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Slot admits he “wasn’t happy” with Nunez work effort

Arne Slot has explained his criticism of Darwin Nunez, saying that he “wasn’t happy with his work effort” over the past two games.

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Slot “wasn’t happy” with Nunez

The Liverpool head coach criticized the Uruguay international’s effort in the 2-2 draw against Aston Villa, where he missed an open goal.

He also left Nunez on the bench during Liverpool’s 2-0 win over Manchester City.

Slot admitted that he may have been too harsh on the forward for his lack of effort in the past two games.

“I helped him by saying you can miss a chance [against Villa],” Slot said.

“I wasn’t only hard on him. But for the second time in a row I wasn’t happy with his work effort, against Wolves and against Villa.”

“I can’t accept if a player doesn’t give everything. That is clear. I can accept it once but twice was a bit too much. That’s why I addressed it.”

“But if you miss a chance, you need to be fighting for the team. I’m not saying he didn’t do that at all, but it wasn’t the usual Darwin, the one that is loved by the fans. That is mainly because he always works so hard.”

There is an improvement

Nunez missed a golden opportunity to score against Villa and was too hard on himself over the missed chance.

However, Slot said the 25-year-old has worked hard in training ahead of Wednesday’s clash with Newcastle.

“Yesterday [Monday] he was incredible in the training session when it comes to work rate,” Slot said.

“Hopefully he can keep doing this, and whenever the team needs him then he is ready for it if he keeps putting in sessions like he did yesterday.”