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Is Darwin Nunez injured? Why Liverpool striker was taken off at half-time against Brentford

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Is Darwin Nunez injured? Why Liverpool striker was taken off at half-time against Brentford
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Darwin Nunez was on target for Liverpool against Brentford on Saturday in the Premier League but was taken off at half-time.

Nunez scores opener at Brentford
Goes off at half-time
Replaced by Cody Gakpo
WHAT HAPPENED?
Liverpool fans will be waiting nervously for news on Nunez after the forward was replaced at half-time at Brentford. Jurgen Klopp had already lost Diogo Jota and Curtis Jones to injury in the first half and then made his third substitution of the match at the break by taking off Nunez and replacing him with Gakpo.

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THE EXPLANATION
Klopp told the media he was hooked as a precaution after feeling something at half-time. The Liverpool boss didn’t want to take any risks because of the club’s current injury situation and also due to the fact the Reds are set to take on Chelsea in the final of the Carabo Cup next Sunday. Klopp was without goalkeeper Alisson and Trent Alexander-Arnold against Brentford and will have been dismayed to see Jota and Jones add to his injury problems. Nunez went off after earlier putting Liverpool 1-0 up in the game with a brilliant dink over goalkeeper Mark Flekken.

WHAT JURGEN KLOPP SAID
He told reporters: “We are not sure if he has something or not. He felt a little bit. We will see. It is not easy for us.”

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Nunez is a man in form as he has five goals and two assists in his last seven Premier League appearances for Liverpool.

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WHAT NEXT FOR LIVERPOOL
Liverpool have a midweek Premier League clash against Luton to think about before their trip to Wembley to face Mauricio Pochettino’s side. The injury situation will be a concern for Klopp but he was boosted by the return of Mohamed Salah against Brentford. The Egyptian came off the bench on his return from injury and scored Liverpool’s third of the match.

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Liverpool overcome injury worries as Mo Salah returns in Brentford win – 5 talking points
BRENTFORD 1-4 LIVERPOOL: Liverpool moved five points clear at the top of the Premier League ahead of outings for Arsenal and Manchester City, but not without injury scares

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Liverpool welcomed back Mohamed Salah in their victory against Brentford, but Jurgen Klopp’s side suffered a worrying double injury blow at the Gtech Community Stadium.

Darwin Nunez, Alexis Mac Allister and the returning Salah were all on target for Jurgen Klopp’s side in West London. Ivan Toney pulled one back late on, but it was too little, too late for Thomas Frank’s side, and Cody Gakpo added some even later gloss.

The victory allowed Liverpool to move five points clear of Arsenal and Manchester City, with the Reds’ title rivals playing later on Saturday. Arsenal travel to Burnley, with City at home to Chelsea in the 5.30 kick-off

With the Carabao Cup final a little over a week away, though, the fitness of Curtis Jones and Diogo Jota will be a concern. Both men were withdrawn before half-time, with Jota leaving the field on a stretcher.

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Liverpool received a pair of early scares, with Vitaly Janelt and Ivan Toney both dragging efforts wide of Caoimhin Kelleher’s left-hand post. However, they took the lead in the 35th minute as Nunez rounded off a rapid counter-attack with a delightful chipped finish.

They doubled their lead after the break, with the returning Salah laying on a goal for Mac Allister. The goal was just a second for Mac Allister since his summer arrival from Brighton, and two soon became three when Salah capitalised on some sloppy defending.

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Mohamed Salah scoring for Liverpool against Brentford
Mohamed Salah got his goal after a couple of missed chances ( Image: Getty Images)
Brentford striker Toney had been uncharacteristically quiet for much of the game, but did at least get on the scoresheet when he put away a rebound 15 minutes from time. Here are Mirror Football’s talking points from a busy lunchtime game which brought three valuable points for Liverpool.

1. More injury worries for Liverpool
Liverpool were already without several players going into Saturday’s game, with Trent Alexander-Arnold and Dominik Szoboszlai among the absentees. They won’t have wanted another setback with the Carabao Cup final a little over a week away, but that’s what happened when Curtis Jones was forced off before half-time after a challenge with Christian Norgaard.

Liverpool are sweating on the fitness of Curtis Jones ( Image: AFP via Getty Images)
There was also a problem for Diogo Jota, who went down after a coming-together with Norgaard when the Brentford man landing on his knee. That meant an earlier-than-planned outing for Salah, less than 10 minutes after Gravenberch took Jones’ place.

Things went from bad to worse at the start of the second half, with Nunez failing to reemerge after the break. Gakpo was the man to take his place, and some will be sweating on Nunez ahead of next week’s Wembley trip.

2. Darwin composed as Salah shakes off rust
You have to go back to New Year’s Day for the last time Mohamed Salah stepped onto the field for Liverpool. The top scorer was deemed fit enough for the bench at Brentford, but was thrust into action before half-time after Diogo Jota was stretchered off.

Darwin Nunez set Liverpool on their way ( Image: AFP via Getty Images)
There was almost an instant impact from the Egyptian, but he couldn’t quite adjust quickly enough after Luis Diaz’s cross took a touch on the way through to him. Fellow frontman Darwin Nunez, however, was the coolest man in the stadium as he lifted the ball over Flekken for the opener.

