Liverpool manager, Arne Slot, has said he “cannot accept” Darwin Nunez’s behaviour, after he missed a glaring chance to win the Premier League game at Aston Villa on Wednesday night.
Nunez had a huge opportunity to win the game for the Reds but missed an open goal at 2-2.
Youri Tielemans and Ollie Watkins scored to give the hosts a half-time lead, after Mohamed Salah had opened the scoring.
Trent Alexander-Arnold levelled for Slot’s men with a deflected effort, before the Nunez chance.
Slot has now said he is not let down at the chance of being missed alone but was upset at how Nunez’s work-rate dropped afterwards.
“I will tell him that you can miss a chance but you cannot miss out on work rate,” Slot said.
“That is the life of a striker, he will miss chances and score some. It is part of the job of a No 9, you miss when people expect you to score.
“I can accept every miss, especially from a player who scored two very important goals away at Brentford and that scored for us in the home game against Villa. I would prefer him to score but the word “chance” says it all.
“It is a chance and not 100 per cent that it goes in. I can accept misses but what is harder for me to accept is his behavior after the chance. It got too much in his head, he was not the usual Darwin who works his ass off and makes sure he helps the team.”