Liverpool striker Darwin Nunez responds to Andy Carrol chants during Premier League encounter

Darwin Nunez scored Liverpool's winning goal against Nottingham Forest at the City Ground in March, although before that, the Uruguayan was dubbed a "sh*t Andy Carroll" - a reference to the former England forward who toiled at Anfield from 2011 to 2013. Several months after the event, the 24-year-old finally broke his silence on the taunting, saying that Jurgen Klopp provided him a short pep talk.

Nunez signed for Liverpool for an all-time club record £85 million in 2022, but he may not have lived up to the high price. The former Benfica superstar has 33 goals and 17 assists across 96 appearances, however with manager Klopp departing and striker Mohamed Salah rumoured with a summer departure, a greater load will fall on him.

Following the conclusion of another English Premier League campaign in which Liverpool placed third and won the Carabao Cup, Nunez would most likely accompany Uruguay in friendly matches versus Costa Rica as well as Mexico on May 31 and June 5, respectively.

March's meeting was a prime example, as he missed four shots before burying Nuno Espirito Santo's team at the death, and in a new interview about his problems, he said his English was not sufficient to let the City Ground crowd get to him. The striker spoke to ESPN as he spoke about the incident and said, "In that game, the Forest fans were singing to me but I didn't understand anything. Thank goodness I ended up scoring the [winning] goal."

Darwin Nunez and hate because of misses in front of the goal

Given that he has taken his time learning English since joining Liverpool just over two years back, and that he was a youngster growing throughout Uruguay at that point that a second ponytailed number nine, Carroll, had been playing for us, it's not unexpected that the chant passed over Nunez's head.

Yet, he felt sufficiently offended by comments and abuse from certain circles to delete any Reds-related mentions from his Instagram account shortly thereafter, however he has subsequently changed his profile image to show his entire family in an LFC shirt at Anfield after the final game of the campaign last Sunday. Although the 24-year-old may have been responsible for some terrible misses, he finished the season on a bad note, scoring only one goal in his last 13 outings.