After Darwin Nunez scored in his first game as Liverpool manager, Arne Slot urged the striker to keep it up.
Luis Diaz scored twice and Nunez an exquisite third as Liverpool defeated Bournemouth 3-0 at Anfield.Slot has indicated that the Uruguayan needs to continue scoring goals if he wants to preserve his starting spot up front instead of Diogo Jota, and this was his first goal for Liverpool in five months.
With this kind of effort, you need a striker, so it’s encouraging to see that Slot is putting in the necessary work, as he told BBC Sport.
“As long as they keep performing, it is a very good thing for me,” the coach said, describing the team’s abundance of talented players and fierce competitiveness.Trent Alexander-Arnold and Diaz, who has scored five goals in five games in the Premier League, were also appreciated by Slot for their performances.
He made the following comment on Diaz: “It’s important what led to the finish, but those finishes were really good.”
“[Ibrahima] Konate] made a fantastic decision to take a pass in behind because Bournemouth were so aggressive. Trent had a fantastic run on the ball for the second, and Luis did a great job finishing them off.
I expected Alexander-Arnold to have a hand in a plethora of goals today given his exceptional quality, but I was also impressed by his defensive play. He brings me so much joy if he can merge those two aspects.
Although beating Bournemouth at home is par for the course, the schedule is demanding and the opposition is formidable. They fought hard against us, so it’s excellent that we won this time; let’s keep going.