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Slot would make three substitutions at the break, including withdrawing the booked Kostas Tsimikas, but resisted the urge to replace Nunez.

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The striker went on to score the equaliser for Liverpool before winning the penalty that enabled Mohamed Salah to fire the Reds in front.

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While Slot has been prone to replace booked players in the past, when fearing the risk of a potential red card, the Liverpool head coach explained why he decided against making such a decision regarding 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 said.

“You go from missing a chance to scoring an important goal to missing a chance again.

“But today, especially in the second half.

But the main thing that happened in the second half was that we started to play in a different tempo.

“Not only without the ball, but also with the ball.

For the first goal, if you look at Lucho (Luis Diaz) how he takes the one v one on, I don’t think I can select a clip where that happened in the first half.

Not a lot.

“For the second goal, Ryan Gravenberch pushed up all the way to the 18-yard line to win the ball that led to the foul on Darwin.

In the first half, every ball that fell out, they could pick up the ball and start to play.

“The energy for the players and the fans was completely different in the second half to the first half.”

Meanwhile, Slot offered an injury update on Gakpo after the forward was absent from his matchday squad for the second game in a row after picking up a knock in training earlier in the week.

“No, no (he couldn’t have been selected) otherwise I would have taken him because this was the most important game of the week,” Slot said.