Darwin Nunez produced a miss of the season contender on Wednesday night as Liverpool were held to a 2-2 draw away at Aston Villa. Gifted an open goal by Dominik Szoboszlai at Villa Park, he somehow blazed over from close-range.

ARNE SLOT may yet live to regret ignoring the blindingly obvious — that Darwin Nunez cannot be trusted. Some of the Kop may still see the Uruguayan as a sort of cult villain, Scouse irony making

Liverpool’s Uruguayan striker missed a huge chance to clinch victory at Aston Villa and the numbers suggest it is part of a wider trend in front of goal

The Reds’ attack isn’t necessarily constructed to chiefly optimise his – or, indeed, the centre forward’s – goal return. Mohamed Salah and Cody Gakpo’s numbers arguably reflect that. Without being prolific, he can still be a valuably multi-talented threat and facilitator.

Liverpool were held to a 2-2 draw at Aston Villa on Wednesday and are eight points clear at the top of the Premier League; Reds could have taken all three points but for a horror miss from Darwin Nunez;

Arne Slot will talk to Darwin Núñez about his disappointing drop in work rate after the Liverpool striker “got too much in his head” following his costly miss at Aston Villa.

The latest Liverpool news and views after Darwin Nunez took centre stage during their 2-2 draw with Aston Villa.

The Reds dropped two points but still moved eight points clear at the top of the Premier League, despite Nunez’s glaring miss at Villa Park

Liverpool manager Arne Slot has made it clear he can forgive Darwin Nunez for missing a big chance against Aston Villa. However, what the Reds boss didn’t like was how Nunez responded to that missed chance as the team dropped points with a 2-2 draw at Villa Park.