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Arne Slot has criticised Darwin Nunez’s 'behaviour' after the Liverpool forward’s costly miss in the 2-2 draw at Aston Villa.

Liverpool boss Arne Slot tears into Darwin Nunez's 'behaviour' that he 'can't accept' after his horror miss against Aston Villa	Arne Slot will speak to Darwin Nunez about 'behaviour' after horror miss at Aston Villa	Liverpool latest: 'Hard to accept Nunez's behaviour after Villa miss,' says Slot

And while Slot maintains he can accept the miss, he has raised the issue of Nunez’s reaction on the pitch thereafter.

"I can accept every miss especially from a player who scored two important goals against Brentford,” Slot said.

It's not about the chance, it is the 20 mins after it I want to talk to Darwin about.

“I will tell him [that we can still achieve] but I will tell him he can miss a chance but cannot miss out on work rate.

That is the life of a striker, he can miss, he can score, no problem at all.

“It's part of the job that you sometimes miss when people expect you to score but it is not part to slow down the work rate and that is something we will talk about."

Liverpool's Darwin Nunez reacts after a missed opportunity (Nick Potts/PA Wire)

Robbie Fowler has urged Nunez to rebuild his confidence despite the horrific miss.

“He doesn't think about the game enough.