggle in front of goal.
Signed for a club-record deal last summer in a deal rising to £85million, the 23-year-old has scored just five Premier League goals in 15 matches.
And he once again drew a blank in Saturday’s 3-0 defeat away at Wolves where he spurned a key opportunity to get his side back in the game.
The Uruguay international raced clear towards goal, but smacked his effort straight at Jose Sa as he failed to halve the deficit to 2-1.
Nunez is yet to score in the top-flight since the World Cup break, with talkSPORT’s Tony Cascarino warning the player he won’t ‘survive’ at Anfield if he continues to misfire.
The ex-Chelsea centre-forward believes Nunez’s finishing is similar to how Rashford snatched at chances from a few years back.
But the Manchester United man is now one of the division’s most lethal finishers with six goals in his last seven games.
Speaking on the Weekend Sports Breakfast, Cascarino said: “Now I know Nunez has come in, and he could possibly be a really good striker.
“He keeps getting in one-on-one situations and blasts it. Liverpool had an incredible striker called Ian Rush, who got loads and loads of one-on-ones.
“He was very precise in his finishing, that is not for me Nunez at the moment.
“He wants to blast everything – it’s great if they go in, but a lot of times it keeps hitting the ‘keeper.
“Now, finishing is a really difficult skill, and he’s got to learn that. I’ve seen Marcus Rashford change as a player in front of goal.
“I remember doing an article about four years ago about Marcus Rashford and he reminded me on Nunez, because of the way he would break free, get in positions, but not be clinical.
“And if you’re going to be at a top club and not be clinical, you will be gone, and you won’t survive.
“And he’s [Rashford] become this season way more clinical.
“Nunez has got to get to that stage of being clinical when he gets in one-on-ones, but that’s one of many an issue.”
SOURCE: talksport.com
