Football

Darwin Nunez creates history in Premier League, sets an all-time high with this record

Darwin Nunez has had a start to remember in his Liverpool career after joining the Reds in an 85-million-pound switch from Benfica which happened this summer. He played a vital role scoring in the win in the Community Shield. Over Manchester City and also in the 1-1 draw by Liverpool against Fulham in the opening fixture for Liverpool of the Premier League Season. Nunez was sent off in his debut game.

 He has made a good return to Liverpool and has delivered the goods by scoring five of them in twelve games this season. Nunez scored his maiden goal at Anfield for the Reds as they earned a hard- fought 1-0 win against West Ham. 

In the course of the match, He set a new record for the fastest run in the history of the Premier League. According to FTBL, It is reported that the Man from Uruguay clocked at a top speed of 38km/h. This broke the previous record which was set by Manchester City defender Kyle Walker in 2020 who had clocked at a speed of   37.802 km/h

In the third place is Wolves winger Adama Traore with a top speed of 37.787 km/h, when it comes to the fourth place there are two people tied for that spot whoi are Manchester United defender Aaron Wan-Bissaka and former Aston Villa winger Trezeguet.

‘It is pleasing that Nunez is scoring for Liverpool’  –  Jurgen Klopp

During the last season, Nunez recorded the second fastest top speed which was 36.5km/h in the Champions League when he played for Benfica. Speaking after the win over West Ham, Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp was pleased to see Nunez score his first home goal for the Reds.

“It is important. He has scored now a couple of times in the last few games. He arrived 100 per cent, now even with numbers, which is fine,” said Klopp, who explained that his decision to substitute the striker in the second half was merely a precaution.

“He felt a little bit the muscles at half-time, but it was all fine and after five minutes [of the second half] I was just a bit concerned about long sprints for him and balls where he stretches his legs. “I thought, ‘Come on, we cannot take that risk’ and that’s why we changed.” When asked if Nunez’s fitness was a cause for concern, Klopp added: “No, no, no. I think we caught it at the right moment.”