The transition period from Jurgen Klopp to Arne Slot went perfectly. In fact, it seems that there were no transition period at all. The Reds are currently the leaders in the Premier League with only one defeat (against Nottingham Forest in September) and are playing fantastic. Some would say, they play better than under the former German coach. But there is one player who is not seeying any benefit from the situation – Darwin Nunez.Klopp explains his exit, talks about Salah and Manchester CityThe Uruguayan striker came with much fanfare from Benfica in 2022, breaking the 100 million pounds borderline (something Klopp said it’s ridiculous before he acutally signed him), but showed too little since. He played only 80 games for the Reds so far and scored only 20 goals. Just two of them came since Slot arrived at Anfield and he admitted he also failed to get the best of him.“Darwin is a striker we have to use in a certain way and we were not able yet to bring the best out of him this season. Against Accrington Stanley again you saw that he has a lot of pace but, unfortunately for him, most teams sit back a lot against us. If you look back at the goals he scored for us, I remember the one against Villa when he went around the goalkeeper on a fast break, that is his main strength – he has other qualities as well – but we are still working on getting him in the best possible positions against a low block“ said the Dutchman.The Pharaoh offered a salary worthy of his nickname?Liverpool coach might even give chance to Nunez today against Brentford, as Diogo Jota is not 100% but he tried to explain that other club’s tactics are also responsible for Darwin’s lack of goals.“I also see, and I don’t know if other people see this, the way teams defend our No 9 is something you have to give credit to the other teams for. ‘It’s never, “Here Darwin, you can score”. Every time we put in a cross I see a defender all over him. I see it, referees unfortunately don’t. It’s more difficult to score against a team like Forest because every time we had a chance they had six, seven, eight, nine or 10 players in the yard box. And the one time Chris Wood had a chance he was there almost on his own. We weren’t really close to the ball. They only had one chance, we had 15. But with the 15 we had there was always someone close to the ball or all over one of our players. Darwin will score his goals. He already did and he will again“ said Slot.ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE – MATCHDAY 22Saturday15.30: (1.65) Newcastle (4.20) Bournemouth (4.80)18.00: (6.75) Brentford (5.00) Liverpool (1.45)18.00: (4.00) Leicester (3.60) Fulham (2.00)18.00: (2.70) West Ham (3.15) Crystal Palace (2.75)20.30: (1.53) Arsenal (4.30) Aston Villa (7.00)Sunday17.00: (2.80) Everton (3.50) Tottenham (2.45)17.00: (2.10) Man.Utd. (3.60) Brighton (3.70)17.00: (1.38) Nott.Forest (4.70) Southampton (8.50)19.30: (8.00) Ipswich (5.80) Man.City (1.37)Monday23.00: (1.35) Chelsea (5.30) Wolverhampton (8.00)**odds are subject to change**
