Fact Check: Darwin Nunez becomes the fastest player in Premier League history

The Uruguayan striker joined the reds this summer

English Premier League has been one of the oldest and most prestigious football leagues in the world who had been known for its history of records, wins, losses, players, and much more. The common culture of English people has very close connections with its players and vice versa. Each happening in English football is something to talk about and thus something similar to that transpired recently on this week’s Thursday evening match when Declan Rice’s boys journeyed to the most cursed stadium in Europe to have a healthy competition with Klopp’s army.Although the match seemed to be a half-win for the home side due to the Anfield magic still Klopp made an important change in the team which was the recently bought, striker Darwin Nunez.

The Liverpool squad gave the Uruguayan striker his first chance to start at a home game this season which changed the records of the English Premier League again this Thursday. Darwin is a brilliant young talent who had to amaze the Liverpool squad and Klopp earlier during the UEFA Champions League and was also one of the key players who was in frequent talks with various clubs due to his performance and interest in other clubs on him.

Liverpool's record signing

But later Klopp bought him just before the beginning of this season during the summer transfer from SL Benfica for 85 million euros. Nunez was paired for the match with the Brazilian forward, Roberto Firmino who gave him great support during the match.

Nunez was showing exceptional physical agility and strength during the match which later led the team to benefit from a lone goal from the striker and win the game by 1-0. Firmino passed the ball to the striker onto his channel which later led him to carry the ball to a long distance and shape it into West Ham’s net. He was being covered by various players during his run and a strong battle between Kurt Zouma and the striker was surely something to have a glimpse of.

38km/hr

After scoring that beautiful goal Darwin Nunez became the fastest player in the Premier League with a speed of 38km/hr. He broke various records after that run. Which consists including the latest record made by Manchester City’s Kyle Walker two years ago record which was 37.802km/hr. The Uruguayan striker was ranked second on the chart of fastest players list during the previous year's Champions League. Placed just below Paris Saint Germain’s forward Kylian Mbappe who covered a distance of 36.7km/hr against Real Madrid.

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Although after the goal was scored in the 22nd minute of the game. Klopp kept a close eye on the striker and after the coach saw that he was facing difficulties in stretching his legs. He substituted him in the 57th minute of the game-saving him for later matches. As per Sports Bible, after the match, Klopp stated, “It is important. He has scored now a couple of times in the last few games. He arrived 100 percent, now even with numbers, which is fine.”

Fact check

As per OptaJoe, Darwin Nunez has been on the top of the list for the fastest player in Premier League this term. But this is due to his 36.5km/hr run against Fulham earlier this season. But the player didn't actually break the league's top speed record. The list also included players like Gabriel Martinelli, Diogo Dalot, and Allan Saint-Maximin.