Arne Slot has disclosed that the thought of substituting Darwin Nunez at halftime during Liverpool's 3-1 triumph against Southampton didn't cross his mind.

At half-time, Slot made three changes, pulling off the also-booked Kostas Tsimikas, yet he decided against swapping out Nunez.



Nunez would go on to put Liverpool on level terms and later drew the foul for the penalty which Mohamed Salah converted to give the Reds the lead.

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While Slot has previously acted to replace players at risk of being sent off, he explained his rationale for sticking with Nunez.

"In the end I took him off because he was on yellow but I always hate the idea that if we need to score goals, to take off someone who can score a goal," Slot remarked.

"That's why it wasn't in my mind to take him off because I was already planning on after these three.

"If we don't score a goal, Jots (Diogo Jota) needs to come in and we have to go even more offensive.

Arne Slot decided to stick with Darwin Nunez.