Liverpool: Darwin Nunez mocked on social media after he nearly hit CORNER FLAG in Uruguay training

Liverpool star Darwin Nunez has been ridiculed online for a wild shot that almost hit the corner flag in Uruguay training. 

The 23-year-old striker, who joined the Reds this summer from Benfica for £85million, is away with his country on international duty after an under-par start to the campaign at Anfield that has seen him net just one goal in five competitive games.

And Nunez’s woes continued after his wayward effort went viral after it flew miles off target, leading fans to mock the forward on social media. 

Liverpool’s £85m striker nearly hit the corner flag with the wild shot before bowing his head

Nunez has struggled to settle at Anfield, scoring just twice in six games while missing several good chances and getting a red card and subsequent three-game ban for a shocking headbutt against Crystal Palace’s Joachim Andersen.

Meanwhile Manchester City’s summer signing Erling Haaland, who joined for £51m from Borussia Dortmund, has hit the ground running with 14 goals in 10 games, including 11 in seven Premier League matches.

Many Liverpool fans had compared the pair at the start of the season, insisting their new man would outstrip Haaland, but that has not proved the case so far. 

The footage, jokingly set to the Champions League anthem, shows Nunez clatter into a team-mate, fouling him, before he is allowed to continue running towards goal.

And football fans quickly took to social media (pictured) to ridicule the 23-year-old forward 

Under minimal pressure from any defenders, he then shanked his effort horribly wide, with the goalkeeper forced to sprint away from goal in an unsuccessful attempt to stop the ball.

Nunez then bows his head in frustration – but the TikTok video, already liked more than 125,000 times, attracted plenty of comments from football fans who mocked his shot.

One said: ‘All Liverpool fans worldwide should pick a venue to collectively apologize to the rest of the world for ever comparing this guy to Haaland.’

Another added: ‘That looked harder to do than scoring’, with a third questioning ‘How did he make it pro?’. 

Another fan joked he was sorry for ever comparing Nunez to former £35m flop Andy Carroll

One continued: ‘This looks like golf trying to get it to the flag’, while a TikTok user sarcastically posted: ‘What a player’.

A sixth said: ‘He’s a social experiment at this point’, and a football fan added: ‘(Liverpool manager Jurgen) Klopp will come out and tell you it was the wind,’ followed by a wind and two laughing emojis.

Another account posted: ‘It gets to the point where u can’t defend him anymore.’

One said: ‘I’m here to say sorry Andy Carroll for ever comparing you to this guy it was too harsh,’ while a tenth simply concluded: ‘Barca dodged a bullet.’