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Liverpool legend Robbie Fowler has labelled Darwin Nunez's costly miss against Aston Villa as 'criminal' and believes it is one of the worst of the year.

The Uruguay international could only blaze the ball wide with an open goal waiting ahead of him, after Dominik Szobszlai squared the ball to him.

Darwin has managed just six goals in 35 matches and scored in just one of his last 13 Premier League outings, though he has predominantly entered play from the bench.

If you're struggling for confidence, you've got to go back to basics, you've got to get the ball, you've got to touch it and you've got to give it five yards.

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"You don't look and dally on the ball waiting for someone to make the run so you can play an unbelievable pass, play the simple things.

You always need to go back to basics and do the simplicity of being a footballer, what got you into the position of being a professional footballer."

Liverpool boss Arne Slot hinted that Darwin took this miss to heart following the match.

"So you have to play the game as it unfolds., and today we played a team that wanted to play the ball out from the back.