Nunez is available for selection against Everton, having served a three-match ban for Crystal Palace’s Joachim Andersen on his Anfield debut. Klopp is confident the 23-year-old “learned a lesson” during his time out and will not repeat the mistake that halted the start of his Liverpool career. “He’s a great young man, to be honest,” said the Liverpool manager, “but he’s got feelings too. He made a mistake. We didn’t talk to him for 15 whole days about it, constantly telling him “You need to calm down”. Of course we told him, not only now but now especially. I think even Luis Suarez told him through the media. I’m not sure they talked privately, but they probably did. “Our ideas and the way we want to think in these situations is that we give back with football. I do not think [James] Tarkovsky and [Conor] Coady is famous for this type of speech during a game. Most of the English he doesn’t understand anyway. I don’t think the two boys are like that, but who knows? We’ll see.” Klopp wants Nunez, signed for a potential club record £85million from Benfica in June, to turn any verbal or physical challenge to his advantage. “If Darwin is playing then he has to be ready for these things, for sure,” he added. “But when a player talks to you a lot or is really physical, then he’s not on his game and [Núñez] he must take advantage of these moments as well. If the other person is too busy to want to distract them, you just have to use it from a football point of view. “For the Crystal Palace game, when the defender is looking for that constant contact, then you go from there and decide where to start the drive, things like that. It was a lot that came together for the boy – it was all new, it was his first home game, so much excitement. The emotional level you go into a game with is already high, you don’t need much to be a little too emotional. “The two weeks definitely helped, you can see that. Will it never happen again? I don’t know, but I’m sure nothing will happen in the next game.” Start your evenings with the Guardian’s view of the world of football Privacy Notice: Newsletters may contain information about charities, online advertising and content sponsored by external parties. For more information, see our Privacy Policy. We use Google reCaptcha to protect our website and Google’s Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. Liverpool’s deadline day signing Arthur Mello will be unavailable on Saturday as he awaits work leave.
