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"He is totally focused on the team and of course he wants to score more goals and give more assists," Klopp said of 23-year-old striker Darwin Nunez. Nunez is clever with that position. Liverpool sometimes internalise his play and that is where he also makes a difference, passing from the outside to the inside to create danger.

Virgil van Dijk, captain of the team, also highlighted the new role of the Uruguayan who can already become competition for Luis Diaz "He has all the qualities of a modern striker, that's why we signed him. He is learning how we want to play, he is learning what we expect from him. He plays a little bit on the left, but he also has a free role to come into the middle."

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The Coaches' Voice website also highlights the importance of Nunez as a left winger, "Thanks to his experience playing on the left side of the attack, Nunez is effective when attacking the far post. His threat on the left is similar to what Mario Mandzukic once played at Juventus. In other words, a second centre-forward who can join the front line when the team is attacking, but who stays on the left flank in a line of three during other phases of the game".

In the ten games without Luis Diaz, Liverpool have managed eight wins and just two defeats. The German manager is hoping the team can keep it up to challenge for the European places and a place in the last 16 of the Champions League against Real Madrid.

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The 25-year-old hopes to be back in top form for the second half of the season. Diaz was already a key player last season and this season he has had some outstanding performances. The break could benefit him by being close to Klopp and the entire coaching staff.