![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/nunez-was-left-embarrassed-and-lacking-confidence-after-liverpool-blunder/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/1_GettyImages-1243059755.jpg&description=Jurgen Klopp has revealed that Darwin Nunez was left "embarrassed" and low on confidence after being sent off in just his second Premier League game. Nunez was shown a straight red card in the draw with Crystal Palace after headbutting Joachim Andersen. It was far from the start that the Portuguese striker wanted to have, given the Reds paid a club record fee to buy him from Benfica. He has been able to bounce back since his suspension, scoring four goals in all competitions. But Klopp has now revealed that the red card took a toll on the 23-year-old, which badly hit his confidence. 'Darwin came here after a short break in the summer, arriving in Asia, didn't speak a word [of English] and then being young, Liverpool is a big club, it is a big step for him and he was expensive and all these kind of things," the Liverpool boss said. "Then all of a sudden, you play the first game and everybody is looking at you. It's like the whole place is dark and there is only one light and it's the spotlight on you. You have to deal with that - we all expect them to deal immediately with it, [to] be prepared, but it's not like this. 'That's the start: trying to get fit step by step with new training - with new, different things in training - different demands and all these kind of things. Then you start pretty well against City, coming on and scoring an important goal. HAVE YOUR SAY! What should be Liverpool's starting line-up for their clash with Leeds? Comment below. Jurgen Klopp has given his backing to Nunez, who has bounced back from his sending off against Crystal Palace (Image: REUTERS) "The next game you score at Fulham and then you have a red card [against Crystal Palace]. He felt embarrassed for himself that he did that, definitely, like everybody would react like this. Then, from not being 100 per cent confident, getting a knock like this is not cool, which you can blame nobody else for because you did it and nobody else." Despite that knock to his confidence, Klopp has){kind=link}
Uruguayan international Nunez suffered a blow early into his Liverpool career after the Reds paid a club record fee to buy him from Benfica in the summer transfer window
Jurgen Klopp has revealed that Darwin Nunez was left “embarrassed” and low on confidence after being sent off in just his second Premier League game.
Nunez was shown a straight red card in the draw with Crystal Palace after headbutting Joachim Andersen. It was far from the start that the Portuguese striker wanted to have, given the Reds paid a club record fee to buy him from Benfica.
He has been able to bounce back since his suspension, scoring four goals in all competitions. But Klopp has now revealed that the red card took a toll on the 23-year-old, which badly hit his confidence.
“Darwin came here after a short break in the summer, arriving in Asia, didn’t speak a word [of English] and then being young, Liverpool is a big club, it is a big step for him and he was expensive and all these kind of things,” the Liverpool boss said.