Liverpool chalked up their eighth win in 9 video games up to now this season on Wednesday evening once they noticed off Bologna 2-0 within the Champions League.
Targets from Alexis Mac Allister and Mohamed Salah sealed this newest win which sees Liverpool joint prime of the brand new Champions League desk, whereas additionally they sit on the peak of the Premier League, a degree forward of Manchester Metropolis.
And whereas it has been a profitable begin to the Arne Slot period, one participant is continuous to draw criticism.
Liverpool ahead Darwin Nunez (Picture credit score: Getty Photos)
Liverpool ahead Darwin Nunez made his second begin of the brand new season, following a summer time that noticed his future on the membership broadly debated after a poor finish of the 2023/24 season.
The Uruguayan has usually been a determine of frustration for a lot of at Liverpool, with followers getting behind his work ethic, however questioning his decision-making. This was once more a speaking level on Wednesday when he had a aim disallowed after failing to carry his run within the first half.
The 25-year-old missed a pair extra possibilities and that was sufficient to the Italian press to degree extra criticism his approach. Corriere dello Sport claimed that Nunez was at all times ‘on the sting of offside’, as they handed him a 5.5 participant score, whereas the ahead was dubbed ‘not very efficient’ by La Gazzetta dello Sport, who labelled him as ‘the worst’ Liverpool participant on show.
He added ‘little substance’ to Liverpool’s play, mentioned La Repubblica, who additionally awarded him 5.5 out of ten.
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Nunez has netted simply as soon as since April, however Slot was fast to defend his participant after the victory.
“I don’t assume it’s truthful to say he solely scored one [goal since April] since you even have to have a look at the taking part in time,” Slot mentioned. “I feel this was his third begin of the season so I don’t take a look at it in the way in which you do and solely concentrate on the person.
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“I feel within the first hour we didn’t create lot of possibilities for him as a result of we missed out on the final move on a lot of events. If we might have executed higher, that most likely would have led to possibilities for him as properly.
“It was an amazing aim towards Bournemouth and right this moment he was concerned towards a group we confronted that was actually onerous and difficult on him, and his team-mates didn’t at all times discover him once they may have.
“It’s a bit early after solely three begins to say he solely scored one aim.”
