Nunez shines as Liverpool secure victory - Paul Vegas

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Slot later commented, "I play a striker because I love to score goals and a winger because I enjoy assisting or scoring goals myself. Winning games requires scoring goals, but it's just as crucial to keep a clean sheet. Ibou and Darwin both played crucial roles in the lead-up to our goals, showing their commitment to the team. Throughout the season, different players have stepped up and made a difference, whether it's Mo, Lucho, Cody, Diogo, or today's standout performers, Lucho and Darwin. What matters most is that everyone works hard for the team and contributes to our success."

Liverpool boss Arne Slot is happy seeing Darwin Nunez off the mark after victory over Bournemouth.AdvertisementAdvertisement

"I think consistency you get by two things – you get by work-rate and you get it by team performance. If the team performance is not consistent, it's so difficult for an individual to be consistent as well. We just have to create our habits day by day on the training ground and in the games to get this consistency. Because while working on your habits, you create consistency. That's what we try to do every day and he showed today a good game and maybe he can show Wednesday again, but let's wait and see.

"My first instinct when he shot, I said, 'Why does he shoot? Why don't you keep on dribbling?' Because he made the ball free and I think the defender was on the ground. But then there was a fraction of a second later when I saw the ball went in off the post and I was like, 'OK, maybe you are a better football player than I was in the past!' Good choice of him.