This season, Darwin Núñez has been playing well for Liverpool, making many of his detractors—including Paul Scholes, a former midfielder for Manchester United—eat their words.

Darwin Núñez of Liverpool has demonstrated the ideal approach to dispel Paul Scholes’s concerns over his ability to score goals. Following a fantastic goal by the Liverpool player Núñez, Scholes was forced to retract his remarks about him.

This season, the Uruguayan player has received a lot of attention; nevertheless, after scoring against Burnley, many people—including the former Manchester United player—had second thoughts. After receiving a feed from Cody Gakpo, Núñez scored the game’s opening goal with a strong shot to assist Jürgen Klopp’s squad regain the top spot in the league.

With eight goals and seven assists so far this season, he is rapidly approaching his 15-goal total from the previous campaign. Núñez continued to demonstrate his importance to Klopp this season by playing at the front in Lancashire on Tuesday.

Even Scholes, who at times felt Núñez lacked skill, said that the goal Núñez scored against Vincent Kompany’s squad demonstrated his true ability to score. Last night, during a Premier League Productions interview, Scholes brought up Núñez, saying, “I gave him some criticism before the game regarding his finishing.”

“As I mentioned previously in the season, he seems to come up with something in these kinds of situations — Bournemouth. This would be the kind of game for him.

“What a superb, well-rounded conclusion. It’s the others, the easy ones that he seems to overlook and the challenging ones that he appears to stash away.”