Liverpool announced this Friday that striker Darwin Núñez was chosen as the best player of the Reds for February, the month in which the Uruguayan played four games and scored two goals , one of them with a great definition of cue against Real Madrid for the UEFA champions league.
Liverpool announced this Friday that striker Darwin Núñez was chosen as the best player of the Reds for February, the month in which the Uruguayan played four games and scored two goals , one of them with a great definition of cue against Real Madrid for the UEFA champions league.
The attacker expressed upon receiving the award: “ I am very happy, this is an award for the whole team because one manages to play well when things work out collectively. In terms of effort, I think I give my all in every game and I try to give everything for Liverpool and my teammates, you always have to run for others because this league is very competitive”.
“I have to improve on some things obviously, but that is with training. I would like to thank the Liverpool fans because as soon as you go out to warm up and hear your name being chanted, it’s just unbelievable ,” he said.
Núñez, who had already won this distinction from his team in November, played in February and for the Premier League as a starter against Wolverhampton, Everton and Newcastle, giving an assist against the second and scoring a goal against the third.
In turn, on February 21 at Anfield he opened the scoring against Real Madrid after a pass from Mohamed Salah for the first leg of the UEFA Champions League round of 16, a match that the Spanish team won 5-2 and whose match rematch will be played this coming Wednesday at the Santiago Bernabéu stadium.
The 23-year-old Uruguayan striker has 14 goals and four assists in the 31 games he played in the 2022/23 season , his first in English football, having arrived in June last year from Benfica in Portugal.