Reds boss Slot had no issues with Nunez missing the chance but he was angry about how the player performed for the rest of the game and will “not accept” the drop off in work rate.

The Liverpool head coach is planning to speak to Nunez about his attitude following the miss in the 2-2 draw as the Reds moved eight points clear of Arsenal in the Premier League title race.

Liverpool boss Arne Slot tears into Darwin Nunez's 'behaviour' that he 'can't accept' after his horror miss against Aston Villa	Liverpool’s Darwin Nunez labelled ‘so odd’ after horror miss at Aston Villa	Liverpool latest: 'Hard to accept Nunez's behaviour after Villa miss,' says Slot

He said: “For me, it's more about the 20 minutes afterwards where I want to talk to him about then about him missing a chance.”

Nunez has scored six goals this season with four of them in the Premier League while he has mostly been used from the bench with Diogo Jota and even Luis Diaz preferred in the No 9 role by Slot.

Asked if he will remind Nunez of his importance in the run-in, Slot said: “Yes, I will tell him that as well.

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Arne Slot said Nunez's work rate dipped after missing the chance.

“But I think the most important message is you can miss a chance, but you can miss out on work rate.

not no problem at all, of course we would love to see it differently, but it's part of the job of a number nine, part of your life that you sometimes miss, where people expect you to score.

“But it's not part of the job of a number nine then to slow down in work rate and that is something we will talk about.”

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