The statistic in which Darwin Nunez is more efficient than Erling Haaland and Mohamed Salah

After the duel played and won by the Liverpool team against Newcastle United at the beginning of the year 2024, the player who stood out the most during those 90 minutes played at Anfield was the Egyptian Mohamed Salah, The fact is that his great effectiveness in front of goal continues to captivate the fans, who showed their other side with elements such as Darwin Nunez who could not contribute to the scoreboard despite having had at least one clear goal opportunity, but even if Mo' continues to be the reference of the group, this does not mean that he is the best in everything, surpassing the "Panther" Nunez to the Pharaoh in a statistic that few know.

Despite Mo's brace and assist, this player is aware that his quota could have been a hat-trick if he scored the penalty when the match was still 0-0, and it is precisely this failure of the Egyptian where the statistic that benefits the Uruguayan over his teammate comes in, because according to the information provided by the Anfield Edition account, Nunez has an effectiveness of 100% taking kicks from the penalty spot.

The same account reports a short list of more elements with a high effectiveness in the definition of free kicks from eleven steps, led by Darwin with 100%, followed by Dominik Szoboszlai with 94% after having scored 16 of his 17 shots. The next on the list is Alexis Mac Allister with a great 91% after missing only 1 of 11 shots.

It is true that this high effectiveness from this type of shots surpasses that of Salah, but in favor of the Egyptian is the fact that he has many, many more shots, making his effectiveness more complicated to manage, being Mo' an effective man from the penalty kick, although it is true that perhaps Klopp could occasionally bet on another element to give more versatility to the team, being Nunez the right man according to the data.

Darwin isn't just better than Salah from the penalty spot

If the fact of beating Mo' in one statistic is already a fact to be applauded, Darwin Nunez can boast the fact of being a much more lethal player from this spot than men like Erling Haaland, a player who during his career has missed a total of 4 times in 46 shots, the most recent with Manchester United being the one against Sheffield United in the month of August when the season was just starting.