Liverpool continued their 100% document within the Champions League with a 1-0 win towards Girona away from dwelling.
The Merseyside giants had an prolonged break after their Premier League sport towards Everton was postponed attributable to adversarial climate circumstances. They had been nonetheless removed from their finest on the Estadi Montilivi and wanted a penalty to proceed their successful streak.
Donny van de Beek was adjudged to have fouled Luis Diaz after a VAR assessment. Mohamed Salah comfortably slotted the penalty to register his sixteenth objective of the marketing campaign. The margin of victory might have been wider, had Darwin Nunez been higher along with his ending.
The Uruguayan has been a lot criticised for his poor composure in entrance of objective and he squandered 2 large possibilities towards Girona final evening. He was additionally poor along with his ball enjoying capacity with simply 50% passes accomplished (4/8).
The 25-year-old had solely 16 touches in 71 minutes earlier than he was changed with Cody Gakpo after a 5/10 show. Gakpo didn’t rating in his cameo, however had the identical variety of passes as Nunez, successful 100% of his duels.
Should drop
The 25-year-old had a progressive 2023/24 season with the Anfield heavyweights. He collected 18 targets and 13 assists from 52 outings. Nonetheless, his performances have as soon as once more dipped with the change of supervisor.
Nunez has did not excel below the steerage of Arne Slot this marketing campaign. He has been fairly abysmal with 3 targets and a pair of assists from 19 video games. After his dismal show yesterday, Slot should drop him to the bench towards Fulham.
In comparison with Nunez, Gakpo has been fairly good with 8 targets and a pair of assists within the bag this marketing campaign. The Dutchman must be tasked with main the road towards the Cottagers in upcoming league sport at Anfield.
Liverpool are 4 factors forward of 2nd-placed Chelsea within the top-flight desk, however they’ve a sport in hand. The Reds have to proceed the nice run within the coming weeks to place further stress on the title challengers.
