'First thing he connected with all night' - Twitter reacts to Darwin Nunez red card
FT Desk
- Updated: 15 Aug 2022 22:03 BST
- 6 min read
Darwin Nunez was handed his first Liverpool start in their 1-1 draw with Crystal Palace on Monday, but was sent off inside the hour after head-butting Joachim Andersen.
Referee Paul Tierney was left with no choice but to give the Uruguayan his marching orders after his altercation with the Denmark centre-back.
Nunez had come off the bench to score in the opening day 2-2 draw at Fulham, earning his first start at Anfield ahead of Roberto Firmino.
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After been showing the red card he had to be talked into leaving the field by captain James Milner and then coach Jurgen Klopp.
It was the first red card for violent conduct of the Klopp era at Anfield, and also something of a first for Darwin.
"He's got no history of that at Benfica, he's not been sent off there," said Gary Neville analysing the game on Sky Sports. "It's a learning curve for him."
Fortunately for Liverpool, they subsequently cancelled out Wilfried Zaha's opener through Luis Diaz, but fans online were not quite as forgiving as the Palace defence.
Darwin will now miss Liverpool's trip to Manchester United next Monday, and Reds fans have - perhaps understandably - vented their collective spleen.
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Nunez— kvng Rafman⭐⭐ (@CoachRafman) August 15, 2022
Darwin Nunez is very irresponsible.
— OKAYAOME (@ChristianMbonu) August 15, 2022
@Darwinn99 I expect you to calm your nerves .... Is your first game in front of your fans. Just l.pool later win this match or else the world will come for your head.
— #IStandForPeace🕊️#StopTheWar❤️🖤🇳🇬 (@poyetimmy) August 15, 2022
I guess the add ons for Darwin Nunez didn’t include anger management class.
— Georgie Porgy (@am_all_DALE) August 15, 2022
Darwin Nunez off for a headbutt….first thing he’s connected with all night 😂😂
— Life of Sid 🇧🇼🏴 ⚓ (@Sidrat501) August 15, 2022
Darwin Nunez'in kırmızı kart gördüğü pozisyon. 📸 pic.twitter.com/YpEYj0Ob2g
— NTV Spor (@ntvspor) August 15, 2022
Darwin Nunez, that really wasn’t necessary pic.twitter.com/JDzzcsv23x
— M𝒶𝓉𝓉 (@Silva__SZN) August 15, 2022
@Darwinn99 a little bit silly you can't react like that every time someone pushes you keep the passion drop the angry head and the rest will follow 👍👍#KEEP #YOUR #HEAD #UP #DARWIN
Y.N.W.A Learn from this and all will be good— Alun L.. (@alskil70) August 15, 2022
Darwin Nunez needs to sent out on a season long loan and then sell him next summer 100%.
— callum (@Callum___Moran) August 15, 2022
