Despite Liverpool’s big win, Darwin Nunez still couldn’t score on a day when the striker had unprecedented unluckiness in front of the opponent’s goal.

For all those who thought that the loss of Mohamed Salah’s firepower due to his participation in the Africa Cup and subsequent ιnjury treatment would leave Liverpool empty-handed, they were wrong. In 5 matches without the Egyptian striker, they scored 17 goals.

Against Chelsea, Liverpool should have had many more goals, instead of stopping at 4-1. Statistics show that the red shirt strikers created 28 shots, the most (since 2003/04) that any team has had in the Premier League against Chelsea, while 13 shots on target were also the figure is the most the Blues have faced in a single league match.

Darwin Nunez missed a penalty for Liverpool

Curiously, the spearhead of Liverpool’s аttаck, Nunez, could not score, despite having the biggest chance on the penalty spot. If the Uruguayan striker had not carried out his one-man mission to set a new record for shots into the woodwork, Chelsea’s face would have been redder than the opponent’s shirt.In fact, Nunez is the first player to Һit the woodwork four times in a Premier League match since Opta started collecting data in the 2003/04 season. In total, he has Һit the crossbar and post seven times in the Premier League this season, more than twice as many as any other player.

Darwin Nunez Һit the wooden frame 4 times against Chelsea

Up to now, there are only 3 players who have taken more than 11 shots in a Premier League match in the last 8 seasons and did not score a goal including Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Burnley, December 12, 2016), Martin Odegaard (Bournemouth, November 11, 2016). 2023) and the latest is Nunez against Chelsea (November, 2024).

In addition, Nunez is also one of 3 players to Һit the woodwork 3 times or more in a Premier League match in the past 8 seasons besides Leandro Trossard vs Man Utd (2020) and Timo Werner vs Southampton (2022). .