"He is trying too hard at times. Will he get to the level that we hope or think? I don't think that he will and that's not being a knock on him and I am not being derogatory because I would never do that, he is a Liverpool player and I want him to be the very best, but he just needs to go back to delivering what he was doing when he was younger, the basics I've seen and then not trying all the technically unbelievable, once-in-a-lifetime things. He does seem to think about things too much and I am not sure you can as a forward."
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You mentioned that goal at Brentford there and Michael Owen came under fire at the time for his analysis saying it was too difficult a finish and while it was a brilliant goal, he'd be better off squaring it because of how tough that chip is to execute...
"I thought Michael was good on how he spoke about that, Michael wouldn't have squared it but he would've tried a shot or gone around the keeper and look I'm not having a go at Darwin because he has scored the goal but the reality is it was probably a one-off.
"I thought Michael's point was very, very good, actually in terms of how the game was but there's no chance when you're in that position, one on one with the goalkeeper, you've got to score. As a goalscorer you've got to be greedy and say that it is your goal. There are probably easier ways to score and I think that was what Michael was alluding to.
"I was dedicated in terms of what I wanted and needed to do to become a player. And this is what I mean about the monotony and the repetition of doing the same thing over and over again. I was out every day doing simple stuff and then all of a sudden, when you get to a point, you don't think about it any more and that is where the natural ability comes from if you like, or the second nature of it all."
People always say you were a natural finisher but I know that's something you've pushed back on in the past as it does a disservice to how hard you worked. Can a player like Nunez still improve with time and effort on the pitches by themselves now?
"I was so determined and focused on where I wanted to go that I wanted to do that. Again, you get to a point where it's the modern age now and I didn't have enough as they do now in terms of the analysis tools and the computers and the laptops, I just had football.
"Kids nowadays have different aspects and toys to play with and I was football non-stop. The monotony of football, I loved it. I wanted to get better. That is the big plus point, you've got to want to do it. It's no good telling people what they need to do, if they don't want to do it, you're fighting an uphill battle.
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"That's with training at the time. It got the point with me where the sports science side of things were saying I couldn't do too much after training but I wanted to do it with all different types of finishing all the time and the feeling and excitement of seeing the ball hitting the back of the net from an extra training session, if you like, that was something I wanted to do to be honest.
"I was probably a nightmare for coaches because I wanted to do more than what anyone else wanted to do. I know the game has changed and maybe the sports science involvement limits that because they want you to look after your body but there is definitely something to be said for it because the sports science has been in the game a while but football has been going years and years and people have always done more.
"OK, you're going to get a few injuries and a few little niggles and aches and pains but as long as you're doing it right, there is a case to say if you want to be the very best in whatever position you want to play, go and do extra bits to improve, go and do a little bit more. I am sure coaches would help you."
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