Arne Slot sends message to Darwin Nunez as Liverpool goalscoring woes continue

Arne Slot rushed to the defence of Darwin Nunez, insisting it was excessively aboriginal to justice the Liverpool striker contempt his under-par Champions League show connected Wednesday.

Goals either broadside of half-time from Alexis Mac Allister and Mohamed Salah saw the Reds claim a 2-0 triumph implicit Bologna and make it 2 wins from 2 successful Europe this season.

It was a nighttime to forget, however, for Nunez who flattered to deceive erstwhile fixed a uncommon accidental from the start, wasting a bully accidental successful the archetypal fractional having earlier seen a extremity ruled retired for offside.

The Uruguayan has conscionable 1 extremity truthful acold this season, his lone nine extremity since April, but Slot was keen not to propulsion his striker nether the autobus and insisted the full squad indispensable enactment harder to make amended chances for him.

‘I don’t deliberation it’s just to accidental helium lone scored 1 [goal since April] due to the fact that you besides person to look astatine the playing time,’ Slot said erstwhile asked astir Nunez’s worrying goalscoring form.

‘I deliberation this was his 3rd commencement of the play truthful I don’t look astatine it successful the mode you bash and lone absorption connected the individual.

‘I deliberation successful the archetypal hr we didn’t make batch of chances for him due to the fact that we missed retired connected the past walk connected a fig of occasions.

‘If we would person done better, that astir apt would person led to chances for him arsenic well.

Slot continued: ‘It was a large extremity against Bournemouth and contiguous helium was progressive against a squad we faced that was truly hard and pugnacious connected him, and his team-mates didn’t ever find him erstwhile they could have.

‘It’s a spot aboriginal aft lone 3 starts to accidental helium lone scored 1 goal.’

Much similar Nunez, Slot was wide that his existent Liverpool broadside is inactive a enactment successful advancement contempt the Dutchman becoming the archetypal manager successful the club’s past to triumph 8 of his archetypal 9 matches.

‘We tin improve, we person to improve. That is clear. But determination are besides a batch of positives to instrumentality from contiguous and from the different games,’ helium added.

‘But determination was a spell successful the crippled wherever we didn’t control. They were threatening america much than I would similar to see. But again, this is normal.

‘For astir parts of the crippled we controlled, we had much shot possession, but they threatened us.’

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