Liverpool's Arne Slot on Darwin Nunez

Liverpool's Arne Slot on Darwin Nunez  20/09/2024  AXA trasining centre, Liverpool, UK

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00:00Did you feel last week that tiredness was maybe a factor against Arsenal and you've

00:07been able to bounce back with that win against AC Milan, so how have you been able to manage

00:16any tiredness that there's been within the squad this week?

00:19I don't think that was the main issue, if it was even an issue, because two or three

00:24days later we had to play Milan again and you would still expect players to be tired

00:28or maybe even more tired, and we came up with a real strong performance.

00:33For me, and I've said this a few times before, we have to give credit to what Nottingham

00:38Forest did, they made it really hard for us, made it really difficult for us, and that's

00:42always the main resistance, the team you face and not the amount of games you play or other

00:47things, it's always about the resistance the other team gives you.

00:50Obviously we saw Cody Gatcoe come in and take his opportunity against Milan with his performance,

00:55but what does Darwin Nunes have to show you to get his opportunity?

01:00The reason I ask as well is because we saw him score three goals against Bournemouth

01:04last season, he had that big moment against Newcastle where he scored two late goals to

01:08take all three points, but also finished the season with just one goal in 13 as well.

01:13So what is it that Darwin needs to show you to get his opportunity?

01:17Same like all the others, work really hard and then the goals will come, and I think

01:23that's also what he did when he came in against AC Milan, first of all you come in for the

01:28team and then as a result of that the attackers score goals or assist, and that's also what

01:34happened to Cody, but it happened before with Lucio and with Mo and with Diogo, so if you

01:39play in a team like Liverpool you will always score your goals or get your assist, but for

01:44me it's mainly about the work we do without the ball and that they can score goals and

01:52that they can assist, I know, and that's the same with Darwin, so he will get his chance

01:56in the near future, we play a lot of games and I think he's fitter and fitter now, understands

02:02day-by-day better what we expect from him, but he's in competition with Diogo, who in

02:08our opinion have done really well in the last games.

02:13Did he have to build Darwin's confidence though as well?

02:15No, I think he came back with a lot of confidence from Copa America I think, yeah.

02:22Yeah, he scored some good goals, and Darwin always has confidence, and he has every right

02:28to have this confidence because everywhere he played he always scored goals, and as a

02:33striker sometimes you have a few games that you don't score and then all of a sudden you

02:36score a lot, so as long as he brings his work rate in for the team and we bring him enough

02:41in positions I'm 100 per cent sure he or Diogo or all one of the others will score his goals.