Slot on Nunez form

Liverpool boss Arne Slot on the recent poor form of Darwin Nunez ahead of their Premier League clash with Fulham Melwood, Liverpool, UK

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00:00Hi, how has Darwin Nunes been this week?

00:03Is he frustrated that he's not making more of an impact and getting more goals for the team?

00:08That's one way of looking at it. For me, he has impact.

00:14If you only look at goals, he hasn't scored the amount of goals he wants to score

00:19or we want our number 9 to score, but he does have impact in his work rate.

00:24That's not only for the other team not to create a chance,

00:29but it's also for us if we lose the ball and he's that aggressive,

00:32that we can get the ball back and still create our chances.

00:36He's part of a team that scores a lot of goals and is winning a lot,

00:40but of course as a number 9 you want to score more goals and that's definitely what he wants as well.

00:46But till now, I'm not only judging Mo on his goals, I'm not only judging Darwin on his goals,

00:51I also judge them on their work rate and what they bring to the team.

00:55That has been positive till now, except for us and him himself wanting to score more goals.

01:01Maybe mainly also because the fans support him so much,

01:04maybe he wants it even too much to score that goal for himself and also for the fans,

01:11because they've been very supportive for him.

01:13It really feeds off that, doesn't it?

01:15You can hear the chants around the ground and you can see it gets him going on a matchday.

01:19Yeah, it definitely does, but not only for him.

01:24I think all our players feel the support of our fans, but he's definitely one of them.

01:28If you're in a good place, Mo for example, he's scoring so many goals,

01:32he probably likes the support of the fans but he doesn't really need it at the moment.

01:37But what I like about fans, special fans, is that they're not only supportive

01:42if it's going really well for a player, but especially if he maybe needs that support,

01:47and that is what makes these fans of ours special, in my opinion.