Arne Slot admits he has not been able to 'bring the best out of' Darwin Nunez - with the Reds No 9 scoring just two league goals so far this season
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Arne Slot has admitted he has been unable to get the best out of Darwin Nunez so far at Liverpool – but has backed the out-of-form Uruguay striker to come good soon. The Reds No 9 has scored just four goals all season – only two of those coming in the Premier League – and has fallen out of favour in terms of the starting XI, with Luis Diaz and Diogo Jota often preferred to lead the line.
![[Nunez has scored just four goals in all competitions so far, with two coming in Premier League]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/17/21/94227459-0-image-a-2_1737149245544.jpg)
And Slot says he is confident he can finally help the £85million man click at Anfield. Asked if Nunez was fighting to prove his long-term future, the boss said: 'For me, this is the same thing as if we played an early kick-off and we lost. 'People would then probably say, "You were not awake because you played at 12.15pm". When things are not perfect there are always a lot of things that are being brought up that don't have so much to do with what is going on.
![[Slot has, however, insisted the forward will come good and 'will score his goals again']](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/17/21/94227487-0-image-a-4_1737149316850.jpg)
'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.
