Van Dijk urges Nunez to stay in top form to cement Liverpool’s place
- Virgil van Dijk hopes Darwin Nunez can keep his form alive
- The player must continue to work hard.
- The player made his first start of the season and scored one goal.
Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk has urged Uruguay striker Darwin Nunez to keep up his fine form.
After the forward scored in Saturday’s 3-0 win over Bournemouth at Anfield.
“Of course we are happy with him, he has to keep working and make himself an important player. When he gets the chance,” the 33-year-old Dutch defender said. “He has competition and he has very good competition.”
“I think Diogo Jota and him (Darwin) will have to โปรโมชั่น ufabet compete for place. So they have to challenge each other and push each other. That’s the only way we can be successful. The way he responded today. After his first start of the season is obviously. What we want to see. He has to keep working hard like the rest of the team.”
The 25-year-old striker started his first game of the season under new Liverpool boss Arne Slot and he repaid the brunt by being involved throughout the game and scoring a superb goal.
For Nunez, he moved from Benfica to Liverpool in 2022 for £85m and has played a total of 101 games, scoring 34 goals.