Jürgen Klopp smiles, Liverpool's new goalscoring duo that doesn't include Mohamed Salah

After the departure of Sadio Mané in the summer transfer window, questions began to arise as to who would be Mohamed Salah's new partner, with some claiming that the signing of Darwin Núñez was the solution that Klopp had found to the problem, but as the games went by, the level of both the Uruguayan and the Egyptian was not optimal, dissolving that assumption to the point that there was talk about their poor football and little or no offensive productivity.

While this pair of players tried to solve the bad footballing moment they were going through, Roberto Firmino was silently gaining ground in his displays starting from the bench, being with the passing of the games a fundamental element that Klopp could not ignore and even more when the injury of Luis Diaz depleted the offensive attack, curiously generating against the Ragners a somewhat interesting association that could save the bad season of Núnez.

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It seems that the duo that Nunez may need is not entirely in Mohamed Salah but rather in Roberto Firmino, as the Brazilian striker had some chemistry with the Uruguayan in this last Champions League match, noticing that connection especially in the second half when both teamed up excellently to score the 3-1 that would later end with a 7-1 thrashing.

Until Núñez scored that third goal, which was assisted by Firmino, the presence of Mohamed Salah was not required, and the pair of South Americans understood each other well to extend their team's lead, with Klopp's approach bearing fruit from the start, as both the more experienced striker and his next star were able to contribute to the score and understand each other on the pitch, solving for the moment the lack of creativity that both Luis Díaz and Mohamed Salah provide when the Uruguayan attacker is the only reference up front.

Firmino and Núñez is the new duo

Although the duo Núñez-Firmino were only present for a few moments collaborating with 3 goals, the Egyptian international did not want to be left behind and coming in from the bench was able to contribute the same goals as the South American attackers, making it clear that even if he is not the reference of the Uruguayan as was planned at the beginning of the season, he can continue to contribute what is necessary to be in the starting eleven every game.