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Arne Slot in his press convention and Darwin Nunez in motion for Liverpool (Photograph through Hayters, Eric Alonso/Getty Photos)
Liverpool supervisor Arne Slot has made it clear he can forgive Darwin Nunez for lacking an enormous probability in opposition to Aston Villa.
Nevertheless, what the Reds boss didn’t like was how Nunez responded to that missed probability because the staff dropped factors with a 2-2 draw at Villa Park.
Liverpool have a very robust recreation arising subsequent as they journey to tackle Manchester Metropolis on the Etihad Stadium, with Arsenal nonetheless a way behind however probably getting nearer if they will carry on successful and capitalising on Slot’s aspect’s dropped factors.
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LFC wanted extra from Nunez final night time, with the Uruguay worldwide lacking an enormous probability after which not working arduous sufficient afterwards, based on Slot.
Watch under because the Dutch tactician recommended Nunez let the miss get to him an excessive amount of, which he discovered tougher to forgive than the miss itself…
?? “It isn’t concerning the probability, it is concerning the 20 minutes afterwards”
Arne Slot says Darwin Nunez was ‘too dissatisfied’ following his miss in opposition to Aston Villa final night time ? pic.twitter.com/sxB6lK5dWj
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If Nunez had been robust sufficient to choose himself up and play at his full potential, he may absolutely nonetheless have made a optimistic affect for Liverpool and maybe given them three factors.
This now places extra stress on the Merseyside giants to win away to Man Metropolis this weekend, which is unquestionably going to be tough even when Pep Guardiola’s aspect haven’t been at their finest for a lot of this season.
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Arne Slot with Darwin Nunez (Photograph by Shaun Botterill/Getty Photos)
Liverpool’s lead remains to be fairly first rate, however Arsenal have improved lately and this now seems to be like extra of a title race than it did a couple of month in the past.
If Mikel Arteta’s aspect go on the sort of run they went on within the second half of final season, once they took eventual champions Metropolis to the ultimate day of the season, then Liverpool must be very cautious.
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Villa away was by no means prone to be straightforward, however Arsenal gained there earlier within the season and so they additionally produce other robust away video games out of the best way.
Liverpool’s remaining fixtures are a bit tougher, at the least on paper, in order that they’ll want Nunez to do so much higher with huge possibilities like this in future.
