Darwin Nunez explains Liverpool goal celebration with heartwarming announcement

Liverpool striker Darwin Nunez has confirmed his partner is pregnant after celebrating his goal in Saturday night's win over Aston Villa.

The Uruguayan opened the scoring at Anfield as he rounded Emiliano Martinez before firing into the net. Mohamed Salah then added a second for Liverpool late on as Arne Slot's men went five points clear at the top of the Premier League.

Nunez, who should have added to his tally before the break, celebrated his goal by sucking his thumb and putting the ball up his top and took to Instagram on Sunday to confirm the news in an emotional post.

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Posting pictures alongside partner Lorena Manas and scans of the baby, Nunez wrote: "Words cannot express the happiness we feel for this new life we have created together, our family grows, your brothers and your parents are waiting for you with the utmost excitement to give you all the love in the world."

The couple have been together since Nunez was plying his trade in Spain with La Liga side Almeria. Lorena, who also has a daughter with ex-Barcelona star Aleix Vidal, gave birth to her first child with Nunez in 2022.

Darwin Jr was caught up in the melee when Nunez jumped into the crowd during the Copa America in the summer. The Liverpool striker clashed with Colombian supporters as he protected his family, before being given a suspension for the incident.

Nunez has been in decent form for Liverpool of late and has capitalized on the injury of Diogo Jota to lead the line for the Reds. Despite his goal, ex-England captain Alan Shearer expressed his concern about the striker.

He said on Match of the Day: "Without doubt, his pace is a great strength and he's always going to cause defenders problems. This is a really clever finish. Now, if only you could say that so many other times about him because he's very erratic and his finishing at times is poor, and that will frustrate some.

"On the positive side, he never, ever stops getting in there and you have to admire that. He links up really, really well with Mo Salah. He's got 22 goals in 73 appearances in the Premier League for Liverpool but it could, and should, be a whole lot more because he does miss big chances, like this one."