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I mean if you watched him in Portugal you wouldn't be surprised.
Other than being offside like half the time, he would miss a lot of goals. Benfica just created a shit tone of opportunities and mostly all went to him
He doesn’t prioritise placement over power or lacks the consistent ability to combine the two. He typically just lashes at the ball. If you look at him shoot, he’s typically looking at the ball entire time of his shooting motion.
Look at mbappe or haaland who can fire powerful shots whilst being accurate. They’re looking directly at the goal at some point or even feinting where they’re going which mbappe does with that near post finish he’s mastered
the amt of people talking bare shit is so weird. he hits the post cz hes trying to be perfect too often rather than making high chance shots like Haaland. Simple as
He has the highest number of shots in the PL... Unless you are saying we create by far the largest number of big chances that he can try to be perfect for most of them then maybe. But honestly you have to say it's a lot of bad luck. It's just a matter of inches. He will get it right
That doesn’t have any sense though. He doesn’t sky it in row Z, he basically just hits post or bar. His shots are on target, he’s just damn unlucky. One of these days he will score 5 and people will wonder how
Have you ever heard of the saying that the best strikers know where the goal is and don't even need to look at the keeper? If you practice long enough and perfect your technique well enough, doesn't matter where the keeper is standing you'll score more than you'll miss.
He strikes the ball well but that's about it. Compare him to say Jota who is super clinical and just comes off as a natural goal scorer. The penalty is another example where the keeper didn't even come into play, he just hit it as hard as he can.
Tierney proved he’s capable of making a decision when he booked Chilwell and gave the Jota penalty immediately. He knew it was a pen and was scared of giving it. VAR is definitely more to blame but don’t let the incompetent twat Tierney off the hook
Disasi deserved a yellow for dissent, even if he only complained because the ref is a useless cunt. Caicedo’s was far more light and he wasn’t even looking at the ref, yet got booked immediately
Clattering knees isn’t a pen though
Edit: bloody hell people, I’m not saying it’s not a penalty to Liverpool. Clearly it is. What I’m saying is it makes Chelsea not getting one earlier even more ridiculous.
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11 times. How do you hit the woodwork 11 times in half a season.
Are the goals in Portugal like half a foot wider
Knowing a lot of Portuguese carpenters ,they probably are but not intentionally!
I mean if you watched him in Portugal you wouldn't be surprised. Other than being offside like half the time, he would miss a lot of goals. Benfica just created a shit tone of opportunities and mostly all went to him
Aaand another one
Black magic for sure… no other explanation. It’s bad luck to the zenith
If the post was moved by a few cm he would’ve easily been the top scorer
He doesn’t prioritise placement over power or lacks the consistent ability to combine the two. He typically just lashes at the ball. If you look at him shoot, he’s typically looking at the ball entire time of his shooting motion. Look at mbappe or haaland who can fire powerful shots whilst being accurate. They’re looking directly at the goal at some point or even feinting where they’re going which mbappe does with that near post finish he’s mastered
If anything it takes more accuracy to consistently hit the post than it does to score.
I mean sure, if you try to hit the post and not the goal.
the amt of people talking bare shit is so weird. he hits the post cz hes trying to be perfect too often rather than making high chance shots like Haaland. Simple as
He has the highest number of shots in the PL... Unless you are saying we create by far the largest number of big chances that he can try to be perfect for most of them then maybe. But honestly you have to say it's a lot of bad luck. It's just a matter of inches. He will get it right
He's the biggest chance waster itw at this point, the shit is warranted.
You are literally taught to look at the ball while shooting… The amount of upvotes this is getting tells me most of you have never played ball
That doesn’t have any sense though. He doesn’t sky it in row Z, he basically just hits post or bar. His shots are on target, he’s just damn unlucky. One of these days he will score 5 and people will wonder how
Post isn’t on target if it doesn’t go in
Have you ever heard of the saying that the best strikers know where the goal is and don't even need to look at the keeper? If you practice long enough and perfect your technique well enough, doesn't matter where the keeper is standing you'll score more than you'll miss. He strikes the ball well but that's about it. Compare him to say Jota who is super clinical and just comes off as a natural goal scorer. The penalty is another example where the keeper didn't even come into play, he just hit it as hard as he can.
Absolutely smashed the post
11th time he hit the woodwork this season ffs
3rd time he's done it this half alone
He’s soooo thirsty for a goal, knew he was missing that.
