Liverpool boss Klopp defends Nunez after flat debut: We nearly killed him! | OneFootball

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp defended Darwin Nunez's flat performance for yesterday's 4-0 friendly defeat to Manchester United in Bangkok.

Nunez's performance was summed up when he fired over from close range after Mohamed Salah's shot had come back off the post.

"What you could see is the boys were already searching for him," Klopp said in his post-match press conference.

"It was his third session (since arriving for pre-season training) and I think after the third sprint his lungs were nearly ready to explode.

"We nearly killed him with these balls but he offered the runs and the boys wanted to pass the ball, that is for sure one of his strengths. He was dangerous, all these kinds of things.

"So Darwin, we will see. I think his profile is a proper number nine so that's helpful with speed and aggression and using his body, all these kinds of things."