Uruguayan Darwin Núñez scored a great heel goal, but Liverpool failed to win on their debut

Darwin Nunezthe Uruguayan striker who should make us forget Sadio Mané, did not disappoint his debut at the Premierscored a goal and gave another, but it was not enough and the Liverpool he left the first points at the first change of the trip to Fulham (2-2), always in the lead.

Without Mané, winner of the Bundesliga debut the day before, nor any of his signings in the starting field, the group of Jurgen Klopp He suffered to avoid defeat to an elevator team, which returns to the Premier credited for his championship champion status, history and heated fans, but with few aspirations beyond avoiding a new relegation.

Still, based on his pressure and success of Alexandr MitrovicFulham completely disabled the runner-up in the first half, who despite appearing at Craven Cottage approved the victory in the English Super Cup against Manchester City he had no other way of creating danger in that first time than the individual actions of louis diaz.

The Colombian striker was canceled after a quarter of an hour for Andy Robertson’s offside and shot to the post in the 38th minute, when the networks They were already at a disadvantage for Mitrovic’s goal. Very little game for what should be, together with City, the main candidate for the title.

Mitrovic had already warned at the minute of the match, when he took advantage of an error by Alexander-Arnold and shot close to Alisson’s post, after half an hour he was right, leaving once again the red team in question, which overtook in the Congolese Neeskens Kebano headed a past cross.

Without Thiago, replaced with unease by Harvey Elliott, and with Darwin Núñez on the field shortly after the start of the second halfLiverpool seemed to regain control thanks to the Uruguayan, who balanced the game, in the 63rd minute, with a nice heel strike to make it clear that he had a place among the best.

Half an hour ahead and played the way he likes it, but the European runner-up hasn’t mended the game yet and Mitrovic, who scored 42 goals last season and his team’s top scorer in the preseason, was able to take advantage of it. He forced a penalty to the Dutch Van Dijk and returned the advantage to the locals (m.72).

The long-awaited final rush served Klopp’s men to avoid defeat, as Salah took advantage of a Darwin pass eight minutes later and believed in victory with Henderson’s shot at the crossbar. A victory that, against all odds, did not materialize. To the satisfaction of the rest of the “Big Six”.