‘The truth is, honestly, I don’t understand anything when he speaks’: Darwin Núñez opens up about language barrier with Jurgen Klopp and insists he has learned from ‘big mistake’ of red card header
- Darwin Núñez has not had the ownership that he would have expected at Liverpool
- The striker has scored just one goal and was banned for three games
- He has joked that the language barrier has played a role in his struggles.
Liverpool striker Darwin Nunez has admitted he struggles to understand what manager Jurgen Klopp is saying most of the time.
The club’s record signing has failed to hit the ground running with just one Premier League goal so far, his start cut short by a red card resulting in a three-game suspension.
He has failed to find the net in five appearances since suspension and has now joked that the language barrier is partly to blame.
Darwin Núñez has joked that he does not understand what Jurgen Klopp tells him
In an interview with TNT Sports, he said: “The truth is that, honestly, I don’t understand anything when he (Klopp) speaks.”
Of course, I ask my teammates to see what he said, but I think he is very clear about his style of play.
‘He asks us to keep things simple, not to be afraid to play, to be confident. And when he loses a ball, he wants us to put pressure on him.
‘That’s what he always asks us, we have things clear’.
Nunez hasn’t had the start he would have hoped for since his big move in the summer.
Nunez also insisted he learned his lesson from the ‘big mistake’ of his red card against Crystal Palace and vowed not to lose his cool again.
He told TNT Sports: ‘It was a very difficult time. I got suspended three games, I know I made a big mistake and now I know it won’t happen again. I have to calm my nerves during games, talk less. We all make mistakes and I know it will serve as a learning experience.
“The truth is that it took me a bit to adapt, but I think that, with the passing of the training sessions and the matches, I will adapt little by little. I have the support of my peers.’
