Darwin Nunez repays Arne Slot faith after pre-season phone call with Liverpool star

LIVERPOOL 3-0 BOURNEMOUTH: Luis Diaz bagged an aboriginal brace and Darwin Nunez got connected the scoresheet arsenic Arne Slot's broadside romped to a comfy triumph astatine Anfield

Darwin Nunez seems to person yet got the message.

It is 2 months since Arne Slot rang the Uruguayan striker erstwhile helium was astatine his lowest ebb to guarantee him helium has a aboriginal astatine Anfield. Jurgen Klopp mislaid religion successful Nunez ever being capable to warrant his £85million price-tag - and the brace had go truthful estranged that the South American could hardly bring himself to articulation successful the German’s farewell tribute connected the last time of past season.

‌Nunez past became embroiled successful an disfigured brawl with baying Colombia fans astatine the extremity of a Copa America semi-final decision successful North Carolina a fewer days earlier Slot made interaction to archer him that helium would commencement with a cleanable slate. How helium needed the pick-me-up.

‌The Dutchman’s caveat was that the South American would person to beryllium himself worthy of a spot alongside Mohamed Salah and Luis Diaz alternatively of the industrious and consistently fantabulous Diogo Jota. Nunez was besides warned helium would person to beryllium patient.

‌After yet being fixed his archetypal commencement nether Slot successful the sixth crippled of his reign, it’s just to accidental that Liverpool's No 9 is trying to conscionable his broadside of the bargain. This is lone a commencement - but the subordinate dubbed by absorption fans arsenic ‘Everything but the Goal’ gave a timely reminder of the prime helium possesses with a onslaught of axenic brilliance.

Liverpool were cruising, acknowledgment to 2 rapid-fire goals from Diaz midway done the archetypal half, erstwhile Nunez took possession wide connected the right. He has ne'er lacked for powerfulness and pace. But arsenic helium chopped wrong onto his near foot, those Liverpool fans sitting down the extremity astatine the Anfield Road End mightiness person wondered if it was clip to duck erstwhile the guardant shaped to sprout from an improbable angle.

On this occasion, though, the transportation was sweet. Kepa Arrizabalaga, Bournemouth's £72m 'keeper connected indebtedness from Chelsea, stretched each sinew of his 6ft 2ins framework - but inactive had nary anticipation arsenic the shot fizzed past him earlier kissing the acold station and nestling successful the bottommost corner.

Liverpool fans emotion a trier. But they would emotion a centre-forward who tin find the backmost of the nett connected a regular ground adjacent more. If Slot tin unpack Nunez's endowment to the grade that he's arsenic deadly from six yards arsenic helium tin beryllium from 30, past Liverpool's manager volition person a existent subordinate connected his hands.

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‌Nunez gave a reminder of his aged aforesaid conscionable seconds earlier being subbed disconnected to a lasting ovation erstwhile his instinctive close-range stab sent the shot into the thorax of Dean Huijsen connected the Bournemouth goalline alternatively of the backmost of the Kop net.

Remember, Nunez had gone 14 games without a goal. Last season, helium scored 11 times and deed the woodwork connected different 9 occasions - including a Premier League grounds 4 times successful 1 90-minute near-miss against Chelsea.

‌Little wonderment that Klopp threw successful the towel. Slot has surely unlocked the irrepressible Diaz. The Colombian was seemingly a people for Barcelona successful the summertime and mightiness person gone to the Nou Camp had the Catalans been capable to rise £50m.

‌His quick-fire treble took his season's tally to 5 - doubly arsenic galore arsenic Salah, the three-time Golden Boot victor who usually finishes apical of the Anfield extremity charts arsenic a substance of course. Diaz fired location with his close ft successful the 26th infinitesimal aft making the astir of Kepa’s brainsick unreserved from his extremity erstwhile Ibrahima Konate launched a agelong shot forward.

Two minutes later, the Colombian showed helium is arsenic deadly with his near aft being teed up by Trent Alexander-Arnold. When Nunez memorably made it 3-0 8 minutes from the break, Andoni Iraola's men had been fixed the afloat acquisition of the Anfield effect.

‌Bournemouth edged the opening exchanges and lone a choky VAR telephone prevented them going up aboriginal erstwhile Antoine Semenyo slid successful to people from six yards. It was lone a fewer weeks agone that Bournemouth scored 3 times successful 9 melodramatic precocious minutes to bushed Everton conscionable crossed Stanley Park.

It wasn't to beryllium this time, but the information the visitors didn't fold wholly is simply a testament to the occupation Iraola is doing connected the southbound coast.

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