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Liverpool supervisor Arne Slot has known as on Darwin Nunez to affix the “5, six or seven” gamers on this planet who’re “excellent” each time they play.
Ahead Nunez returned from suspension to web his first objectives in eight Premier League video games on Saturday, scoring twice throughout second-half added time because the leaders received 2-0 at Brentford.
“Essentially the most troublesome factor in soccer, for a group and a person, is to seek out consistency,” mentioned Slot. “Only some gamers on this planet are capable of be on the similar degree each three days.
“There’s a massive, massive group of gamers who’re capable of play effectively many instances, however not each single time. He’s one of many gamers who belongs to the group that’s good many, many, many instances.
“However the subsequent step for him – it might be good – is to enter the bracket of 5, six, seven gamers on this planet who’re excellent each three days.
“We’ve got gamers who’re of a really excessive customary each three days. It’s a pleasant problem for him to [join] that group. He’s in all probability in an excellent place now, as a result of he scored two.”
Darwin Nunez stats
The 25-year-old has began in 14 of Slot’s 30 matches in all competitions within the Dutchman’s first season in cost, though the Uruguay worldwide has been on the bench for 11 of the 19 top-flight video games he has been accessible for.
Mohamed Salah has 21 objectives this season, with Cody Gakpo and Luis Diaz on 12, Diogo Jota on eight and Nunez scoring six.
Alongside defender Joe Gomez, Slot believes Jota will likely be out for weeks quite than months with a muscular harm, probably giving Nunez extra minutes in his absence.
Liverpool vs Lille
Liverpool host Lille on the penultimate Champions League league section matchday on Tuesday (8pm GMT), when Nunez will hope to proceed his run of that includes in all of their European video games to this point this season.
The French aspect have collected notable wins over Atletico Madrid and Actual Madrid however are 5 factors behind The Reds, who’re the one group with an ideal report from six video games.
“They haven’t been fortunate with the fixtures and that’s the rationale I’m so impressed,” Slot mentioned of opponents sitting third in Ligue 1.
“They confronted Sporting [2-0 away defeat] when Ruben Amorim was nonetheless [manager] there and Sporting had been not possible to beat.
“They’ve confronted Juventus [1-1 home draw], Atletico Madrid, Actual Madrid, and now they’re going through us after which my former membership, Feyenoord.”
Champions League: Liverpool lead
Slot cited Paris Saint-Germain’s present place within the elimination locations as proof that ending excessive within the new 36-team single-table format might not make the knockout draw beneficial.
“You assume that primary [in the table] is the very best place to finish in, however being on prime possibly doesn’t let you know that you simply’re the very best group,” he mentioned.
“Loads of it has to do with the groups you’ve confronted. We wish to win, however not from the concept it’s going to give us the very best [route through] the remainder of the marketing campaign.”