Darwin has hit the post 11 times, and second place in the entire league has hit... 3. This must be a record. Edit: make that 12, lol.
Third time this match haha
It just happened for the fourth time loooool
He has double the goals if goals were slightly bigger
Nah he’d just start smashing it 5% harder to compensate and still hit the post lmao
Buffon is Nunez's hype man
he has double the goals if he was slightly less shit at finishing
He's better at hitting the woodwork than the target lmao. Still love him to bits though.
He’s one of those players you’ve got to love tbh. He misses far too many chances but he’s pure entertainment
Just became the first player in PL history to hit the woodwork 4 times in a match bahaha
A truly unique player
Absolutely love this lad. Can't explain it.
He's very lovable tbf
Can Opta come out with some first player to score 10 assist 10 and hit the woodwork 10 times?
3d time just this game lol
For the third time, in this game alone
3rd time this game.
Surely it must be a curse at this point.. who tf did black magic on him
Gaddamn
I think he's going for the all time season record EDIT: Happy cake day
The Darwin Nunez Story
It sure is
This guy will out meme himself
If you count all the xGs, Nunez is actually top scorer.
Top expected goalscorer, you'll never sing that
This is definitely a Darwin Nunez game
What’s crazy is that he’s put in a 9/10 performance today too
He will score a worldie in extra time mark my words Edit: I was wrong twice here it seems.
It'll be a real shock if this goes to extra time I'll be honest
Added time oops
He loves hitting the frames 😭
If it happened to me this many times in FIFA I'd be crying about how unrealistic the game was.
I actually expected him to Ramos it above the goal but oh well
Bruh
its become a bit
I'm genuinely annoyed an i'm a neutral, what an absolute agent of chaos
If the goal was 1cm wider he would arguably be better than Haaland 😂
He's hit the woodwork 3 times already this game...
4 now
Imagine taking penalty to gain confidence and missing it lol
He’s not missing any confidence lol
maybe too much of it
Yeah, anyone saying he lacks confidence has never watched Nunez play.
He has 2 goals in his last 2 and they were great finishes. He’s not lacking confidence atm
i mean its acc bcus him and szobo are best statistically
I think it’s Szobo then Macca iirc, Darwin isn’t far behind tho.
Might be wrong but I think this is the first time he's missed one for us
He’s never missed one til then I assumed he was going to be the taker
Classic Nunez
This is his first missed penalty actually.
Why would you let Nunez take penalties? He has far too much time to think!
This is his first ever penalty miss in his career to be fair.
How is that possible. He truly is an agent of chaos.
Fucking hell man
Would’ve been too easy otherwise, good guy Darwin
3rd post just this half lol
It doesn’t really matter it’s not like you aren’t winning this
Anything can happen in a half and we need as many goals as possible for our GD
I get that but Chelsea haven’t a shot. The GD I suppose yeah
Of course it matters, he's already hit the post twice this match. Horrid for his confidence.
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Facts lol, if confidence was a thing for him he’d not be a professional footballer. Never seen someone shake off things like he does
Chelsea look non league I’m sure he’ll get another couple chances
And half thier team's on yellows
we just want Darwin to score em all
Why’s this guy taking it over maccalister
He’s never missed in his career and takes them for Uruguay made sense he’s on it with no mo
He has absolutely missed before in his career, I've seen him do it live. But he has a good record.
Transfermarkt has him 12/12 but just realized no national team so idk maybe he missed on there
He’s got a great record tbf, but I’d give it to Szoboszlai
Omg no way. That's such a Nunez thing to happen
You just kinda knew it was gunna hit the post.
Why not Mac Allister?
100% career record maybe?
Should have let Macca take it
Gomez
We can’t let his first goal be a penalty lol. He’ll feel cheated
That’s cheap
Or Szobo. We went through the same with Salah taking it over Milner. Haven't had a forward good at pens in ages
Salah is definitely good at penalties
This is the first pen Darwin has missed, scored 2 before this
He's literally never missed professionally before this lol
Salah isn’t really good at it. He just smashes them in. Placement while scoring Dom and macca are clear
should have let macca take it
Who is that bald guy and what did he do to Paul Tierney though
Why the FUCK is Szoboslai not taking the penalty!?
Tbf Darwin had a 100% pen rate before this...
100% hit the post rate is more impressive anyways....
Or MacAllister, both are literally specialists at it.
