Liverpool boss Arne Slot explains what impresses him most about Darwin Nunez

Darwin Nunez volition pb Liverpool's onslaught against Arsenal astatine the Emirates connected Sunday aft grabbing his accidental erstwhile Diogo Jota was injured against Chelsea past weekend

Arne Slot is delighted to spot Darwin Nunez delivering for Liverpool aft his hard commencement to the season.

Nunez had to marque bash with a spot connected the seat successful the archetypal fewer weeks arsenic Slot went with Diogo Jota arsenic his No.9. He got his accidental erstwhile Jota was forced disconnected injured against Chelsea and repaid Slot erstwhile he bagged the victor against RB Leipzig with his 2nd extremity of the play successful the Champions League successful midweek.

The Uruguay striker volition again pb Liverpool’s onslaught astatine Arsenal connected Sunday successful spot of Jota, who is inactive retired with bruising to his precocious body, successful what volition lone beryllium his 5th commencement of the season. Slot says helium is pleased by Nunez’s publication and praised his enactment rate.

"He’s enactment a batch of effort successful and that’s the archetypal happening you tin inquire of a player,” said the Liverpool caput coach. “And it was besides bully of him to people a extremity against Leipzig.

“He scored a goal, which was vital, but his work-rate was besides truly bully and he’s not played that galore games with us. So with him determination is, similar the others, country for betterment successful co-operation with immoderate of the different players, but that’s normal.

“He’s precise bully and it’s pleasing to spot that aft a hard commencement - due to the fact that Diogo played truthful overmuch for america - Darwin performed good against Chelsea and Leipzig." Nunez is simply a precise antithetic subordinate to Jota and portion helium is the archetypal fox successful the box, the South American is similar a battering ram.

He has blown blistery and acold this play and his onslaught against Bournemouth was exceptional, portion helium has been anonymous successful different games. The fans emotion him, aft their fall-out astatine the extremity of past season, and Slot says helium volition tweak his tactics astatine Arsenal to champion accommodate him.

“We bash set the gameplan to get the champion from each subordinate and arsenic a effect of that the champion retired of the team,” helium said. “That’s defensively, but besides offensively. Darwin is simply a antithetic benignant of striker to Diogo, truthful we person to usage his qualities determination successful the champion imaginable way.”

Slot besides explained his determination to support Trent Alexander-Arnold chiefly connected the right, alternatively than fto him travel wrong to his backmost relation arsenic helium did nether Jurgen Klopp, claiming helium links good with Mohamed Salah.

“It’s 1 of the ideas we person however we privation to bring the shot forward,” helium said. “That combined with the prime of Trent, not lone playing connected the inside, but successful my sentiment besides making the overlaps, which Mo benefits from arsenic well.

“That is adjuvant erstwhile Trent plays connected the broadside alternatively than inside. It’s important different teams don’t analyse america and think, ‘oh, each clip they bash the same. We person the reply to this.’ If we person much options for them, it’s a longer squad gathering for the different manager.”

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