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View image in fullscreenSlot criticises Núñez for dropping work rate after horror Liverpool miss at VillaManager says he will talk to striker about attitude Núnez vows to bounce back after deleting message on X

Arne Slot has said he will talk to Darwin Núñez about the striker’s attitude having witnessed a drop in his work rate against Aston Villa after an almost open-goal miss from close range in Liverpool’s 2-2 draw.

Núñez failed to convert that chance to put Liverpool 3-2 ahead with Emiliano Martínez out of position and later went through one-on-one with the goalkeeper but was tackled by Martínez.

Liverpool play at Manchester City on Sunday having drawn four of their past eight league games.

“I can accept every miss, especially from a player who scored two very important goals away at Brentford [on 18 January] and that scored for us in the home game against Villa [in November],” Slot said.

“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 started: “Two three weeks ago, Darwin was the best, Darwin gave us the three points, but yesterday I was unlucky enough to miss a goal and I am once again the ‘worst’ and the failure.”

An updated version soon appeared, which said: “I wasn’t the best three weeks ago nor am I the worst now.

“It will be a close call,” Slot said of Gakpo.
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