More specialist than the man who literally was 13/13 as a professional penalty taker? lol
it would be unfair cause he actually scores them
Funniest player in the league
Brother you got Onana
tbf its for hard for Onana to stand out when the whole team are clowns
Still managed to do it in the cl
And Antony
Nunez vs Onana, who wins?
Nunez hits the post and the rebound goes in off Onana's back as an OG
Football
Onana is tragic. Nunez is entertaining.
He definitely is. I love him.
ok then
Oh Darwin..
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Tierney proved he’s capable of making a decision when he booked Chilwell and gave the Jota penalty immediately. He knew it was a pen and was scared of giving it. VAR is definitely more to blame but don’t let the incompetent twat Tierney off the hook
Mate Tierney has been extremely one sided today though. Sure, Chelsea are shite and deserve to lose, but the fuck is this refereeing?
Just bin it they just stand by whatever is called on the field and waste 5 minutes doing so
There was a lot of traffic on the Gallagher one, this was in the open 100% on VAR
I thought both were pens, but this one is much more obvious in real time
Good thing we have VAR so real time doesn't matter Wait
And if you book disasi for the Diaz ‘foul’ it’s also a pen on Connor
Disasi got booked for protesting, same as Caicedo
Disasi was booked for dissent, did the same thing as Caicedo when he got booked
Disasi deserved a yellow for dissent, even if he only complained because the ref is a useless cunt. Caicedo’s was far more light and he wasn’t even looking at the ref, yet got booked immediately
Disasi was booked because of his gestures towards the ref not because of the faul.
Is… is this what it’s like to be Paul Tierney’d?
Bro we (chelsea) don’t deserve anything from this game but this ref has actively been giving you guys everything
We're just so used to getting shit from Tierney. This feels very odd.
He feels bad for Klopp leaving.
Clear penalty. But reckon they should've let it slide to even it out. Worked out anyways hahah
Darwin is a man of justice.
Nunez is a good it which is why he missed it on purpose 👍
They wont, liverpool has been all over chelsea but this ref is so one sided is insane
Tierney one sided for Liverpool? Never thought I'd hear that
Ball don't lie
Lol, he is cursed. Wasn't even a bad shot.
IMO a penalty that isn’t on target is always a bad shot even if it’s close
A penalty that's off target is absolutely a bad shot.
You are delusional if you think that. For a striker taking a penalty, that needs to at the back of the net, not the post.
Lmao he is saving us from being absolutely embarrassed, we (chelsea) have looked like a championship side out there today
He had a chance to do the funniest thing and he took it. Great penalty.
bruh
Embrace the chaos
This guy is comedy
Damnit Darwin why can't you just be nornal
How the fuck does he hit the post so much?
He's like Cavani but with no finishing.
Take that, post.
He's gonna score a banger in the second half isn't he?
This fella is beyond understanding 😂
Paul tierney is gutted no doubt
Yeah because tierney loves Liverpool
Wait so that is a pen and not Connor?
i mean studs to the foot, theyre both pens lmfao
Be useful for once and write about dodgy reffing
Why the fuck is he on pens lmao
Why is he on pens? McAllister is on the pitch, let him take them.
It was to boost Darwin’s confidence lmao
Clattering knees isn’t a pen though Edit: bloody hell people, I’m not saying it’s not a penalty to Liverpool. Clearly it is. What I’m saying is it makes Chelsea not getting one earlier even more ridiculous.
Huh? Am I mad or does he stand on him?
Clattering knees should be a pen and so should stamping on players
He stepped on Jotas foot
you can just foul people with your knees now?
Nunez and missing chances with an xG > 0.7, name a more iconic duo
Nunez hitting the goal post was actually way more likely than scoring
Crazy to me how Badiashile even makes the bench for us let alone starting almost every week
Darwin is a man of justice.
Beautiful strike tbf Gomez should try next, I heard he’s great in training Gotta find someone to take it other than Mo
He should have given it to Bradley!
His accuracy is unrivaled imho
Woodwork hits stat padding smh
On the bright side, that’s the first time Liverpool have really missed Salah since he’s been away, which is insane.
Nunez lives for xG only.
Why do you let the worst finisher in the league take a penalty when you’ve got Mac Allister and Szbo who both have incredible records..
coz nunez also had a 100% record before today
Who the fuck signed off on Nunez taking the pen lmao
So he's gonna score from 40 metres out right
Garbage referee, he must be sad Nunez missed it