Arne Slot will talk to Darwin Nunez today and says that he cannot 'accept the behavior of the Uruguay striker' after he has missed a clear opportunity to win Liverpool in Aston Villa on Wednesday evening.
The Reds had a golden chance to take three points in Villa Park, but Nunez missed an open goal at 2-2 and the Premier League leaders had to settle for just a draw.
Liverpool boss Slot says that he is not abandoned by the chance of being missed alone, but was upset about how NUNEZ 'working speed afterwards fell and it stated that the disappointment of the moment' became too much in his head '.
“I will tell him that you can miss a chance, but you can't miss a smoke,” said Slot. “That is the life of a striker, he will miss opportunities and score some. It is part of the work of a no. 9, you miss if people expect you to score.
'It is not part of the work of a No. 9 to delay in the Wortkrate. And that is something we will talk about.
'I can accept any Miss, especially from a player who scored two very important goals at Brentford and he scored for us in the home game against Villa. I'd rather he score, but the word “chance,” says it all.
'It's an opportunity and not 100 percent that it is. I can accept Mrs., but it is more difficult for me to accept his behavior after the chance. It got too much in his head, he was not the usual Darwin who finishes his ass and ensures that he helps the team.
“He was too disappointed that he missed that opportunity. Maybe we will never know, but maybe that was the reason why he was only a break short at the moment (when Emiliano Martinez won the ball in a 50-50 challenge).
'I always really believe that it is always best to have the mentality of Wataru Endo. The entire season he does not complain, continues and continues, when we need it, he is ready. That is very difficult and there are not many players who can do this.
“It's not the chance, but the 20 minutes after that I will talk to Darwin.”
NUNEZ posted on Twitter shortly after the press conference of Slot. The Uruguayan said: 'I was not the best three weeks ago and I am not the worst now. When I fall, I get up.
'You will never see me give up. I'm going to give it all until the last day I am here in Liverpool. '
Liverpool goes to Manchester City on Sunday with an eight-pointed lead over Arsenal in the title race that more has played a match, though that could be chopped to five if the Gunners beat West Ham on Saturday and slot expect a tough game despite the bad season of Champions.
'The playing style has always been the same for all those years from Pep Guardiola in Barcelona, Bayern or City. If they wear different shirts, you would go: “Ah, this is a Pep Guardiola team”.
'Even, even he needs quality players to get results and if so many players are (injured) in this competition, it is so difficult.
'What I always expect from City since Pep has been there, they have been a great football team. They had one or two months in seven or eight years that were not the best, perhaps due to injuries. We know how difficult it is to go to Etihad. '
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