Man Utd Legend Andy Cole Blasts Comparison to Liverpool Striker Nunez

• Legendary Premier League striker Andy Cole has rubbished comparison to Darwin Nunez
• The former Manchester United striker listed his personal and team achievements and asked to be respected
• Nunez has been a subject of criticisms for his game play since his big money move to Liverpool

Manchester United legend Andy Cole was one of the best strikers to ever grace the Premier League. He played for several clubs in England but is best remembered for his time at Manchester United.

He formed a devastating strike partnership with Dwight Yorke at Manchester United. The two won five trophies together including three Premier League titles, one FA Cup and the 1999 UEFA Champions League title.

The former England international has maintained a low public profile since his retirement in 2008, working underground on his coaching badges and for charities.

He was brought out of his quietness by a Liverpool journalist who compared him to struggling Liverpool new striker Darwin Nunez. Cole was forced to blow his own whistle in defence.

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A Twitter user and football writer DaveOCKOP made a now deleted tweet comparing the Uruguayan to Cole and it did not sit well with the former Portsmouth man.

Though the tweet was deleted, another similar tweet was found on the user's timeline.

Cole listed his own achievements and asked to be respected.

The former young player of the year doubled down when responded to by DaveOCKOP, affirming he is just a guy that goes on quietly with life.

He holds a high reputation for scoring 187 Premier League goals which includes only one penalty. To put that into perspective, league's top scorer Alan Shearer scored 56 penalty goals out of his 260 goals.

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Sports Brief earlier reported that Darwin Nunez wrote a heartbreaking message after Uruguay were eliminated in the group stages of the World Cup.

The Liverpool striker failed to score in Qatar as his country exited the Mundial in the group stage, in a group that included Portugal, Ghana and South Korea.

Jurgen Klopp will hope the striker's poor international outing is not brought back when Liverpool play Aston Villa in the Premier League later today