Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp defended Darwin Nunez after their 0-0 draw at Everton.
Nunez started at Goodison Park, but couldn't break the deadlock in his first derby experience.
Klopp said, "He had the start-stop integration, that's how it is. We play all the time, that means we cannot train constantly, he was suspended in a week when we had two or three normal-ish sessions, the rest were individual when he had to do a bit more. In the sessions when we had them he looked really good but he still has to be integrated, that's completely normal.
"So the way we played, it's not that we created… he had the chance where we passed the ball back and it was an open goal and Pickford was still there but I know that he will score in these moments in the future, that is clear.
"But it was super intense for him today, super. We had to make the decision; Bobby was injured before, now played two or three games really, really good. Wednesday-Saturday, traditionally difficult fixtures and that's why we decided to let Darwin start and he came through 80 minutes. No it is not a concern or whatever, it is just the situation, it is all fine for the moment in that perspective."