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Liverpool's number 9s in the 21st century - ranked

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It's official, Liverpool fans - Darwin Nunez is your new number 9. The chaotic striker has snatched his chance to inherit the iconic shirt following Roberto Firmino's move to Al Ahli in Saudi Arabia on a free transfer. Nunez's decision to take the number got us thinking about all the great strikers who have sported the 9 for Liverpool since the turn of the century. Here's 90min's ranking of every player to wear it since 2000. 10. Iago Aspas Aspas failed in England / Matthew Ashton/GettyImages Years: 2013 - 2014 Games: 15 Goals: 1 Iago Aspas has had a fine career in La Liga with Celta Vigo, but he was a huge disappointment in his one and only season in England. His only goal for Liverpool came against Oldham Athletic in the FA Cup - he failed to find the net in the Premier League - and the Spaniard's most memorable moment came when he played a Liverpool corner right into the path of an opposition player. Not great. 9. Rickie Lambert Lambert returned to Liver...