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Liverpool boss Arne Slot has questioned Darwin Nunez’s work-rate and says he “can’t settle for it if a participant doesn’t give all the pieces”.
Slot spoke of his frustration with Nunez’s downbeat manner following the Uruguay striker’s late miss at Aston Villa final week however has now admitted he was additionally sad along with his effort within the previous match with Wolves.
Nunez was a second-half substitute in each video games, and is more likely to be among the many substitutes once more tonight when Liverpool host Newcastle at Anfield.
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“I helped him by saying you possibly can miss an opportunity,” Slot mentioned in explaining his remarks after the sport at Villa.
“I wasn’t solely exhausting on him. However for the second time in a row I wasn’t completely satisfied along with his work effort, in opposition to Wolves and in opposition to Villa.
“I can’t settle for it if a participant doesn’t give all the pieces. That’s clear. I can settle for it as soon as, however twice was a bit an excessive amount of. That’s why I addressed it.
“Should you miss an opportunity, you want to be combating for the crew. I’m not saying he didn’t do this in any respect, however it wasn’t the standard Darwin, the one that’s cherished by the followers. That’s primarily as a result of he all the time works so exhausting.”
Slot did say, nevertheless, that Nunez was “unimaginable” in coaching on Monday as he makes an attempt to regain credit score with the supervisor.
