Arne Slot defended Darwin Nunez after Liverpool’s Champions League win over Bologna and insists the striker will score goals this season.
Nunez has scored just once this season and was brought off after an hour of Liverpool’s 2-0 win, as goals from Alexis Mac Allister and Mo Salah ensured Slot made it two victories from two in Europe.
But faced with criticism of the striker after the game, Slot said: “I don’t think it’s fair to say he only scored one because you also have to look at the playing time.
“I think this was his first start of the season so I don’t look at it in the way you do and only focus on the individual.
“I think in the first hour we didn’t create lot of chances for him because we missed out on the last pass on a number of occasions.
“If we would have done better, that probably would have led to chances for him as well.
“It was a great goal against Bournemouth and today he was involved against a team we faced that was really hard and tough on him, and his team-mates didn’t always find him when they could have.
“It’s a bit early after only three games to say he only scored one goal.”
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