Darwin Nunez's reaction speaks volumes after Luis Diaz heroics in Liverpool win

Luis Diaz was the prima of the amusement for Liverpool connected Tuesday night, scoring a hat-trick from a cardinal striker presumption against Bayer Leverkusen, portion Darwin Nunez started connected the bench

Darwin Nunez showed that helium is simply a existent squad subordinate aft celebrating the occurrence of Luis Diaz, contempt not being heavy progressive successful Liverpool’s triumph implicit Bayer Leverkusen himself.

Diaz scored a hat-trick arsenic the Reds thrashed the German champions 4-0 astatine Anfield successful the Champions League connected Tuesday night. Nunez was near connected the seat arsenic Arne Slot alternatively fielded Diaz arsenic the cardinal attacker with Mohamed Salah and Cody Gakpo connected either side.

Liverpool ’s Colombia planetary enactment them up with a deft spot earlier Gakpo headed successful to marque it 2-0. Nunez made it disconnected the seat successful the 80th minute, replacing Gakpo, and played a relation successful the 3rd goal, bursting guardant earlier losing his footing to inadvertently acceptable up Diaz for his second.

Diaz completed his hat-trick successful stoppage clip to instrumentality the headlines and it seems that Nunez was much than blessed to fto him person the limelight. Nunez has managed conscionable 2 goals successful 13 appearances for Liverpool this season, but with the squad having won 14 retired of 16 games nether Slot, helium doesn’t look excessively concerned.

Replying to a tweet from Liverpool’s relationship celebrating Diaz’s archetypal hat-trick for the club, the Uruguay planetary simply posted a occurrence emoji.

Slot is without the injured Diogo Jota, yet suggested earlier the Brighton game connected the play that helium doesn’t spot Nunez arsenic the perfect replacement successful the No.9 position. But the Dutchman tried to reassure him successful the aftermath of different triumph which came courtesy of his team-mates.

Asked astir Diaz, Slot said: “Not lone the radical successful Colombia similar and emotion Lucho, the fans of Liverpool emotion him a batch arsenic well. I heard galore times the fans singing his song. And the manager likes him a batch arsenic good – I don't emotion him but I similar him a lot!

“He's played many, galore games but I conscionable said thing astir Darwin Nunez: successful the Premier League and the Champions League, you person to play truthful galore games astatine the highest level and it's not ever imaginable for each subordinate to play each game, particularly successful definite positions.

“So, if you are a centre-back, usually you tally not arsenic overmuch arsenic a left-winger oregon a full-back oregon a midfielder – and particularly our wingers. But due to the fact that you each look astatine the goals Lucho scored and the goals Cody scored, I besides look astatine the information however hard they way back, however overmuch they person to defend. I inquire a batch from them, truthful that's wherefore sometimes we person to rotate them. But Lucho, for me, is simply a starter. And I said this 3 days agone astir Cody arsenic good – he's, for me, a starter also.”

Slot has been complimentary of Nunez’s work-rate, but the information helium can’t get into the squad erstwhile Jota and Federico Chiesa are unavailable is telling. He is apt to stay connected the substitutes’ seat erstwhile Liverpool big Aston Villa successful the Premier League connected Saturday earlier the planetary break.

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