![]() ![]() The Liverpool right-back was denied a release from recent criticism when the Brighton goalkeeper, Robert Sánchez, saved his late free-kick from a similar position on Saturday. It was prime territory for Alexander-Arnold. Moments later Núñez was fouled outside the area by the former Liverpool defender Ben Davies, who never played for the club prior to his £4m move north of the border this summer. Trent Alexander-Arnold whips a free-kick into the Rangers net. A snapshot from Jota’s touch was straight at the veteran goalkeeper. The £64m summer signing caught his first sight of McGregor’s goal after merely two minutes. It made perfect sense to reintroduce Núñez against a team that, after the opening two matches, had the joint-worst defensive record in the Champions League. Jota, revelling in the space between Rangers’ three central defenders and centre midfield, was also integral to Liverpool’s complete first-half dominance. The answer was to dispense with Liverpool’s customary three-man midfield and load the attacking third with Salah, Diogo Jota and Luis Díaz all working off Núñez, whose movement and work rate across the frontline impressed from the off. ![]() “If we can help the boys with a way to defend differently we will do that,” the Liverpool manager said at his pre-match press conference. He backed up that reassuring message by handing the 23-year-old only a third start of the season, and as the focal point of a formation that was even more attack-minded than usual. Klopp had taken the Liverpool striker aside at training on Sunday and told the Uruguay international not to worry about the difficult introduction to his Anfield career. There was rehabilitation of sorts for Darwin Núñez, however. Rangers were meek in the extreme and remain both pointless and goalless on their return to the Champions League stage. ![]() The away supporters’ renditions of God Save the King caused more consternation among the home crowd than anything their players produced on the pitch. Van Bronckhorst’s side did not seriously threaten Alisson’s goal until the 85th minute when the substitute Rabbi Matondo had a shot hooked off the line by Kostas Tsimikas. ![]()
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