“There’s been some unbelievable moments” A look at Darwin Nunez’ time at Liverpool

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Liverpool’s most impactful change since the arrival of Arne Slot is a more measured approach to games with their attack scoring an abundance of goals. We’re looking specifically at Darwin Nunez’ time at the Reds and what impact he’s had during his spell so far.

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00:00Let's look at Darwin Nunes and maybe let's take a first look at, you know, a bit more

00:07timelessly his Liverpool career. Obviously, he's played a lot of games under Jurgen Klopp

00:13specifically. You know, the fans maybe sort of expected more of those comparisons to Luis

00:19Suarez when he first came in. What have you sort of made of his Liverpool career and how

00:25has he adjusted to Arnish slot? But, you know, just start with how he's sort of been

00:30received at the club so far.

00:32I think his performance against Aston Villa was almost a microcosm of his Liverpool career.

00:40You know, he scores a real good goal but he misses a couple more chances as well. Easier

00:46chances potentially. One where he goes through one-on-one and the header in the second half

00:52when he's teased up by Andy Robertson. It's been up and down. I think everyone would agree

00:57that there have been some unbelievable moments from Darwin Nunes. He's a handful for any

01:05defence when he's at the top of his game. He can cause chaos but he can be frustrating

01:13as well. But I think this season what Liverpool fans have appreciated more is his defensive

01:18work has stepped up. There's been so many times when he's dropped back and put the opposition

01:24under pressure rather than maybe staying on the final defender's shoulder. You know, he's

01:30putting it in for the team and then obviously that means he's got to get up the pitch quicker

01:34then. I mean, there's one moment in the Aston Villa game, I remember, when he was at and

01:38Norse was the centre midfielder because Curtis Jones had gone and pressed and Darwin Nunes

01:44sort of thought, right, I need to go in and drop in here otherwise we're going to be exposed.

01:47So it looks like he's maturing. But if you're judging Diogo Diotta's performances this season

01:55and Darwin Nunes's, you're probably going to say that Diotta's just shaded it. But I

02:02think Arnaud Slot will have to protect Diogo Diotta just because of his injury record.

02:07So he just needs, I think he has a bit of a run of games so far. He's done well, Liverpool

02:14kept on winning, but you still think there can be more to come from him.

02:20Yeah, do you think the sort of main part of his game, a big positive, is that he can play

02:25sort of anywhere across that front line? You know, we've seen him have some amazing performances

02:29on the left and he comes inside. But, you know, it's just the chances that he constantly

02:34tends to miss that sort of overshadow his best work in the Liverpool shirt.

02:39Yeah, he can play on the left but he hasn't played there yet. Slot has been loose, he

02:43hasn't called the gap, but we've been the options there. So he is seen as a centre forwards

02:48primarily now and Liverpool knew he was a riding role and someone they had to try to

02:55hone and Arnaud Slot looks like he's doing that.

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