Salah had another big chance after half-time, with space opening up and allowing him to run through on goal, but only Flekken to beat he got his outside-of-the-boot finish all wrong. He wasn’t going to waste a third opportunity, though, and eventually found a way past Flekken 20 minutes from time.

3. Bradley getting stuck back in
With Trent Alexander-Arnold injured, Conor Bradley returned to the first team after being given time off following the death of his father. The right-back scored his first Liverpool goal against Chelaea at the end of January, and looked to pick up where he left off with an improvised early effort which tested Mark Flekken.

Conor Bradley had a busy day against Brentford ( Image: PA)
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Bradley wasn’t afraid to put himself about on his return. A challenge with Neal Maupay wasn’t deemed a foul as the Frenchman appealed for a penalty, while the right-back left Ivan Toney on the ground clutching the back of his leg early in the second half.

Ultimately it was another game without a clean sheet for Liverpool, and there were some nervy moments before Toney’s goal. Bradley, however, looked like he’d never been away.

4. New role for Mac Allister
Alexis Mac Allister scored Liverpool’s second ( Image: PA)
Alexis Mac Allister has often started deeper at Liverpool than he did for previous club Brighton, but some forced changes could spell good news for the Argentine’a attacking instincts. The World Cup winner was pushed forward after Curtis Jones made way for Ryan Gravenberch, and reaped the benefits with a well-taken goal to make it 2-0.

Mac Allister scored 13 times for Brighon last season, though a number of those came from the penalty spot. A more withdrawn role has meant fewer openings this term, but he may still be disappointed to have only scored once before the Brentford game.

If Jones and Szoboszlai aren’t fit for next week’s Carabao Cup final, the 25-year-old may look back at this game as an audition for a more advanced role. And it’s one he looks to have passed.

5. Kelleher gets minutes ahead of cup final
Caoimhin Kelleher started with Alisson out injured ( Image: AFP via Getty Images)
Over the summer, there was hope from some in West London that Caoimhin Kelleher might join Brentford as a replacement for Arsenal-bound David Raya. Liverpool were in no mood to sell, though, with Kelleher given a chance to show the Bees what they were missing while deputising for the injured Alisson.

The early tests for the Irishman were simple ones. A free-kick straight into his arms, followed by a weak Toney shot as Brentford threatened on the counter. The middle third of the game was much quieter for him, though, as the visitors asserted themselves.

There was little Kelleher could do with Brentford’s goal, getting down well to deny Sergio Reguilon only to see Toney put the rebound away. There was another big late save at 4-1, but the most important thing will have been minutes for Liverpool’s cup keeper after being told he’ll be involved at Wembley.

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Darwin Nunez is in the form of his life for Liverpool Football Club at the current moment in time.

The Uruguayan international capitalised on a lightning-quick break going one-v-one with Mark Flekken and boldly chipping the Brentford ‘keeper.

Yes, really! Time to think and the correct decision from the former Benfica hitman.

What a goal. What a moment. And Liverpool go 1-0 up in London. Can’t really ask for more, can you?

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Alan Pardew thought there was “no way” Liverpool would agree to splash out £35million to buy Andy Carroll.

The former Newcastle boss, from 2010 to 2014, sold the striker to the Reds on Deadline Day in January 2011 in what was then a record fee for a British footballer.

Despite the lofty expectations placed upon the ex-England international, Carroll was a flop at Anfield. He netted just 11 goals in 58 appearances before he was shipped off to West Ham for £15million just two years after arriving in Merseyside.

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Pardew, 62, opened up about the then-record breaking deal and admitted the sale of Carroll was the “worst” of his managerial career. He told the January Transfer Window Show, sponsored by talkSPORT BET: “I lost Jermain Defoe at West Ham and Andy Carroll and Demba Ba [at Newcastle].

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“Andy Carroll was the worst one because, I think the last day was on a Monday, and I was flying up from London as I’d been home to see my family. I was just getting on the flight and Derek Llambias rang me and said the bid is getting really close to £30m and when you get off the other end we might be doing this deal.”

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While Pardew said he didn’t want to sell Carroll – who had scored 11 goals in 19 league games up until January – he upped the ante by asking for more cash from then-Liverpool boss Kenny Dalglish.

“Being a football manager and the sensible person I am, when I was on the plane I had a little gin and tonic and decided that was not enough because I didn’t want to sell him,” Pardew added.

“When I got off the other end I got on the phone to Derek and said ‘I think if you get £35m then there’s a discussion’, thinking there’s no way Kenny Dalglish is going to spend £35m on Andy Carroll.” Dalglish called his bluff as Carroll became a Liverpool player on January 31 which left the Magpies in dire need of a striker.

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“I went to training, popped around and it was all enjoyable. Then there was the bid for £35m, we were all stunned. It was the British transfer record at the time and it was a massive problem for us, it left us really short.”

Devoid of options, Newcastle signed Shefki Kuqi for the rest of the season. The Finnish striker made just six appearances and failed to score as the club finished 12th in the Premier League.

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