Andy Robertson has joked his half-time talk with ‘angry’ Darwin Nunez inspired the Liverpool striker to score.
The Reds They were awarded a place in the Champions League Round 16With a game left on Wednesday night, beat Ajax 3-0 in Amsterdam.
If they beat Napoli by four goals, they could finish at the top of Group A AnfieldThe final group game.
However, things didn’t start well on Wednesday night. AjaxThey dominated the first half, hitting the post most of the time and missing only a few other opportunities.
They went into the break with a goal up Mohamed SalahIt was 2-0 in the 42nd minute. Nunez hit the woodwork from the six-yard box.
talkSPORT’s Tony Cascarino was left in disbelief, as he said: “I can’t believe he’s missed this. Not even the goalkeeper to beat and he’s pinged it against the post!
“I feel for the guy, I missed some beautiful chances in my career, but that is as good as they get from Darwin Nunez. It’s an unbelievable miss. What a glorious chance.”
And RobertsonHe has also revealed that Nunez was left fuming after the half-time miss, prompting the left-back for a talk with him.
Talk to BT Sport, the Glaswegian remarked: “We had control. Darwin was really upset at half-time for not grabbing that opportunity.
“I was sitting next to him in the changing room, I don’t know if he understood what I said but I said I’ll put a cross in and you will score no problem.
“Maybe I need to say that more often!
“When we got the second goal obviously a two-goal cushion is dangerous.
“But it’s also nice, and we followed that up with a lovely goal from Harvey [Elliott].”
His chat clearly did the trick, as Nunez scored just four minutes after the break with a thumping header after getting on the end of Robertson’s corner.
Nunez was also thrilled to see Robertson celebrate his goal.
“We scored really wonderful goals,” manager Jurgen Klopp said afterwards. “The first goal, the pass by Hendo [Jordan Henderson, for Mohamed Salah] was exceptional, the second goal was a great cross and Darwin takes on pretty much everybody, and then Harvey crowned his really good performance with a sensational finish.”
Nunez, who arrived from Benfica this summer, has contributed six goals to 13 of all competitions since then.
