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Nunez missed several chances against Villa but his tireless
running and chance creation saw him named Man of the Match, with
his late cutback allowing teenager Stefan Bajcetic to score his
first senior goal.
Klopp said he had been around long enough in football not too
lose any sleep over Nunez's recent scoring record.
"There are so many other things that are much more important
because we look back at strikers and you cannot imagine some of
the chances strikers who I worked with missed," he said.
"The work rate he put in, the spaces he creates, he's
unstoppable in the moment. There is no defender who can really
catch up speed-wise."
Nunez has scored just five league goals since being brought in
as Sadio Mane's replacement in a transfer that cost Liverpool an
initial fee of 75 million euros ($79.92 million) in the close
season.
Klopp said he is being patient with the 23-year-old, who also
failed to score in three games at the World Cup.
"He will score goals, I have no doubt about that," said the
German. "Everything will be fine."
($1 = 0.9384 euros)
(Reporting by Rohith Nair in Bengaluru; Editing by Peter
Rutherford)
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