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‘Still getting stick’… Ian Wright says 24-year-old Liverpool player is being treated unfairly now

Charles Jones

Tue 23 January 2024 16:45, UK

Darwin Nunez is undoubtedly one of the most polarising players in the Premier League right now.

The Uruguayan is a pla🍬yer that you either꧙ love or don’t understand.

For some, he’s this all-act♒ion, cha𒁃os-causing striker who can be a real asset to the team, but to others, he’s too wasteful and rash to ever be a world-class player.

Speaking on the , Ian Wright has now gone out to bat for Nunez, claiming that he doesn’t understand why people are still question𓆏ing him after he hit 10 goals and 10 assists for the season over the weekend.

Wright backs Nunez

The pundit spoke highly of the Liverpool ace.

“Nunez gettin🐈g his goals, he has 10 goals now an♚d 10 assists, and people are still questioning him.

“He’s the first player to 10♍ goals and 10 assists this season in the Premier League,”🎃 Wright’s co-host said.

“Exactly, but he🎃’s still getting stick,” Wright replied.

Unorthodox

No matter the numbers Nunez is putting up, he will always have♐ his detractorꦕs due to his style of play.

Yes, stats are becoming mo🅺re and more prevalent within football, and Nunez’s goals and assists speak for themselves, but most people do still judge players by how they look when they watch them.

To say Nunez is unorthodox would be an understatement. The way he plays is unlike any other player we can remember, his mix of pace, strength, height and intensity💟 make him a very strange player to watch, while the fact that he’s not all that graceful on 🥃the ball doesn’t help either.

Nunez is a talented player who does a job for Liveဣrpool, but, at the same tim♑e, as strange as it sounds, he doesn’t always look like a Premier League footballer when he’s on the pitch.

The Uruguayan൩ isn’t everyone’s cup of tea, but if he continues scoring and assisting, Liverpool🅺 won’t mind too much.