Liverpool took a 1-0 lead into the dressing room at half-time in opposition to Chelsea this afternoon, with Mo Salah’s penalty separating the groups on the interval.
The primary 45 minutes have been awash with huge choices for the officers to make, with a couple of early calls going in opposition to the Reds earlier than they have been awarded a spot kick when Levi Colwill kicked Curtis Jones within the field.
One blemish on the primary half for the house aspect was the enforced withdrawal of Diogo Jota after half an hour with what seemed like a fractured rib, with Darwin Nunez approaching in his place.
Nunez first-half stats v Chelsea
The Uruguay striker hasn’t had probably the most convincing season in entrance of purpose, scoring simply as soon as within the first two months of the marketing campaign previous to immediately’s match, however Arne Slot may have been delighted with the 25-year-old’s influence off the bench immediately.
As per Sofascore, Nunez was on the pitch for twenty-four minutes within the first half (together with added time) and received 5 duels out of seven, the joint-most of any Liverpool participant regardless of having the least involvement time-wise.
Our quantity 9 additionally accomplished 4 of his six passes earlier than the interval and made two tackles and two clearances, placing himself about off the ball with the sort of unsung work which’ll please his boss on the touchline.
Nunez making an influence…in all places besides the place it issues most
At half-time, the Liverpool Echo‘s Ian Doyle famous that Nunez was ‘immediately concerned with some neat touches and good passes’, and that’s a good evaluation of the Uruguay striker’s influence after he changed Jota.
In fact, being a centre-forward, the 25-year-old will at the beginning be judged on his purpose tally, which has been decidely missing to this point within the present marketing campaign.
Nonetheless, he couldn’t be faulted for effort after approaching immediately, and on the time of writing, hopefully he can go on to have a telling influence the place it issues most – on the scoreboard.
