Klopp Relaxed About Darwin Nunez Profigacy

Nunez joined Liverpool from Benfica in the summer for an initial £64m and has scored nine goals in 20 appearances across all competitions.

However, the Uruguay international has also been guilty of missing numerous clear cut chances to extend his goal tally for the season.

Klopp maintains he has seen enough of Nunez which leaves him convinced the 23-year-old will eventually come good for Liverpool.

Klopp compared Nunez's start to when Robert Lewandowski first joined Borussia Dortmund in 2010.

The Pole initially struggled before going on to become one of the most prolific strikers of his generation.

"If you could just rewind to that time, [I was] sitting in press conferences and journalists really, when I started playing Lewandowski, they asked me 'why is [Lucas] Barrios not playing?'," Klopp told reporters.

"Lucas Barrios had scored 16 goals that season and was the number nine in our team, so Lewy started playing in different positions to adapt to different things, didn't like it too much. 

"The Polish journalists were not too friendly with me because he didn't play at nine, he played in a 4-2-3-1 as a 10, I thought at the time it made absolute sense to develop his game… there's a lot of similarities [with Nunez] to be honest.

"Lewy would tell the same story, we had shooting sessions where he didn't finish off one.

"We had bets all the time for 10 euros, if you score more than 10 times I pay you, if you don't you pay me, my pocket was full of money.

"It's all about staying calm, when you see the potential, stay calm. It's so difficult in the world we are living in.

"I think we all agree that the potential [of Nunez] is so obvious.

"It's not only with Lewy I had this but he is an obvious comparison, I understand that. It's just about staying calm, and I am super calm, and the team is as well by the way."